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Science is not stopping at vaccines

Debra
The current global vaccine programme has been a huge success and raised the profile of science and its ability to analyse and change the biological world.   COVID 19 might take the lives of 5 Million but Spanish Flu took an estimated 20 million, possibly more.   Science, and in particular genetics......
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Debra
Breast Cancer
Working with a mother who has been diagnosed with cancer There are around 55,900 new breast cancer cases in the UK every year and research shows that breast cancer is reported in 1 in every 3,000 pregnancies. Most women are between 32 and 38 years old at diagnosis. Most are......
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Love that birth physiology: even more!

Debra
Do we know enough? That is really the question. “We are not really trained that well in anatomy and physiology as far as birth is concerned. That gap in our knowledge really hinders us”. “Bringing it down to three major disruptions, the cause of labour dystocia are fear, medicalisation and......
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Preventing Neural Tube Defects: Plans to add Folic acid to flour

Debra
Folic acid
Good nutrition in pregnancy is important for the wellbeing of the mother and the unborn fetus. A recent statement from the UK Government reveals plans to fortify white bread to improve folate consumption during pregnancy. This post discusses the reasons for the addition.   The presence of folate (vitamin B9)......
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Charging for NHS maternity care – new research

Debra
MATERNITY ACTION
In the UK there have been increasing incidents of news reports talking about cases where Trusts have charged migrant women large amounts of money for their maternity care. In this article Maternity Action discusses their report into compliance of NHS Trusts to the law on charging women. Maternity Action’s new......
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