Public Health England updates travel advice after first cases of mosquito-borne disease are transmitted on US mainland
Pregnant women are being advised to postpone non-essential trips to Florida because of the Zika virus.
Public Health England updated its travel advice after the first cases of Zika transmitted by mosquitoes on the US mainland appeared in the state.
Continue reading...Food Standards Agency to reconsider its advice as risk from salmonella has dropped significantly in last 15 years
Raw eggs are safe for pregnant women to eat, a safety committee has recommended.
A report from the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food states there is “very low” risk of salmonella from UK eggs produced under the Lion code.
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Continue reading...The term menopause derives from the Ancient Greek menos meaning month and pausis meaning a cessation. It is strangely fitting then, that it should be from a Greek research team that the news came this week of a new treatment that might reverse the process.
As a single woman in her 40s who would have loved to become a mother, I wrestled for a long time with the question of exactly when it is too late even to consider the possibility of pregnancy and of having my own child.
The removal of a limit can characterise medicine at its best, and at its most disconcerting
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Continue reading...The UK’s teenage pregnancy rate has halved over the past two decades. Could the internet have something to do with it?
Continue reading...Australian study also finds traditional gender roles prevalent, and each additional $1,000 earned by a woman’s partner increases her pregnancy probability by 1.5%
Women appear to be the decision-makers when it comes to starting a family, with a new report finding a strong correlation between a woman’s relationship satisfaction and financial security and the likelihood of pregnancy and no noticeable correlation to how a man feels and his likelihood of having children.
However the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, or Hilda report, released on Wednesday, did find a strong relationship between a man’s wage and the likelihood his partner would get pregnant, with each additional $1,000 earned by a woman’s partner increasing her pregnancy probability by 1.5%.
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Continue reading...Have you had postnatal depression? Or are you holding back from having a child due to concerns about mental health? We want to hear your story
Pregnancy is a time of great joy, but it is also be a time of volatile emotions which can lead to mental health problems.
Figures show that one in five women suffer from depression, anxiety or post-birth psychosis during pregnancy or a year after giving birth.
Continue reading...It’s the winner of pregnancy product of the year for Boots, so it has to be something that’s great for pregnant women, right? Pregnacare Max, according to the Boots website, is “the ultimate formula” for mums-to-be. It includes not only folic acid and vitamin D at amounts recommended by the Department of Health, but also zinc, magnesium, niacin, vitamins B6, B12 and C, iron and a host of other vitamins and minerals. All for £19.99 for a 42-day supply. So is that the price a mother has to pay for the health of her and her newborn?
Well, according to a review of vitamin supplements in pregnancy in the latest Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, the true price may be less. The article said: “For most women who are planning to become pregnant or who are pregnant, complex multivitamin and mineral preparations promoted for use during pregnancy are unlikely to be needed and are an unnecessary expense.”
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