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Stem cell storage
Storing your baby’s stem cells might provide a lifeline if they fall seriously ill in future. Here we investigate this relatively new private health service… Stem cells – the basic building blocks of human life – are already being successfully used as part of the treatment for childhood leukaemia and various forms of cancer but they also…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health, Labour and Birth
Tagged Bone marrow, bone marrow transplants, Cancer, childhood cancer, Cloning, Cord blood, cord blood bank, Department of Health, diabetes, Elizabeth Harrison, Health insurance, heart disease, Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, HIV, Human Tissue Authority, insurance policy, leukaemia, marketing manager, Medical Research Council, MHRA, Midwife, Nottingham, Parkinson's, Placenta cord banking, Queen's Medical Centre, Stem cell, Stem cells, Stephen Baines, Tushar Majithia, Umbilical cord
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Mothers Told To Keep On Breastfeeding
Experts are telling mothers to continue breastfeeding despite research suggesting it could cause an increased risk of heart disease for babies in later life. A study in the British Medical Journal suggested prolonged breastfeeding was linked to stiffening of the artery walls in early adulthood. Professor Alan Lucas, author of the Medical Research Council report,…
male fertility
17th September 2008 Beer,wine, coffee and nuts all contain high levels of chemicals linked to male infertility,a study has found. The bar-room drinks and snacks are loaded with phytoestrogens- naturally-occurring plant compounds implicated in falling sperm counts. Instant coffee powder, Brazil nuts, peanuts, brown ale and red wine scored particularly highly for the chemicals, the analysis,…
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Tagged artificial chemicals, Brazil, Breast cancer, Cambridge, Cancer, Endocrine system, Endocrinology, Estrogens, Fertility, Gunter Kuhnle, heart disease, Infertility, Isoflavones, Lignan, low sperm count, Male infertility, Medical Research Council, Menopause, Nutrients, Phytoestrogens, Soybean
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Study into low carb diet in pregnancy
12th April 2004 A group of people whose mothers ate an Atkins-type diet while pregnant 30 years ago are to be part of new research by scientists. A team from Edinburgh and Southampton universities has traced almost 1,000 of the 60s babies, known as the ‘Motherwell babies’, whose mothers were put on a high meat,…
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Tagged Chief Scientist Office, diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Edinburgh University, Health, Healthy diet, heart disease, Keith Godfrey, Kerr Grieve, Low-carbohydrate diet, Medical Research Council, Nutrition, obstetrician, osteoporosis, Rebecca Reynolds, Southampton University
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News: Study into low carb diet in pregnancy
A group of people whose mothers ate an Atkins-type diet while pregnant 30 years ago are to be part of new research by scientists. A team from Edinburgh and Southampton universities has traced almost 1,000 of the 60s babies, known as the ‘Motherwell babies’, whose mothers were put on a high meat, low carbohydrate…
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Tagged Chief Scientist Office, diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Edinburgh University, Health, Healthy diet, heart disease, Keith Godfrey, Kerr Grieve, Low-carbohydrate diet, Medical Research Council, Nutrition, obstetrician, osteoporosis, Rebecca Reynolds, Southampton University
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Placenta fools body’s defense system
12th November 2007 The placenta acts like a parasite to avoid attack by a mother’s immune system, researchers have discovered. A University of Reading team found it employs a cloaking device very similar to that used by parasitic worms. They hope the finding will aid a greater understanding of recurrent miscarriages, and the potentially dangerous condition pre-eclampsia.…
Breastfeeding does not boost IQ
4th October 2006 Breastfed babies are clever because their mothers are more intelligent and not because of their intake of breastmilk. A study from the Medical Research Council and University of Edinburgh found that breastfeeding mothers tend to be more intelligent, more highly educated, and likely to provide a more stimulating home environment. However, the researchers…
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Tagged antibodies, Breast milk, Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding in public, Childhood, Department of Health, Family, Medical Research Council, National Childbirth Trust, Parenting, Rosie Dodds, University of Edinburgh, Upper respiratory infection, vomiting, World Health Organisation
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New method to reduce still births
An innovative computer system that monitors unborn babies during labour to help prevent still births is to undergo nationwide testing. Thought to be the biggest birth trial ever conducted in the world, the new trial will be conducted at six UK hospitals and involve 35,000 deliveries. The project, testing an ‘intelligent’ foetal monitoring device, has…
Mothers told to keep on breastfeeding
16 March, 2001 EXPERTS are telling mothers to continue breastfeeding despite research suggesting it could cause an increased risk of heart disease for babies in later life. A study in the British Medical Journal suggested prolonged breastfeeding was linked to stiffening of the artery walls in early adulthood. Professor Alan Lucas, author of the Medical Research Council report, told…
Half price IVF in return for eggs
17th September 2007 Women in the north of England are being offered half-price fertility treatment if they donate some of their eggs to medical research. The controversial “egg-sharing” scheme is being run by the Newcastle Fertility Centre and is being funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC). It offers women £1,500 towards the costs of In-Vitro…