7 January 2013

Pregnant women urged to take vitamin B12

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="400" caption="© tan4ikk – Fotolia.com"][/caption]Pioneers of vitamin D and B12 sub-lingual spray supplementation have welcomed research which...

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7 January 2013

Study shows young women with breast cancer have more reproductive concerns and all should be offered fertility preservation counselling

New data presented at the recent European Organisation for Treatment and Research in Cancer (EORTC) 3rd International Quality of Life...

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7 January 2013

Non-infected babies born to HIV mothers have reduced immunity to measles

Non-infected babies born to HIV-positive mothers should be vaccinated early against measles, to avoid them acquiring the virus or passing...

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7 January 2013

Best-available science will allow just five percent relative reduction in high-income countries’ preterm birth rates by 2015

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="400" caption="© GreggCerenzio – Fotolia.com"][/caption]New research, published in The Lancet ahead of World Prematurity Day, has found...

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7 January 2013

Common diabetes drug may help treat ovarian cancer

A new study suggests that the common diabetes medication metformin may be considered for use in the prevention or treatment...

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7 January 2013

Hyperemesis gravidarum traumatic for sufferers

The recent admission of the Duchess of Cambridge to King Edward VII Hospital for Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) has put the...

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7 January 2013

Risk factors predict childhood obesity, researchers find

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="400" caption="© geronimo – Fotolia.com"][/caption]High birth weight, rapid weight gain and having an overweight mother who smokes...

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7 January 2013

Women whose first pregnancy was ectopic have fewer children

Women whose first pregnancy is ectopic are likely to have fewer children in the following 20-30 years than women whose...

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