3 April 2013

University lecturer shortlisted for Annual Midwifery Award

Dr Jayne Marshall, a lecturer at the University of Nottingham, has been nominated for a Royal College of Midwives (RCM)...

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3 April 2013

Mind over morning sickness

Hypnotherapy has been in the limelight as a treatment for morning sickness, as the Duchess of Cambridge has been reportedly...

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3 April 2013

Happy pregnancy with no risk to baby

In a recent study of nearly 30,000 women from Nordic countries, researchers found no significant association between use of selective...

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7 January 2013

Simple test to predict if pregnant women will give birth prematurely

Researchers in Sweden, have developed a method to predict if pregnant women with preterm contractions will give birth within seven...

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7 January 2013

More help needed to improve smoking cessation services for pregnant women with mental disorders

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="400" caption="© Igor Korionov – Fotolia.com"][/caption]Pregnant women with mental health disorders are facing too many barriers to...

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7 January 2013

Big rise in the number of women seeking cosmetic genital surgery

A leading London gynaecologist has reported seeing a significant rise over the last three years in the numbers of women...

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7 January 2013

Better quality of life in breast cancer patients is associated with healthier lifestyle choices

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="350" caption="© Fotolia.com – Forgiss"][/caption]One of the abstracts at the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of...

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7 January 2013

Comedian Rufus Hound helps raise awareness of Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) affecting newborn babies

Rufus Hound delighted supporters of a charity campaigning to raise awareness of a little-known condition, Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV), when he...

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