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...
Read MoreWomen 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...
Read MoreOptical mammography sheds new light on breast cancer
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Figure 1. Shown is an optical mammography image of hemoglobin oxygenation of a duct carcinoma in...
Read MoreMidwifery students praised by UNICEF
UNICEF’s Baby Friendly Initiative has commended the breastfeeding knowledge and skills of Salford’s midwifery students – scoring them the highest...
Read MoreBetter guidance and support for NHS surgeons on vaginal tape and mesh implants
The Department of Health, the NHS Commissioning Board, NHS surgeons (urologists and gynaecologists), and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory...
Read MoreNew study finds majority of pregnant women require an average of two months sick leave from work
Three-quarters of pregnant women take sick leave from work but employers can help reduce this through flexible work adjustments, suggests...
Read MoreTen years of adjuvant tamoxifen treatment further reduces breast cancer recurrence and improves survival
For women with ER-positive (oestrogen receptor-positive) breast cancer, taking the drug tamoxifen for ten years rather than the usual five...
Read MoreAnthropological expertise facilitates multicultural women’s healthcare
Collaboration between medical and anthropological expertise can solve complex clinical problems in today’s multicultural women’s healthcare, shows Pauline Binder, a...
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