Overworked midwives should use volunteers to relive pressure in busy maternity wards, a new report has recommended to the NHS.The advice from the King's Fund, a health thinktank, suggests this may free up more time for midwives to care for women

A research team in Germany has concluded that acupuncture does indeed relieve pain. This study was only a small one (with just 18 volunteers) but comes hot on the heels of scientific evidence showing how acupuncture stimulates a natural painkiller

for us. Email editor@thinkbaby.co.uk and put BABY SENSE in the message field, and we'll randomly pick three volunteers and send out the Shawl and Nest sets to you. All we ask is that, if you're lucky enough to get a set, you drop us a line and let us know

Doctors in Berlin managed to capture these amazing images of the moment a baby was born thanks to a German mum volunteering to give birth in an MRI machine.Doctors at Berlin’s Charité Hospital were able to take the pictures by using a specially

within 72 hours of giving birth.Working with the Royal Cornwall Hospital and Isles of Scilly Primary Care Trust, the scheme works with volunteer expert mums, called Peer Support Workers, who telephone new mums in the first 72 hours to offer guidance

the genomes of 5,500 women with endometriosis from the UK, USA and Australia with the genomes of 10,000 volunteers without the condition.

debate about whether donors should receive more money to encourage men to volunteer but records show that male donors are actually on the increase without this incentive.Sperm banks are not allowed to release any information that would allow donors

work nights there's no need to panic, though it is probably sensible from a general health point of view not to volunteer yourself for night shifts unnecessarily. But nor does the study prove that it's safe for pregnant women to work where long periods

teacher: "How are babies made?", before donning an empathy belly as the bemused actress looked on.The comedian then volunteered to demonstrate a mock birth, with Jessica acting as his birthing partner. After lots of pushing, Jimmy eventually gave birth

England. Now the RCM’s regional figures show the seriousness of this shortage across the country’s regions. So much so that it's even been suggested volunteers would have to help out.The shortage of midwives ranges from 91 in the North East to 1015