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Women are dying needlessly in childbirth from treatable medical conditions because of "substandard care" in hospitals, a group of doctors said Wednesday.The article in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) by six obstetricians pointed to a "worrying trend" in the causes of maternal ...

Tests that measure DNA in a pregnant woman's blood work well for telling the sex of a baby after seven weeks' gestation without posing danger to the fetus, a US study said Tuesday.The meta-analysis of previous studies on the topic suggests that ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Critics say a controversial new study that linked high exposure to electromagnetic fields during pregnancy to asthma in children is flawed and ignores many prior studies that suggest such exposures are harmless.The study by researchers at Kaiser Permanente in ...

Nearly one in five secondary school children in the UK has been "severely abused or neglected" during childhood, according to the country's biggest children's charity.The NSPCC said its research suggests that almost a million young people in the UK may have suffered ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some evidence to the contrary, women who are overweight before pregnancy may not have kids who are more vulnerable to behavioral or intellectual problems, a new study finds.In recent years, a few studies have found that ...

As Benjamin Waugh found in his 1890 investigation, "Baby Farming," the miserable conditions of most baby farms bore no resemblance to the genteel homes hoped for by the parents of the farmed baby.. Waugh recounts the experience of investigators for the National ...

Despite the decline in rates of pregnancy, birth, and abortion in United States teenagers over the last 17 years, the rates in this country are higher than those of other western industrialized nations. Of all European countries, the United Kingdom has the ...

A private equity bidding war may be about to take place for Britax Childcare, a UK producer of children's car safety seats and pushchairs, according to the Financial Times. Consumer-focused firm Lion Capital is said to be in the running, as are ...

Sometimes it's hard to feel like you're blooming when you're pregnant. If you live in the UK, you get free prescriptions and dental care on the National Health Service (NHS) from when you first become pregnant to a year after the baby's ...

Yesterday was a big day. After such a positive birthing experience with my daughter Eliza thanks to midwives back in the UK I was very keen to meet one here in the US.. Come the big day, it was a midwife I ...

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Topic: United Kingdom

Maternal deaths in childbirth 'worrying'

DNA blood tests can tell baby's sex at 7 weeks: study

Study on magnetic fields, asthma is flawed: critics

One fifth of secondary pupils 'abused or neglected'

Pre-pregnancy weight not tied to kids' behavior

Horror of the Victorian 'Baby Farms'

Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Private equity firms line up for Carlyle’s Britax Childcare

Reasons to Celebrate Pregnancy

A Question of Midwives...

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