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EU Parliament bows to pressure and puts plans for 20-week maternity leave on hold (Daily Mail: World News)
The proposal has been condemned as a massive extra burden on British business if it became law - and a £2 billion-a-year extra headache for the Treasury. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 11/03/10 16:10:35
UK calls for bold new plan to get MDGs back on track (DFID)
The UK will press world leaders to agree to an ambitious action plan to get the Millennium Development Goals back on track to be achieved by 2015, Douglas Alexander said today. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 11/03/10 09:46:41
The Role Of Baby-Sign In Child Development (Medical News Today)
How important is it for mothers to use hand gestures to communicate with their infants? This is the key question investigated by new research being showcased at the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Festival of Social Science on 18 March. The event 'Communicating with Your Baby' has been organised by Professor Karen Pine from the University of Hertfordshire. Members of her team, Neil ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 10/03/10 12:32:17
Chickenpox row (BBC News)
A vaccine is available - why not use it in the UK? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 10/03/10 11:03:18
Why don't we vaccinate against chickenpox? (BBC News)
It is peak season for chicken pox - the highly contagious, blistering virus which for most children is unpleasant and for a very few lethal. A safe and effective vaccine is available - why don't we use it? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 10/03/10 09:28:05
Growing pains (BBC News)
Child behaviour linked to adult suffering (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 10/03/10 01:05:49
Pain 'linked to child behaviour' (BBC News)
Children with behavioural problems at school are more than twice as likely to suffer chronic pain in adulthood, research suggests. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 10/03/10 01:03:26
'Eating for two' may harm baby (Times Online)
Pregnant women are often assumed to be “eating for two”, but a high-calorie diet may also be influencing the sex and health of their child, researchers say. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 09/03/10 09:11:47
The Big Question: What relevance does International Women's Day have for women? (Independent)
Why are we asking this now? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 09/03/10 00:07:02
Women's Support Groups Make Dramatic Improvements On Neonatal Survival Rates (Medical News Today)
Women's community groups have had a dramatic effect on reducing neonatal mortality rates in some of the poorest areas on India, according to a study published in the journal the Lancet. The groups provide a cost-effective intervention with added benefits such as reducing significantly maternal depression and improving decision-making amongst the women. Every year, an estimated four million ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 08/03/10 15:47:44
JANET STREET-PORTER: Anti-social truth about these social networkers (Daily Mail)
Internet bullying has seen very few prosecutions, but causes daily misery for victims and can end in suicide. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 08/03/10 12:52:17
Straw hints at Venables decision (BBC News)
Details of why Jon Venables - one of James Bulger's killers - has been recalled to prison may be released later, the justice secretary says. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 08/03/10 10:12:12
My mum abandoned me.. but all I want is to find her (Daily Mirror)
This Wednesday is Andrew Rowan’s birthday. At least, he thinks it is. For Andrew, 49, is a foundling, left on a doorstep at birth by his mum. At least one baby is abandoned in the UK each week. And they are all left with unanswered questions, like Andrew, who still longs to find his birth mother. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 08/03/10 00:57:33
Childbirth death risk in third world as bad as UK 100 years ago (The Scotsman)
PREGNANT women in developing countries face as great a risk of death in childbirth as British mothers-to-be 100 years ago, campaign groups today warned. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 08/03/10 00:18:09
Developing world mothers 'at risk' (Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Pregnant women in developing countries face as great a risk of death in childbirth as British mothers-to-be 100 years ago, campaign groups warned. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 08/03/10 00:06:13
A century of distinction: 100 women who changed the world (Independent)
Tomorrow is designated International Women's Day, and it is a particularly significant milestone this year: the campaign to improve the rights of women was founded a century ago. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 07/03/10 00:09:52
'I'm Keith's mother. He's there on the moors. I want him back' (The Scotsman)
STOLEN away from a childhood of marbles and Beatles records, Keith Bennett has for 45 years lain beneath the moors chosen by his murderers. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 06/03/10 00:09:25
Mother of 'lost' Moors Murders victim pays tribute at memorial service (Daily Telegraph)
The tearful mother of ''lost'' Moors Murders victim Keith Bennett has paid tribute to her son at a special memorial service. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 05/03/10 17:05:15
Has Zuma's visit restored credibility? (BBC News)
The South African president is returning after a three-day state visit to the UK. Has the trip improved his credibility? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 04/03/10 12:36:16
Can Zuma's visit restore credibility? (BBC News)
The South African president is on a three-day state visit to the UK. Can the trip restore his reputation? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 04/03/10 12:36:16
The 100 little fibs a year we tell our little ones (for their own good) (Daily Mail: World News)
Parents lie to their children 100 times a year on average, despite telling them that fibbing is wrong, say researchers. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 04/03/10 09:25:35
Working mums (BBC News)
Is it harming or helping their children's health? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 04/03/10 03:17:46
Sick newborns forced to travel for vital care (The Scotsman)
NEWBORN babies and expectant mothers in Scotland are being transferred hundreds of miles from their homes to receive vital care, according to a charity. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 04/03/10 00:08:00
Cut the cost of raising a child (Daily Telegraph)
Not everyone needs to spend £200,000 on their offspring. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 03/03/10 16:17:12
Fathers use Sarah's Law to check out new lovers of their ex-partners (Daily Mail)
One in five queries to find out if someone has a history of child sex abuse were made by parents asking about a new lover in their former partner's life. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 03/03/10 11:48:41
Social care for graduates: compassionate embrace (Guardian Unlimited)
You may not need a degree to work in social care, but many graduates with a desire to help the vulnerable are finding rewarding careers within the sector, says Huma Qureshi Being a carer comes with emotional pressure and demanding challenges, but for some graduates working in social care has proved the most satisfying step they've taken yet. "I was going to do my master's, but then I realised I ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 03/03/10 07:42:24
David Cameron must let middle-class mothers have a scam of their own (Daily Telegraph)
Slashing child benefit for wealthy families is the kind of arrow in Middle England's cashmere-clad back that could lose David Cameron the election, writes Rowan Pelling. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 03/03/10 06:58:46
Lengthen school day to help latchkey kids, charity urges (Independent)
The school day should be lengthened to help "latchkey kids" who are left alone after school while parents work, a study on deprivation recommends. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 03/03/10 00:41:43
Reader views (47) (Evening Standard)
A direct result of labour's unworkable immigration policies. This is what happens when you meddle with social engineering. Labour should be tried for their crimes against the state. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 02/03/10 11:04:49
Kate Garraway: Skinny isn't best (Daily Mirror)
Kate Garraway has admitted she is shocked girls as young as six are concerned about their body shape. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 02/03/10 07:54:04
The dispossessed: Babies buried four to a grave - not Dickens but London today (Evening Standard)
Fifteen years ago the Standard published a shock report on the people left behind by London's economic boom. This week we revisit this hidden world of privation. We talk to the forgotten poor to reveal the reality behind the politicians' pledges. And we highlight the teachers, youth workers and doctors fighting the effects of poverty on the front line. We begin our five-day series with an exposé ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 01/03/10 12:25:12
Posh but poor: the perils of middle-class poverty (Independent)
A middle-class couple would normally be seen as a success if they had their own large, detached home, two cars in the driveway, nice holidays, a golf course lifestyle and children lined up for private school. But when he handles middle class divorces, the family solicitor Andrew Newbury of Pannone finds that a growing number of such couples have borrowed their way to apparent prosperity. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 27/02/10 00:26:28
The turbulent reputation of Henry Moore (Guardian Unlimited)
When Henry Moore's sculptures were first displayed, they were so shocking opponents decapitated them and daubed them with paint. A retrospective at Tate Britain explores the impulses that led to these controversial works. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 27/02/10 00:25:11
Women over 55 queuing at London clinics for IVF (Evening Standard)
Two women aged 58 are set to receive fertility treatment at a London clinic as record numbers attempt to become pregnant after the menopause. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 26/02/10 12:55:41
Underclass of pre-school children emerging, says report (Guardian Unlimited)
A study blames a lack of spending at pre-school level for educational disengagement in children under four More than one in 10 children begin primary school unable to learn and unwilling to build relationships with their peers, a "disengaged generation waiting in the wings", said the thinktank Demos today in a report. Researchers said that data from the Millennium Cohort Study showed 66,000 ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 26/02/10 01:53:20
Press Release (PharmiWeb)
New guidance published today (24 February) by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) aims to reinforce the safety of donor breast milk by making recommendations to maintain high standards of practice in specialist milk banks in the UK. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 25/02/10 09:05:13
Charity Gifts and Sponsorship (Ekklesia)
A selection of stories from today's press and other media that relate to Ekklesia's work, produced daily by James Vincent and covering papers such as The Times, Daily Telegraph, Independent, Guardian, and the tabloids. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 25/02/10 08:41:13
Haiti: recovery beginning in the heart of hell (Daily Telegraph)
It took half a minute for last month's earthquake to destroy Haiti - rebuilding it will take years. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 25/02/10 08:12:05
New NICE Guideline Aims To Promote Consistent Safety Standards For Donor Breast Milk (Medical News Today)
New guidance published today (24 February) by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) aims to reinforce the safety of donor breast milk by making recommendations to maintain high standards of practice in specialist milk banks in the UK. New mothers can choose to donate their breast milk to a dedicated milk bank. It can then be used by hospitals that request it... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 25/02/10 07:25:12
Quarter of mothers are single parents after being enticed by benefits 'lifestyle choice' (Daily Mail)
More than half of mothers with children under 13 have never married or lived with a boyfriend and find it 'rewarding' to stay at home supported by state handouts, it said. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 25/02/10 02:48:31
Maternity Pay Boost Could Cost Firms £2bn (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Fears are growing that new European Union plans to treble maternity pay could make it harder for women of child-bearing age to get jobs. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 24/02/10 13:08:45
'Lost child' was stripped of name (BBC News)
A woman "stripped of her identity" as one of the lost children sent to Australia comes to London to hear the UK government apologise. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 24/02/10 09:04:07
Born behind bars (Guardian Unlimited)
Being pregnant and in prison forces a woman to prepare for the worst. Will she receive the treatment she needs? Will she be able to get out of her cell if labour starts? And, most poignantly, will she be able to keep her baby? Four new mothers tell their inside stories Between 2005 and 2008, 283 babies were born in British prisons. Some mothers recall going into labour at night, to the sound of ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 23/02/10 14:36:13
Meeting the requirements of working parents (vnunet.com)
Catherine Chetwynd, Financial Director , Monday 22 February 2010 at 17:36:00 The demands of our fiscal deficit have put more families under pressure to have both parents working. We examine the provision for their financial support For a full PDF of the supplement, click here Gordon Brown announced at the 2009 Labour party conference that he proposed to scrap tax benefits on childcare vouchers ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 22/02/10 17:51:13
Food crisis looms in rural Haiti (AlertNet)
CARE International - UK FAO and CARE collaborate on cash-for-work programme in Léogâne. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 22/02/10 11:14:01
A root-and-branch inquiry: Inside the deep-digging, money-spinning, web-crawling world of family trees (Independent)
When you're gone, you're gone, eh? You'll have had your fun, or been released from your misery, and heading toward the last of the real seven ages of man and woman; baby, grown-up, parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, grandparent's grandparent, and, finally – when there's no one alive who can remember you even existed – anonymity and nothingness. There might be some trace of your dust in the ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 21/02/10 00:03:18
'People should sort this mess' (Guardian Unlimited)
Margaret Humphreys has spent 23 years campaigning for the victims of forced childhood migration. This week, finally, Gordon Brown is due to apologise on behalf of Britain for separating them from their families Next Wednesday, if everything goes to plan, Gordon Brown will rise, approach the dispatch box, and make a short speech to the nation. In the afternoon he will expand upon it – directly ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 20/02/10 14:45:49
Researchers track lives of 19,000 British Children (Guardian Unlimited)
The Millennium Cohort Study examines aspects of children's lives such as poverty, parenting, education and health Researchers from the Millennium Cohort Study are following nearly 19,000 children born at the start of the 21st century, building a picture of their birth and early childhood to try to gauge the long-term impact of these formative years. The study, which will keep tracking the ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 20/02/10 14:22:12
Exiled with their newborn son, the British parents who fell victim to the social service 'kidnappers' (Daily Mail)
A couple - who for legal reasons can be referred to only as Carissa and Jim, which are not their real names - fled to Spain just before Christmas to prevent their unborn child being seized by social workers. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 20/02/10 00:48:21
$21bn shortfall means pledge to make poverty history is history (Times Online)
Rich nations including Japan, France and Germany will fail to honour promises made five years ago on raising aid to poor countries and Africa will suffer most, according to a report yesterday from the OECD. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/02/10 22:58:32
Pregnant Briton who fled to Spain to prevent social services taking child gives birth to son (Daily Mail: World News)
The woman and her fiance secretly moved abroad in December after their first child, a daughter, was taken away by social workers and put up for adoption. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/02/10 20:10:35
Hope Given To Fathers In Family Law Cases Where Mum Applies To Emigrate With The Kids (Press Dispensary)
Gregorian Emerson Family Law Solicitors is taking a new and unusual approach to family law cases - including 'leave to remove' cases - and is givi ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/02/10 16:26:17
Aid 'shortfall' to poorer nations (BBC News)
Developed economies will fail to fulfil aid pledges made five years ago at the Gleneagles summit, the OECD says. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/02/10 11:49:42
Nick Herbert: Conservatives champion gay equality (Conservative Party)
I'm delighted to be here at Cato, the guardian of true liberalism. Thank you for hosting this event. And I'm especially honoured to be sharing a platform with one of Britain's most valuable exports, Andrew Sullivan. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/02/10 11:10:06
Parents' school choice 'fatalism' (BBC News)
Parents may not opt for their first primary school choice as they do not expect to get a place, London research suggests. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/02/10 11:03:21
Parents' school choice 'fatalism' (BBC News)
UK parents may not opt for their first choice school because they do not expect to get a place, research suggests. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/02/10 10:55:45
80% of men will be overweight by 2020 study claims (Independent)
Eight out of 10 men and almost seven in 10 women will be overweight or obese by 2020, according to a study published today. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/02/10 09:03:12
League tables ‘do not influence’ parents’ choice of school, study says (Times Online)
Most parents put school performance behind other factors when choosing a primary school, according to a study that casts doubt on government claims that league table position is the top priority. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/02/10 00:21:15
How to decorate children's rooms (Independent)
Decorating your children's bedroom has traditionally been a tricky area – they want cartoon wallpaper and garish colours, you want something they will like for more than six months and colours that won't completely clash with the rest of the house. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/02/10 00:15:27
Troubled Teens And Depressed Kids: New European Research Shows How Qld Parenting Program Can Help (Medical News Today)
Two new European studies show how The University of Queensland's Triple P - Positive Parenting Program can treat childhood depression and tame out-of-control teenagers. The findings of the independent Belgian and Dutch research projects will be presented at Helping Families Change, an international parenting conference at The University of Queensland on Wednesday, February 17 and Thursday ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 16/02/10 14:14:47
Claudine Keane poses in bikini as she reveals how she got her figure back after giving birth (Daily Mail)
The model and TV presenter put on 2st while pregnant - but insists she neither crash dieted nor hit the gym the moment she left the maternity ward last May. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 16/02/10 09:43:19
Parents caught in child care cost trap (This is Oxfordshire)
AN Oxford mum has called for more help for parents who feel they can’t work because of the rising costs of childcare. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 16/02/10 07:27:07
The great myth of me-time (Times Online)
Exhausted mothers’ quest for time out is a symptom of our exacting parenting culture. This half term we need to get the balance back into family life (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/02/10 21:12:07
Killing with kindness: Indulgent grandparents 'overfeed' kids and make them fat, scientists warn (Daily Mail)
Children looked after by their grandparents, even part time while parents are at work, are more likely to be obese, according to a major study of British toddlers. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/02/10 19:41:06
NICE Opens Consultation To Improve Care For Pregnant Women With Complex Social Factors (Medical News Today)
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is developing guidance to help the NHS provide better and more effective antenatal services for pregnant women faced with difficult social circumstances. As part of this process, the draft version of the guideline, which contains recommendations for healthcare professionals, has been published on the NICE website and is now ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/02/10 15:31:31
Press Release (PharmiWeb)
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is developing guidance to help the NHS provide better and more effective antenatal services for pregnant women faced with difficult social circumstances. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/02/10 09:34:33
Dr Mark Porter: older mums must weigh risks (Times Online)
New evidence confirming that autism is more common in children with older parents has again focused attention on a demographic that has been causing concern in obstetric quarters for the past 20 years: an increasing number of couples are delaying starting a family. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/02/10 09:11:47
Poorest children trailing richer classmates in language skills (Yorkshire Post Today)
THE UK's poorest children are already almost a year behind their richer classmates in their language skills by the time they start school, research has revealed today. (15/02/2010 08:40:37) (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/02/10 08:55:12
Middle class children looked after by grandparents 'more likely to be obese' (Daily Telegraph)
Children looked after by their grandparents while their mothers and fathers are at work are more likely to be obese, a British study has suggested. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/02/10 07:56:22
Poor children 'lag a year behind' (BBC News)
Research says children from the poorest homes are almost a year behind middle class pupils in language skills by the age of five. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/02/10 02:39:10
Grandparents boost obesity risk in young children, UK study suggests (BBC News)
Young children regularly looked after by their grandparents have an increased risk of being overweight, a UK study suggests. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/02/10 01:33:06
Editor-At-Large: Children should get to know the food on their plate (Independent)
One in four kids under the age of 16 thinks that bacon comes from sheep. To be blunt, most young people seem to have no idea where food comes from and how to cook it. It's just something they stuff in their mouths at too-frequent intervals, and the more sugary and fatty the better. No wonder they're turning out to be a generation of indolent, blubbery fatties. And the Government seems powerless ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 14/02/10 01:12:41
Hitler, mothers, navelgazing: Richard Cork recalls the revealing day he spent with sculptor Henry Moore (Independent)
By the time I visited Henry Moore in 1981, he had become the most venerated artist in Britain. Major museums and collectors across the world vied eagerly to acquire his bronzes, which often occupied prominent positions in metropolitan settings. At the age of 83, he was in non-stop demand for prestige exhibitions. So when I wrote to him about my fascination with a large, breakthrough carving he ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 14/02/10 00:19:29
The green strings tying women to the home (Times Online)
Elisabeth Badinter, a 65-year-old philosophy professor and prominent French feminist, has caused a storm in France by announcing that, to paraphrase, the green movement is the enemy of feminism because it relies on women doing endless worthy chores — such as washing cloth nappies — in the quest for an organic, eco-friendly, planet-responsible lifestyle. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 14/02/10 00:10:48
Tory bruiser Ken Clarke warns: ‘I’m from Nottingham, not Notting Hill’ (Times Online)
Kenneth Clarke is rummaging around his desk. “I am going on holiday next week so I need to find my mobile phone,” he says. The Shadow Business Secretary doesn’t have an iPod, and Facebook has passed him by. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 12/02/10 21:28:19
Race to the rainy season in Haiti - CARE International calls for mass tarp distribution and sanitation campaign (AlertNet)
CARE International - UK Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Feb. 11, 2010) – One month after the catastrophic quake that leveled most of Port-au-Prince, CARE International and other aid agencies are in a race against time to get people waterproof shelter and decent sanitation before the rainy season hits at the end of March. Most people crammed into overcrowded temporary camps are huddled under bed sheets ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 12/02/10 10:59:00
Poorest 'die seven years earlier' (BBC News)
People in the poorest neighbourhoods in England live an average 7 years less than those in the richest areas, says a major report on health inequalities. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 11/02/10 00:12:56
Thalidomide compensation 'life-changer' - Video (U TV)
Northern Ireland's youngest Thalidomide survivor has told UTV the £1.1m compensation scheme unveiled by Health Minister Michael McGimpsey was a 'life-changer'. - Video available (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 10/02/10 16:15:12
Nursery costs top public school fees (Daily Telegraph)
Parents are now paying up to £22,100 a year in nursery fees, more than some of Britain's most expensive private schools, according to research. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 10/02/10 02:50:09
£22,000 a year to put a child in nursery as fees rocket (Daily Mail)
A survey by the Daycare Trust found that mothers are being forced back to work early by the recession only to find that childcare costs swallow up a ' significant proportion' of their income. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 10/02/10 02:49:56
Stop blocking internet access, schools told (Daily Telegraph)
Pupils should be given more freedom to search the internet at school, according to Government inspectors. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 10/02/10 00:20:09
Mums starve for right to see kids (Morning Star)
Barbed wire running around the outside of Yarl's Wood in Bedfordshire. Picture: indymedia.org.uk (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 09/02/10 18:37:03
Des has found a real home from home (Brighouse Today)
LIKE many Kiwis before him Des Waerea travelled to these shores and liked it so much that he decided to make England's green and pleasant land his home. (09/02/2010 11:04:24) (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 09/02/10 11:16:11
Mothers go on hunger strike at immigration centre after being separated from children (Daily Telegraph)
A group of up to 80 mothers detained at an immigration centre have gone in hunger strike in protest at being separated from their children, it has emerged. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 09/02/10 07:52:23
Putting off motherhood increases risk of autistic child: researchers (Daily Telegraph)
Women who put off starting a family into their 40s are 50 per cent more likely to have a child with autism, research has found. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 09/02/10 07:49:42
Autism risk rises 50% for older mothers, say scientists (Daily Mail)
A major study found the risk is 50 per cent higher for mothers aged 40 than for a woman in her late 20s. But the father's age has far less impact. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 09/02/10 07:48:31
McDonald’s: the world’s local restaurant (Times Online)
Have you tried a Ranch Snack Wrap or a Little Italian yet? Or a Little Chorizo Melt? Or an Oriental Snack Wrap? If you have, you are not alone. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 08/02/10 22:11:47
Delays 'increase risk of autism' (Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Delaying motherhood increases a woman's chances of having an autistic child, a study has shown. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 08/02/10 17:59:15
Is the fertility time bomb really ticking? (Daily Telegraph)
According to new research, by the age of 30, a woman's chances of conceiving have dwindled dramatically. But it's not just about statistics, says Julia Llewellyn-Smith. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 07/02/10 07:15:05
Kylie Minogue and Beyoncé leads the single auntie revolution (Times Online)
Panks, or Professional Aunts No Kids are on the rise. Time to celebrate joining the family village (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 07/02/10 00:58:15
Haiti baby in urgent need of surgery (Channel 4)
Landima is just three months old and will die unless she can get an operation to remove the dead bone from her skull and replace it with a titanium plate. Inigo Gilmore reports from Haiti. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 06/02/10 15:42:01
Arlene Phillips on picking herself up after Strictly, her hidden weepy side and why being an older mum keeps her young (Daily Mirror)
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Source: Yahoo! News 06/02/10 08:53:18
Gambia Unit Unveils New Strategic Direction - Medical Research Council (Medical News Today)
The MRC unit in The Gambia has outlined new plans for the next five years, which will include focusing its science on three new themed areas: Child Survival, Disease Control and Elimination, and Vaccines. Recruitment of scientists to lead these three themed research areas is now underway, and theme leaders are expected to be appointed in February. In December, the unit's plan, developed over the ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 05/02/10 12:35:40
Drive to embed children's rights on a local level (Guardian Unlimited)
Unicef campaign will raise awareness about the rights of young people, promote their participation locally and challenge negative attitudes The luxury waterside shopping and leisure development in Portsmouth is on the doorstep of teenagers' homes, yet they felt excluded. Security guards often asked hoodies to leave and a lack of bike parks made the marina area even less child-friendly. Six ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 04/02/10 13:35:07
Law 'unfair to blood relatives' (BBC News)
English law favours "idle sexual partners over deserving relatives", says one of Britain's most senior family lawyers. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 02/02/10 18:53:05
Things that make you go argh! Mums' top 50 gripes (The Scotsman)
DIRTY clothes dumped next to the washing basket, wet towels on the bathroom floor and toothpaste left in the sink are among the worst bugbears inflicted on mothers. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 02/02/10 00:23:48
Nick Robinson (BBC News)
Voting reform proposal to be considered by MPs (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 01/02/10 16:08:23
Father forced to deliver own baby in maternity ward after midwife goes missing during labour (Daily Mail)
Thomas Howard frantically pressed the emergency buzzer to alert staff at the Royal Blackburn Hospital, Lancashire, for help when he realised the newborn's arrival was imminent. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 01/02/10 11:40:45
The ex-gay files: The bizarre world of gay-to-straight conversion (Independent)
In Britain today therapists are trying to convert gay men and women to heterosexuality. I know this, because for several months I infiltrated this network of therapists and put myself – a happy, "out" gay man – through treatment. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 01/02/10 09:17:07
Children ‘should tackle risk head on’ claims new book (icWales)
IT’S the parenting guide many parents will hope their children never see. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 01/02/10 07:59:12
