Canada pledges additional $3.5B to maternal child health initiative
The Prime Minister of Canada announced that Canada is committing another $3.5 billion over five years to improve global maternal, newborn and child health. The money builds on the Muskoka...
Should women be warned about dangers of vaginal births?
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) are to meet and discuss whether it is appropriate to start ‘warning’ expectant mothers about the dangers of having a vaginal...
Almost three quarters of women seeking fertility treatment have a baby within five years
At the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference that I attended this week in Helsinki – it was reported that more than 6.5 million IVF babies have been born since the...
Triple amputee doctor: Disability doesn’t define you
This is such an amazing inspirational story. When this girl contracted meningococcal disease at the age of 8 she became a triple amputee. Her family rallied around her to make sure she had a...
Where’s your daddy? Study shows single mum families are just as happy
The number of children born to single women is increasing, partly as a result of social and legislative changes in the rights to parenthood. While technology has been readily able to meet this rising...
2 out of 3 children refused treatment for mental health
In a new investigation by medical publication Pulse; it has been found that two thirds of children in the UK who have been referred by their GP for mental health problems do not get treatment. Pulse...
A third of women who conceived after age 35 have experienced infertility
1 in 8 women and 1 in 10 men experience infertility. But a study published today in the journal Human Reproduction found that infertility was highest between the ages of 35 and 44 years for women...
National Women in Engineering Day- a personal perspective from a female engineer
Tara Clinton, has been working at Arup since September 2014, following her graduation from University College Dublin. To celebrate National Women in Engineering Day she discusses her career and how...
Are fertility tracking apps actually effective?
It was announced yesterday that researchers in the U.S. city of Georgetown are launching the first study of it’s kind to investigate whether fertility tracking apps are effective. Nowadays, more...
How does it feel to be infertile?
This week I went to see a play called ‘The Quiet House‘. It is a play showing how infertility can affect a couples life. I went through five years of fertility treatment. I went through...
Growing wombs from stem cells may be possible within 10 years
Professor Mats Brannstrom (pictured), most famous for carrying out the first uterus transplant in Sweden two years ago, told the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists World Congress...
Jo Cox – a woman on a mission whose life was cut short
Jo Cox may not be a name you all know. But this week, the labour MP was murdered. Jo was born and raised in Yorkshire. She graduated from Cambridge University in 1995 and started work as a...
850 child marriages stopped by female chief in Africa
Theresa Kachindamoto is truly inspirational. In her role as female chief in the Dezda district of Malawi, she is reported to have prevented the marriages of over 850 young girls there in the last...
Did you get a seat on public transport when you were pregnant?
I am always surprised and disappointed at how often people can ignore a pregnant woman and not offer them the priority seat when they get on a train or a bus. Recently, a woman in the UK hid a camera...
Meet the Sextuplets from Ohio
Most of us want a family but can you image having sextuplets? Rozonno and Mia McGhee had fertility treatment six years ago and had sextuplets; Rozonno Jr., Elijah, Olivia, Madison, Josiah and Issac ...
Stress during pregnancy further linked to Autism Spectrum Disorder
Several neuropsychiatric conditions, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been linked to stress during gestation. Prenatal stress was previously shown to increase risk for ASD with peak...
Cancer Survivors Day
National Cancer Survivors Day is an annual, worldwide Celebration of Life held in hundreds of communities on the first Sunday in June. This week is also to remind all of us how we can help people...
How much do you know about ectopic pregnancies?
Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby has recently made the news for talking about her ectopic pregnancy that required her to be rushed to the emergency room last month. A piece by BT.com highlights...
