A major study involving over 65,000 women, has looked at the risks of home birth in England.  The study is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind, and was carried out by Oxford...  Read More...

Women now have the right to ask for a caesarian birth, even if there is no medical need for it, according to new guidelines for England and Wales.

The guidelines, issued by...  Read More...

New guidelines have been issued reducing the recommended doses of paracetemol based medicines including calpol and disprol for children.

The recommendations have been made...  Read More...

As the world's population reaches seven billion, a string of babies around the world born on 1st November 2011 have been named by the United Nations as the world's 'seven billionth babies'....  Read More...

British scientists are developing a new test that could improve the success rate of IVF treatment. Currently only about one in three IVF attempts is successful.  It is reported that the test...  Read More...

A  new study has linked behavioural problems in young girls with their exposure before birth to a chemical found in plastics called Bisphenol A or BPA, which is thought to cause hormonal...  Read More...

Several baby brands much admired by Olivers Babycare have won awards in the 2011/2012 Practical Parenting and Pregnancy Awards and the 2011 Practical Pre-school...  Read More...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accients is renewing its advice to parents to choose a child car seat or baby car seat that is compatible with their car, and that is suited to their...  Read More...

There are hopes that new research could lead to the development of a simple blood test which could help doctors predict if a pregnant woman is likely to go into labour...  Read More...

New research has highlighted the risk to pregnant women of taking Ibroprofen painkilling drugs.

Canadian researchers at the University of Montreal studied 4,700 women who...  Read More...