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Depression fear for older mothers
A new study suggests that older mothers are five times more likely to suffer from depression after childbirth. Increased stress levels in pregnancy were blamed for the higher rates of depression in ol...Fish oils may stop egg allergy
Research suggests that women who take high doses of fish oil supplements while pregnant are less likely to produce a child with an egg allergy. The largest study of fish oils in pregnancy found that t...25% of young children lack vitamin D
According to research by the Feeding for Life Foundation, a quarter of all British toddlers are lacking vitamin D. Department of Health guidelines state that supplements are recommended for those at r...Babies with three biological parents?
Babies with three biological parents could be born within the next three years, using a technique similar to IVF that eradicates hereditary disease by using the undamaged DNA of a third party. Researc...Women must lose weight before pregnancy
Obese women have been urged to lose weight before they become pregnant because of the risks to mother and baby from being overweight. In a new leaflet, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecolo...Birth defects affect 1/50
According to the most comprehensive research of its kind, more than one baby in 50 has a birth defect- almost double the previous estimate. The previous research suggested that only 1/80 carried a def...Obesity hormone found before birth
Researchers from King’s College London have suggested that healthy-eating children of obese mothers are still likely to grow up to be fat, because their brain’s appetite mechanism has been...24 hours to tell if IVF will ever work
A new test developed by scientists at Oxford University will be able to determine if a couple will ever succeed in their attempts at IVF- not only saving them money, but also the despair of failed att...Relaxation is key for a healthy baby boy
Prospective parents who wish to have a son should relax, according to research which suggests that anxious women are more likely to have a girl. Scientists at Oxford University monitored 333 British w...400 healthy babies lost to false miscarriages
As many as four hundred women may be ending healthy pregnancies every year after they are wrongly told that they have miscarried. Researchers from Imperial College London say that current guidelines a...
