2 March 2018

NMC welcomes new Council Chair

Philip Graf has been appointed Chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). He will take up the role on 1...

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23 February 2018

NMC welcomes two new members to its Midwifery Panel

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has appointed Leigh Kendall FRSA and Lord Willis of Knaresborough to its Midwifery Panel....

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21 February 2018

Direct link between glands and implanting embryos critical to pregnancy

Researchers used 3D imaging with molecular testing to uncover new insight into the earliest stages of mammalian pregnancy – offering...

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19 February 2018

New discovery offers hope of protecting premature babies from blindness

Now there is hope of a new way to protect extremely premature babies from impaired vision or blindness resulting from...

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16 February 2018

Induced labour after 39 weeks in healthy women may reduce need for cesarean birth

Approximately one-third of women in the United States give birth via cesarean delivery. While life-saving in the right circumstances, cesarean...

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14 February 2018

Breast cancer treatments may increase the risk of heart disease

Breast cancer patients may be at an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases including heart failure and may benefit from a...

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12 February 2018

Maternal age over 40 is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth

Pregnant mothers aged 40 and over may have an increased risk for preterm birth, regardless of confounding factors, according to...

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9 February 2018

Care given directly by parents to infants in intensive care helps improve health and wellbeing

Involving parents as direct carers, including doing ward rounds and taking children’s temperature, improves weight gain of preterm infants in...

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