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What is shaken baby syndrome
Shaking can kill young babies but studies have shown that 50 per cent of parents are unaware of the dangers of roughly handling a small child. It therefore will come as a shock for many parents that playing roughly with a tiny infant is the equivalent to an adult being attacked by a gorilla. We take a look…
Shaken baby syndrome
Shaking can kill young babies but studies have shown that 50 per cent of parents are unaware of the dangers of roughly handling a small child. It therefore will come as a surprise for many parents that even just playing roughly with an infant is the equivalent to an adult being attacked by a gorilla.…
Posted in Baby
Tagged brain injury, Child abuse, Childhood, Cot, Cry-sis, Family, General Medical Council, Jan Pratt, Jog, Learning disabilities;physical disabilities;seizures, Meningitis, Midwife, Retinal haemorrhage, Roy Meadow, Roy Meadows, Sally Clarke, seizures, Shaken baby syndrome, Sheffield University, Sleep deprivation, Sudden infant death syndrome, Susie Lyons, Trupti Patel, University of Birmingham
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Common Preservative Wrecks Children’s DNA
Parents have been warned to limit the amount of soft drinks their children have after researchers found one of the preservatives can cause neurological damage. Professor Peter Piper, a molecular biology expert at Sheffield University, found that the preservative E211, or sodium benzoate, found in drinks like Fanta and Pepsi Max, has the ability to…
Move To Add Folic Acid To Flour
Should Folic Acid be routinely added to flour? Government ministers have said they will consult the public before deciding whether all flour should be fortified with the supplement. A recent Government report concluded that fortifying flour with the vitamin could almost halve the number of babies born with neural tube defects such as Spina Bifida.…
Posted in Diet and nutrition during pregnancy, News, Pregnancy Health
Tagged Centre for Pregnancy and Nutrition, Congenital disorders, Department of Health, Fiona Ford, Folic acid, Health, heart disease, Maternal obesity, Neural tube defect, neural tube defects, Nutrition, Pregnancy, research dietician, Sheffield University, Spina bifida, Vitamin
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Spot the difference!
New research shows that mothers will find paternal similarities in their newborns even if there are none. After the business of birth, what’s the next most important thing? Why, looking for paternal similarities in your newborn, of course. Or so say scientists from Sheffield University and Montpellier University in France… Spot the difference! Admittedly, most…
Fertility drugs ‘a waste of time and money’
18th October 2007 Fertility injections are a waste of time and money and could be dangerous, doctors warn. The hormone-based drugs are given to thousands of women each year to boost egg production ahead of artificial insemination. If the woman fails to conceive, she will normally then try IVF, which is both more complex and more…
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Tagged artificial insemination, Bill Ledger, British Fertility Society, Endometriosis, Fertility, Fertility injections, FSH injections, Gynecology, healthcare, In vitro fertilisation, Infertility, Mark Hamilton, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, Richard Reindollar, Sheffield University
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Birthrate halved for children of divorces
Girls whose parents divorce are half as likely to have children as those whose mother and father stay together, a study revealed yesterday. The finding came from research into how changes in marriage laws have affected women’s lives. Scientists found girls who grow up in a country which allows divorce are less likely to marry and are more likely to…
Test developed to check ‘fertility clock’
14th October 2005 A test is shortly to become available which will allow women to see how many viable eggs they have remaining. The test, which will launch in January, will help women be more aware of their current fertility. It will be offered by doctors and chemists and will measure the levels of three hormones in…
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Tagged Bill Ledger, Clare Brown, Down’s syndrome, Endocrinology, Fertility, Gynecology, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Hysterectomy, Infertility, Infertility Network UK, Menopause, Menstrual cycle, Miscarriage, Poor ovarian reserve, Premature ovarian failure, Royal College of Obstetricians, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Sheffield University, spokesman
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Avoiding Soya May Help Fertility
Women should avoid eating soya products around their fertile time of the month if they are trying for a baby, according to a fertility expert. Professor Lynn Fraser, from King’s College London, has told a European fertility conference that a compound in soya called genistein sabotages the sperm as it swims towards the egg. She…
Baby for infertile woman
8th June 2005 A woman who was left infertile in her teens has given birth to a healthy baby girl after receiving transplanted ovarian tissue from her identical twin sister. The transplant was carried out at St Luke’s Hospital in St Louis in April last year and it is thought this is the first birth following transplantation…
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Tagged British Fertility Society, Cancer, cancer treatment, Endocrinology, Fertility preservation, Gynecology, Melanie Morgan, Menopause, Menstrual cycle, Ovarian cancer, Premature ovarian failure, senior lecturer, Sheffield University, Sherman Silber, Stephanie Yarber, Transplant rejection, transplantation, Transplantation medicine
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