28 October 2016

Could assisted reproduction reduce birth defects for older women?

Babies born to women aged 40 and over from assisted reproduction have fewer birth defects compared with those from women...

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24 October 2016

Half of UK doctors planning to practise abroad

Almost half of doctors are looking to move abroad as their current experience of being a doctor is worse than they...

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21 October 2016

Administering additional antibiotic prior to c-section reduces infection rates by 50 per cent

Physicians at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and colleagues have discovered that administering the antibiotic azithromycin alongside the standard...

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19 October 2016

Night shift work ‘does not raise breast cancer risk,’ study finds

In 2007, the World Health Organization published a review that concluded night shift work is likely to raise the risk...

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17 October 2016

Watching stem cells change provides clues to fighting osteoporosis in older women

For years, scientists have studied how stem cells might be used to treat many diseases, including osteoporosis. One consistent challenge...

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14 October 2016

Women unaware of menopause risk to the heart

Women could be storing up health problems for the future because they are not aware that their heart disease risk...

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10 October 2016

Importance of breast milk gene for toddler gut bacteria

University of Queensland researchers have found that a genetic variation affecting the composition of a mother’s breast milk could have...

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7 October 2016

Having morning sickness could lower risk of pregnancy loss

A new analysis by researchers at the National Institutes of Health has provided the strongest evidence to date that morning...

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