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Win a CEWE PHOTOBOOK to capture those precious baby moments
Babyworld has teamed up with CEWE PHOTOBOOK to give four lucky winners the chance to win a £50 voucher to make their own fabulous photobook full of baby snaps.
Competition ends 31st May 2012Groups
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Hepatitis B
Hepatitis means inflammation of the liver. This can be caused by virus infections and the most serious type is hepatitis B. Hepatitis B can be transmitted from an infected mother to her baby during pregnancy or at birth. The baby will probably not be ill, but often becomes a carrier of the virus and may go on to…
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Tagged Diphtheria, Expanded Program on Immunization, Gastroenterology, Hepatitis, hepatitis B, hepatitis B. Hepatitis B, homeopathy, infection, inflammation, Meningitis, Pertussis, tetanus, Vaccination, Vaccination schedule, viral infection, Viruses, whooping cough
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More Health Screenings For Pregnant Women & Newborns
Cystic Fibrosis and Downs Syndrome screening tests are to be extended to all pregnant women and newborns, the Government has announced. The change highlights an attempt to modernise neonatal and antenatal screening in England and was announced by Public Health Minister, Yvette Cooper. Currently, only 20 per cent of babies have access to screening, but…
Call for Hep C screening
18 July, 2000 ALMOST one in a hundred women in the UK may be infected with the hepatitis C virus, a study has revealed. Close to 5000 women attending a London antenatal clinic were tested for hepatitis C infection; 0.8 per cent of the women tested positive for the virus. The hepatitis C virus can cause…
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Tagged body piercings, Cancer, Gastroenterology, HCV, Hepatitis, hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatocellular carcinoma, HIV/AIDS, infection, liver cancer, surgery, Viruses
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