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Teen Pregnanices To Be Halved
Plans to cut the teen pregnancy rate in the UK have been backed by the appointment of 150 teenage pregnancy co-ordinators. The UK has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Western Europe, currently standing at 63 per 1,000 girls aged less than 20 years. A total of 8,829 girls under 16 became pregnant in…
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Tagged Controversies, healthcare, Michelle Fowler, Pregnancy, Sarah Louise, Teenage pregnancy, Western Europe, Youth, Yvette Cooper
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Heart problems linked to pregnancy difficulties
22 June 2001 HEART PROBLEMS LINKED TO PREGNANCY DIFFICULTIES Women who experience complications during pregnancy or give birth to low weight babies could be more susceptible to heart problems later in life, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Glasgow studied data from nearly 130,000 women who gave birth in Scotland between 1981…
Short boys held back
March 2000 Short boys are more likely to be held back at school than their tall classmates, researchers have found. Two thirds of children studied who were held back were boys and while the girls were of varying heights, the majority of boys held back a year were smaller than average. Researchers, whose work was…
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Tagged Employment Service, Fertility, Industry Secretary, Pregnancy, Stephen Byers, Teenage pregnancy, Youth
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Teen pregnancy greatly overestimated
15th October 2008 95 per cent of Britons wrongly think that we are in the midst of a teenage pregnancy epidemic. Although the UK has the highest number of teenage pregnancies in the whole of Europe, less than 1 per cent of under 16s fall pregnant each year. However, an Ipsos MORI poll found that…
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…
Eastenders teenager to be a mum
EASTENDERS TEENAGER TO BE A MUM LIFE turns upside down for Eastenders character Sonia Jackson this week, when she gives birth to a baby even though she didn’t know she was pregnant. Sonia had a one night stand with Martin Fowler months ago and was slowly working up to a night of passion with her…
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Tagged EastEnders, Jamie Mitchell, Martin Fowler, Sonia Fowler, Teenage pregnancy
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Teenagers choosing motherhood over work
17th July 2006 Many teenage girls are choosing to have a baby rather than end up in a low-paid ‘dead end’ job, according to new research. The study, for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, says that teenagers are not ignorant about contraception, as is often assumed, but actively plan to have a baby. The researchers say girls as young…
Teenage pregnancy still rising
Rise in both the under-15 and 16-18 age groups and the announcement that £20m sex education package will be launched. Yet again we see politicians defending their strategy for reducing the number of teenage pregnancies after new figures showed that conception rates among under-16s had risen for the first time since 2002. The government insisted…
Pregnancy weight gain increases cancer risk
10 April 2002 Gaining more than 50lb during pregnancy and not managing to lose it after giving birth could put women at greater risk of developing breast cancer later in life, researchers claim. A study carried out by experts from the Lombardi Cancer Centre looked at over 27,000 breast cancer patients in Finland. They found…
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Choosing pregnant friends
Guess what?! Just because you’re pregnant/a new mum doesn’t mean you have to accept any pregnant woman/new mum that you meet as a mate. Honestly! You have every right to choose your friends now as you did before, just make sure you choose wisely… Living in limbo land The first two trimesters of pregnancy can be a little…
