2 June 2022

Antibiotics given shortly before caesarean birth not linked to asthma and eczema in young children

Antibiotics given to women before a caesarean birth have no effect on the risk of early childhood conditions, such as...

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9 April 2021

Simple 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...

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5 February 2021

Study pinpoints the three days pregnancy sickness is most likely to start

Researchers from the University of Warwick have narrowed the time frame that nausea and vomiting during pregnancy will potentially start...

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28 August 2020

Potential preterm births in high risk women predicted to 73 per cent accuracy, by new technique

A new technique that can spot a potential preterm birth in asymptomatic high-risk women, with up to 73 per cent...

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24 August 2020

New Centre for Early Life to be launched at University of Warwick

The first building blocks of our lives are to be explored by a new research centre at the University of...

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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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20 March 2020

Leaving your baby to ‘cry it out’ has no adverse effects on child development

Leaving an infant to 'cry it out' from birth up to 18 months does not adversely affect their behaviour development...

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13 January 2020

Recurrent miscarriage: diabetes drug could lead to new treatment

A drug designed to tackle diabetes could also be repurposed as the first treatment to prevent miscarriage by targeting the...

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