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Cartoon danger
23 February THE everyday activities of watching cartoons and having a bath have been found to cause seizures in susceptible children in two separate studies. The BBC reports that an Italian study discovered that children prone to photosensitive epilepsy nearly all had reactions due to flickering of the screen. The study followed problems in Japan…
Disposable nappies a risk for baby boys?
25 September, 2000 USING disposable nappies on baby boys could be affecting their fertility in later years, it has been claimed. The rise in male infertility over the past 25 years could be put down to the preference for disposable nappies, a German research team has said. The research, based on just 48 babies, has…
Sophie to become a mum
SOPHIE, Countess of Wessex, is reported to be planning to sell her public relations company and concentrate on starting a family with husband Prince Edward. According to the The Mirror newspaper, Sophie, 35, has told senior collegues that she wants to have a baby within the next three years. Sophie’s business partner, Murray Harkin, has…
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Tagged Cherie, Cherie Blair, Edward, Employment compensation, Family, Family law, Mayfair, Murray Harkin, Parental leave, Parenting, Paternity, Politics, Prince, Sophie, Sophie Tanker Corporation, spokesman
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Row Over Plans To Broadcast Live Birth
Channel Five is to broadcast a woman giving birth live on TV for the first time. The creators of Big Brother will show Birth Night Live next Sunday. The show will follow up to 18 labouring women in a 2-hour special, in the hope that one of them will actually give birth in that time.…
Parents Face Fine In Car Seat Confusion
Many parents could face fines of up to £500 in the confusion surrounding the new child car seat laws being introduced on Monday. A survey by Churchill Insurance found that two thirds of parents are ignorant of the new laws which mean every child in the UK under the age of12 will have to have…
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Tagged Babycare, Car seat laws, child car seat, Child safety, Childhood, Family, Infant car seat, Seat belt, Seats, spokesman, Stephen Ladyman
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Baby for Katie Derham
17 April 2000 ITN newsreader Katie Derham has said she will be returning to work following the birth of a baby girl. The 29-year-old, who reads weekend bulletins on ITV, gave birth to her first child Natasha in hospital last week. The baby weighed in at 7lb 10oz. Derham and her management consultant husband John…
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Tagged Cambridge, consultant, ITN, ITV, ITV Plc, John Vincent, Katie Derham, Natasha, spokesman, the journalist
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Pregnancy stress ‘almost doubles risk of stillbirth’
Stressed mothers-to-be are at almost double the risk of stillbirth, research shows. A study of almost 20,000 women revealed that those who were stressed, anxious or lacked self-esteem in the last weeks of their pregnancy were more likely to suffer a stillbirth. It is thought that rising levels of hormones in the mother result in…
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Tagged high blood pressure, Imperial College, Kirsten Wisborg, Miscarriage, obstetrician, Pregnancy, Scientist, spokesman, Stillbirth, Stress
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Young mothers more likely to suffer with depression
13th November 2008 Young mothers more likely to suffer with depression Women who become mothers as teenagers or in their early 20s are more likely to suffer depression during pregnancy than older mothers, UK researchers say. An 11-year study of 176 families found children born to women aged 16 to 22 are also more likely…
Athlete raising money for meningitis research
18 April 2000 ONE-YEAR-OLD HEART PATIENT LOSES FIGHT FOR LIFE TODDLER Tace Corcoran-Rees has died in hospital after a national appeal failed to find her a heart donor. The one-year-old, from Ely, Cardiff, had been critically ill at the University Hospital of Wales’ paediatric intensive care unit since she was admitted 12 days ago after…
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Tagged Derek Rees, Gladiator Judy Simpson, HEART PATIENT LOSES, heart transplant, Heart transplantation, Hepatology, Jo-Jo, Kirsti Corcoran, Meningitis, Organ transplant, Radiology, Robin, spokesman, Surgical procedures, Tace, Tace Corcoran-Rees, Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, Transplantation medicine
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Smacking ban ‘will be unworkable’
22nd November New smacking laws, due to come into effect next year, may prove unworkable as doctors will not want, or will be unable to give evidence when parents are prosecuted, an expert has warned. Professor Sarah Stewart-Brown, from Warwick Medical School, said the law for England and Wales, which will allow mild smacking but…
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Tagged Child abuse, Lucy Thorpe, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Punishments, Royal College of Paediatrics, Sarah Stewart-Brown, spokesman, the British Medical Journal, Warwick Medical School
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