3 August 2020

Women’s egg quality dependent on metabolic factors

Increasing the levels of a chemical found in all human cells could boost a woman's fertility and help select the...

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31 July 2020

NMC sets out plans to move towards a ‘new normal’

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has proposed a series of changes to help support nursing and midwifery students and...

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29 July 2020

Rapid coronavirus test speeds up access to urgent care and will free up beds ahead of winter

The first analysis of a new point-of-care “nucleic acid test” for SARS-CoV-2 in a UK hospital setting shows these machines...

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27 July 2020

Increased fertility for women with Neanderthal gene

One in three women in Europe inherited the receptor for progesterone from Neandertals, a gene variant associated with increased fertility,...

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24 July 2020

‘Morning sickness’ is misleading and inaccurate, new study argues

The term 'morning sickness' is misleading and should instead be described as nausea and sickness in pregnancy, argue researchers led...

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22 July 2020

‘Biologically relevant’ levels of a fertility hormone are detected in human hair samples

The prospect of a non-invasive test of ovarian reserve is a little closer following results from a study showing that...

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21 July 2020

Sands launches new support package for NHS workers during COVID19

A UK baby loss charity has launched a campaign to help hard-pressed NHS workers provide the best possible care to families affected by baby loss during the COVID-19 outbreak. ...

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20 July 2020

Marijuana may impair female fertility

Female eggs exposed to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, have an impaired ability to produce viable embryos, and are...

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