Researchers in Canada at the University of British Columbia have found that children who are given antibiotics in the first year of life are twice as likely to develop childhood asthma as those who do not take the drug.Antibiotics are not as freely issued as they once were, but ...

Researchers looking at cervical and womb cancer have found that high levels of prostaglandin can increase the speed at which a tumour grows.Prostaglandin is present naturally in a woman's body and regulates womb tissue growth as part of the body's regular menstural cycle. It is a...

An extensive study in Norway suggests there may be a link between some forms of assisted reproduction and the condition placenta previa. Placenta previa is a condition in pregnancy, where placenta is covering part or all of the cervix and therefore

Research newly published by the British Medical Journal has concluded that babies are not more intelligent because they are breastfed. Although the researchers from the MRC Social and Public Health Services Unit in Glasgow and the Dept of Psychology at the University of Edinburg...

Baby car seats save lives. You don't have to be an expert in car seat law to know it makes sense for a baby to be properly protected when travelling.However, in recent years, there has been something of a backlash against keeping babies in car seats for overly long periods.First ...

of several different methods involving laser, knife or ‘large loop excision’.The hospital’s study found that only ‘laser ablation’ was found not to be linked to any pregnancy risks. However, cancer charities and doctors are keen to point out that the risks

Cranial osteopathy is a form of physical therapy which can help babies and children after the experience of birth leaves them with overt or underlying pain, or knock-on effects of the stress of birth which can include colic, difficulty feeding or inability to settle to sleep.Cra...

Image 1 | Image 2Launched for National Organic Dairy Week, Rachel's Organic have linked with children's recipe author Annabel Karmel to create a handy book of meal ideas. Although parents these days are aware of the potential for childhood allergies

With the waves of information around and the warnings on cigarette packets, it's hard for any smoker to say he or she is unaware of the health dangers linked with smoking. Whilst having been a smoker in past years is not going to affect an unborn

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