Scientists Believe High Levels of Molecule ‘IL-33′ Is A Potential Cause Of Repeated Miscarriages

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2257086/Scientists-discover-women-suffer-repeated-miscarriages.html Scientists discover why some women suffer repeated miscarriages Tests showed women who had successive miscarriages had high levels of a molecule known as IL-33 Medications that target the protein could be given to pregnant women who are particularly vulnerable By Emily Payne PUBLISHED: 07:47 EST, 4 January 2013 | UPDATED: 09:14 EST, 4 January […]

Outrage as China ‘forces seven month pregnant woman to have abortion for breaching one-child policy’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2159178/China-forced-abortion-photo-Feng-Jianmei-abort-7-months-breaching-child-policy.html By Richard Shears PUBLISHED: 05:37 EST, 14 June 2012 | UPDATED: 12:31 EST, 14 June 2012 Grisly photos of a young woman lying beside her baby which had been aborted by force in her seventh month of pregnancy have caused outrage in China. Pictures purporting to show the woman and her blood-covered baby have […]

Premature babies ‘at higher risk of developing severe mental health problems as adults’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2153168/Premature-babies-4-5-times-likely-suffer-severe-mental-health-problems-adults.html Study of 1.3m Swedish medical records reveals that premature babies are more likely to experience mental health problems that extend into adulthood By Jenny Hope PUBLISHED: 12:02 EST, 1 June 2012 | UPDATED: 12:02 EST, 1 June 2012 Babies born prematurely are at higher risk of developing severe mental health problems as adults, warn […]

Caesarean section babies ‘face double the risk of obesity’ than those delivered naturally

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2149022/Caesarean-section-babies-face-double-risk-obesity-delivered-naturally.html By Jenny Hope PUBLISHED: 17:58 EST, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 01:47 EST, 24 May 2012 Babies born by caesarean section are at double the risk of becoming obese children as those delivered naturally, researchers have claimed. They said the obesity epidemic could be driven in part by rising rates of surgical deliveries. The […]

One in 10 babies born in U.S. is premature, report reveals (that’s the same rate as Somalia and Thailand)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2139194/Report-ranks-US-131st-184-countries-premature-birth-rates-EQUALS-Somalia-Thailand.html By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 15:23 EST, 3 May 2012 | UPDATED: 16:00 EST, 3 May 2012 The first-ever country-by-country estimate of premature births has found that about 12 per cent, or 500,000, of all babies in the United States are born before due date, a rate far higher than in Europe, Canada, Australia or […]

Half of all pregnancies in U.S. are unplanned as women overestimate the effectiveness of the Pill and condoms

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2137938/Half-pregnancies-U-S-unplanned-women-overestimate-effectiveness-Pill-condoms.html By Victoria Wellman PUBLISHED: 11:59 EST, 1 May 2012 | UPDATED: 11:59 EST, 1 May 2012 Women who take the contraceptive pill or use condoms are doing so with the misconception of how effectively they prevent pregnancy, a new study has revealed. Researchers in St. Louis, Missouri interviewed 4,144 women about birth control methods […]

Mums-to-be warned exposing babies in the womb to mobile phones ‘could give them behaviour problems’, report

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2115294/Exposing-babies-womb-mobile-phones-lead-behavioural-problems-claim-U-S-scientists.html Yale expert says it would be ‘sensible’ for pregnant women to limit their baby’s exposure to mobile phones But British experts say it’s ‘irresponsible’ to speculate about human radiation risk from a study on mice By Claire Bates PUBLISHED: 09:02 EST, 15 March 2012 | UPDATED: 10:52 EST, 15 March 2012 Pregnant women who […]

Mothers ‘too posh to push’ could be causing their babies unnecessary health risks by opting for a Caesarean

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2098887/Mothers-posh-push-causing-babies-unnecessary-health-risks-opting-Caesarean.html By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:45 AM on 10th February 2012 Mothers who are ‘too posh to push’ may be increasing the chance of their child developing breathing problems, a new study revealed today. There has previously been a widely-held assumption that a Caesarean delivery has no health risks for the baby. […]