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Raw meat a toxoplasmosis risk for pregnant women
14 July, 2000 RARE or uncooked meat has been proven to be the biggest risk factor for toxoplasmosis, a disease that can affect unborn children. The new research may lead to stronger warnings for women to avoid cured meats including parma ham and salami as well as rare steaks, along with other foods on the…
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Tagged Apicomplexa, British Medical Journal, Cat, Fertility, Food Safety, infection, Meat, Parasitism, Pregnancy, Toxoplasma gondii, Toxoplasmosis, Toxoplasmosis Trust
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Very low birthweight risk linked to two cups of coffee a day
2nd November 2008 Pregnant women will be warned this week not to drink more than two cups of coffee a day to cut their risk of giving birth to dangerously underweight babies. Safety watchdogs say the recommended daily caffeine limit is too high, with too great a risk of low birth weight. Underweight babies are more likely to die…
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Tagged British Medical Journal, Caffeine, chief scientist, Coffee, Food Standards Agency, Leeds, Leicester, Miscarriage, Nutrition, Pregnancy, Royal College of Obstetricians, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Starbucks, Starbucks Corporation, the British Medical Journal, Underweight, West Yorkshire, Western Europe, Xanthines
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MMR debate in Scotland
13 February, 2001 SCOTLAND’S health minister has moved to ease growing public concern over the safety of the MMR vaccine, BBC News Online has reported. Susan Deacon has organised a “clear the air” meeting with MSPs and medical experts in an effort to end the controversy surrounding the triple jab. Following a debate in the…
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Tagged Autism, British Medical Journal, Crohn's Disease, Department of Health, Executive, Health, leader, Mac Armstrong, Malcolm Chisholm, Measles, MMR vaccine, Mumps, National Health Service, Politics, rubella, Scotland, sister site, Susan Deacon, Tommy Sheridan, Vaccination, Vaccines
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Raw meat threat for pregnancy women
14 July, 2000 RARE or uncooked meat has been proven to be the biggest risk factor for toxoplasmosis, a disease that can affect unborn children. The new research may lead to stronger warnings for women to avoid cured meats including parma ham and salami as well as rare steaks, along with other foods on the banned…
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Tagged Apicomplexa, British Medical Journal, Cat, Fertility, Food Safety, infection, Meat, Parasitism, Pregnancy, Toxoplasma gondii, Toxoplasmosis, Toxoplasmosis Trust
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Catherine Zeta-Jones is pregnant
29 January 2000 ACTRESS Catherine Zeta Jones is reported to be pregnant with her fiancé Michael Douglas’s baby. The claims, in the Sun, have not yet been followed with a statement from Ms Jones, but it is said that she has already shared the news with her family. The paper also claims that she was…
More Effective Screening For Down’s Syndrome
A recent Dutch study has indicated that early testing for Down’s syndrome – in the first trimester of pregnancy – is a more effective way of detecting the syndrome than the currently most commonly used method which tests in the second trimester. In the UK, a screening test for Down’s syndrome is carried out on all pregnant…
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Tagged Alpha-fetoprotein, Amniocentesis, British Medical Journal, CVS, Down syndrome, Down’s syndrome, Effective Screening For Down's Syndrome A, Hannah Hulme Hunter, Midwife, Miscarriage, Nuchal scan, Pregnancy, Prenatal diagnosis, Screening, syndrome, The Netherlands, Triple test, Ultrasound, Wald
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Bigger babies may be more prone to asthma
Big babies may be more likely to suffer from asthma when they grow up, according to a recent medical study in New Zealand. The researchers monitored 730 babies until the age of 13 years. Their results suggested that babies who weigh less than 3.18kg (7lb) at birth may be at lower risk of asthma later on in life…
