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Earlier this month, a temporary suspension of out-of-hours midwifery services for Skye and Lochalsh was announced. This suspension—a problem that is especially significant in an area where there is an...
Association found between medical co-morbities and maternal deaths Medical co-morbidities, when women have one or more medical conditions, are found to be an important factor associated with direct...
The Court of Appeal has recently issued its judgment in Paulley v First Group PLC [2014] where a bus company was ordered to pay compensation to a wheelchair user who was unable to board a bus because...
‘Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected People use Facebook to stay connected with friends and family, to discover what's going on in the...
Research involving young infants is essential to derive investigational and therapeutic innovations to benefit this group However, there is often a reluctance on the part of health professionals to...
Lifestyle choices before and during pregnancy can have a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of both a woman and her unborn child (O'Keeffe et al, 2013) Women are often advised by health...
Asthma is one of the most common potentially serious conditions that complicates pregnancy, with approximately 3–14% of pregnant women affected by asthma worldwide; 127% of pregnant women in Australia...
Depression is a condition that affects millions of people worldwide and is the highest cause of disease burden in women (Dennis and Dowswell, 2013) Postnatal depression has been defined by Diagnostic...
When a baby is born it begins its adaption to extra-uterine life Delayed cord clamping is a normal part of gentle transition (Mercer and Erikson-Owens, 2010) and has been widely advocated as a means...
Candida albicans is the most common naturally occurring candida species found as a commensal on the mucosal tissue of mother and child It is also a pathogen that can cause fungal infections in both...
Placental development begins upon implantation of the blastocyst into the maternal endometrium during the initial stages of human embryogenesis Implantation involves localisation to the most optimal...
From 5 January 2015, the NHS Newborn Blood Spot Screening Programme has been expanded to screen all newborn babies in England for the following rare, but potentially disabling conditions: maple syrup...
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