Engineer cautions pregnant women about speed bumps
Research by UBC Okanagan researcher and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Hadi Mohammadi, conducted in collaboration with Sharif University of...
Read MoreStudy sheds more light on use of oxytocin during labour
A study published by The BMJ recently sheds more light on the use of oxytocin (a hormone that stimulates contractions)...
Read MoreSimple fetal heartbeat monitoring still best at reducing emergency caesarean sections
Intermittent auscultation, in which the baby’s heartbeat is monitored using a sonic aid or Doppler probe, outperforms more modern methods...
Read MoreExperimental treatment offers hope of fertility for early menopausal women
Menopause typically signals the end of a woman's ability to become pregnant. However, in a small new study, a novel...
Read MorePregnant women show robust immune response to COVID vaccines
In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital and the...
Read MoreNMC reflects on extraordinary time one year on from the first Covid-19 national lockdown
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has launched a week of reflections on the year of Covid-19 - highlighting and...
Read MoreExercise during pregnancy may save kids from health problems as adults
Exercise during pregnancy may let mothers significantly reduce their children's chances of developing diabetes and other metabolic diseases later in...
Read MoreBirthweight strongly linked to type 2 diabetes risk in adulthood
A birthweight of 2.5 kg or more is strongly linked to the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adulthood,...
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