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Hideously diverse Britain: Talking about racism in Lewes
When one journalist decided to be honest about cultural difficulties in his Sussex hometown, he didn't expect to be called a racist It started in the way of so many journalistic projects; a lunch between a writer and an editor. With the election of President Obama, we seem finally to have reached the post-racial stage, the editor remarked ironically to David James Smith. Not quite in Lewes where ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 01/09/10 03:20:46
Talking about racism in Lewes
When one journalist decided to be honest about cultural difficulties in his Sussex hometown, he didn't expect to be called a racist It started in the way of so many journalistic projects; a lunch between a writer and an editor. With the election of President Obama, we seem finally to have reached the post-racial stage, the editor remarked ironically to David James Smith. Not quite in Lewes where ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 01/09/10 03:20:46
Just stop trying to end child poverty
Much cooing across the nation, I've no doubt, at the photos of a devoted David Cameron and baby Florence – though you might want to ask why we didn't get to see Samantha, too. Maybe No 10 did not want to present too conventionally perfect a picture of family bliss, lest it be deemed to imply criticism of others, single parents, for instance, at a time when families of all kinds fear the effect ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 31/08/10 00:20:07
Uganda training mission success for hospital team
A TEAM from Basingstoke hospital has returned from Uganda after training medical staff about complicated births. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 30/08/10 11:06:31
Warning on child medicine errors
Many parents are incapable of giving their children the correct dose of liquid medicines, claim Australian researchers. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 30/08/10 02:18:54
Mum matters most in the eyes of their children
The special lifelong bond that children have with their mothers may have its roots in how our brains react when we see our mothers' faces, according to scientists. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 29/08/10 08:04:57
Carlisle mum leads campaign to take on Facebook paedophiles
A Carlisle mother has emerged at the forefront of a group campaigning to expose internet paedophiles. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 28/08/10 10:47:18
Mothers who fail to breast feed have double risk of diabetes
US researchers claim breastfeeding helps shift fat remaining around the abdomen after pregnancy, one of the factors behind the disorder. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 27/08/10 16:44:18
Fourfold increase in child malnutrition in Niger hunger hotspots
Save the Children UK The number of severely malnourished children visiting Save the Children's clinics in Niger has soared fourfold since the beginning of the year. Last week 2,400 severely malnourished children under ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 27/08/10 11:48:54
The politics of paternity leave
The prime minister has put work on hold to be with his new daughter, but many new fathers can't afford the statutory time off. Is modern Britain coping with fatherhood? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 26/08/10 13:53:55
Reader views (45)
Yes, You are right, I came here after I was born. I am a proud British now. I am not Anti-British, I get annoyed when people make sweeping statements about immigrations which is untrue in many of the cases as I know first hand. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 26/08/10 12:10:42
NICE Guideline To Drive Down A Leading Cause Of Maternal Death - Hypertension In Pregnancy
A small amount of aspirin a day could help certain groups of pregnant women keep a potentially serious and sometimes fatal condition at bay. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) says this is just one of a number of ways to help prevent and treat hypertension (high blood pressure) before, during and after pregnancy. The condition is a leading cause of maternal death in ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 26/08/10 11:32:59
New fathers
The only ones who say 'no' to two weeks off work? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 26/08/10 10:10:00
SEPARATED CHILDREN AT RISK OF ABDUCTION AND DISEASE IN FLOOD-HIT PAKISTAN
Plan UK CHILDREN'S lives are at risk in the aftermath of the Pakistan floods because health and security issues are being neglected in the camps, aid workers warn today. Relief staff at Plan International ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 25/08/10 14:04:04
Working parents rely on mum and dad for childcare
Just under half of working parents (44%) depend upon their own mums and dads to help out with childcare revealed a new study by the UK’s number one jobsite for professional working mums and flexible jobseekers, Workingmums.co.uk . (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 25/08/10 10:18:38
Pregnancy aspirin advice issued
A small dose of aspirin in pregnancy can help prevent high blood pressure complications, expert guidance says. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 25/08/10 09:22:13
No cuts on the cards at baby Cameron's birthplace
Royal Cornwall hospital's maternity unit, where the Camerons' baby was born, was rated seventh best in England in 2008 The Royal Cornwall hospital , where the Camerons' baby was born, is known to most locals as Treliske , after the area where it is sited. The maternity unit, the Princess Alexandra wing , was opened in 1968 and had been showing signs of age until a £2m refurbishment in 2008. In ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 25/08/10 08:31:02
We were the Sunbed Sisters.. I’ll always regret it - Exclusive
Lorraine and her friend Della loved nothing more than their twice daily sessions on a sunbed. Even pregnancy didn’t stop Lorraine, but now they’ve both paid a terrible price... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 25/08/10 08:29:06
What are the links between shame and poverty?
Are shame and poverty closely linked? And, if so, why is it important? An international research project aims to find out Undermining the dignity of the poor is a tendency that "resides deep in the pores of our culture", observes Robert Walker, professor of social policy at Oxford University, who has just embarked on a major international study on the connection between shame and poverty. He ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 25/08/10 07:52:59
Be a better parent – and improve your child's mental health
Parents developing nurturing skills on pilot course report big drop in behavioural problems among their children As a parent it can sometimes feel as if you are drowning in conflicting information about your child's requirements; what they should be eating, what they should be learning. But there is one area where we might all like a little more help; how to improve parenting skills that can be ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 25/08/10 07:49:38
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1. Conception About 1 in 7 couples in the UK has problems conceiving. After pregnancy, infertility is said to be the most common reason for a young woman to see her doctor. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 23/08/10 15:42:36
UK families face highest costs for childcare: Average weekly nursery bill is £160
A third of family income goes towards nurseries and childminders - almost four times the cost in Germany and three times that of France. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 23/08/10 00:10:29
'HIV is no longer an epidemic. But the stigma is'
When Silvia Petretti was diagnosed with HIV she thought her life had come to an end. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 21/08/10 00:19:53
'I was used as a guinea pig in child vaccine scandal'
A woman subjected to a controversial vaccine trial as a baby without her mother's consent broke her silence last night to reveal her traumatic decades-long fight for justice. Related Stories Two dead, three hurt in car crash Ireland's hidden scandal: child vaccine trials Ex-bank boss apologises to Republic’s taxpayers Tell Catholic bishops to 'get the hell out of our cathedrals', says writer Man ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 20/08/10 07:36:38
Nick Clegg: good parenting, not poverty, shape a child's destiny
Bad parenting does more to hold back poor children than poverty, the Deputy Prime Minister said today. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 18/08/10 21:23:54
Rape attempt boys spared jail
As the two 11 year old boys convicted of the attempted rape were spared jail today, the Childrens' Commissioner for England told Channel 4 News the decision was "appropriate to their age and the severity of their crime." (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 18/08/10 18:42:36
Why does big business hate maternity leave?
A new survey suggests that motherhood and high-flying careers are still mutually exclusive. How mad Do you fancy having a baby and holding down a job? How retro! According to a survey by InterExec , a confidential agency for high salaried execs, headhunters believe that women who want to get the top jobs in business should steer well clear of motherhood. Some 53% of those questioned said that ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 18/08/10 17:32:03
Nick Clegg challenges middle-class domination of universities
New university funding rules will reduce the share of university places taken by middle class children, Nick Clegg has signalled. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 18/08/10 17:29:25
Midwives attack hysteria over home births
Leader of Britain's midwives disputes survey's claims that home birth is riskier than hospital delivery A "concerted and calculated" backlash by some doctors is downplaying the benefits of home births and has involved the use of "flawed" evidence to support claims that babies were more likely to die if not born in hospital, the general secretary of the Royal College of Midwives claims today ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 18/08/10 17:17:33
Health of women and children worsens in flood-hit Pakistan
Plan UK HEALTH is deteriorating rapidly in flood-hit Pakistan with sickness and infection sweeping through camps sheltering the homeless. Food is scarce, living conditions cramped and medicine in short ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 18/08/10 15:33:55
Demographics Is Destiny
Demographic trends might make you reshuffle your portfolio. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/08/10 15:53:07
It is blood money. Anyone who buys Tony Blair's book is just encouraging him
I have been speaking to other family members today and they are fuming. The general reaction is that it is blood money. That is what most of them think. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/08/10 14:01:57
'It's the kick you get'
Six times surrogate mother on helping childless couples (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/08/10 07:11:56
CCTV technology to monitor unborn babies in effort to cut stillbirth rate
Researchers in Northern Ireland are hoping to use CCTV technology to develop a mobile device which will help save babies’ lives. Related Stories Unhealthy 'may be denied treatment' New early-warning test for meningitis could save lives (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/08/10 01:13:55
New weight advice for pregnancy
Many newspapers have reported on new official guidelines for how women can manage their weight before, during and after pregnancy. The advice comes from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 17/08/10 00:11:39
Stillbirth scan developed at UU
New technology could help prevent stillbirths, the University of Ulster said on Monday. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 16/08/10 16:28:47
Hopes of cutting stillbirth rate
New technology could help prevent stillbirths, the University of Ulster has said. Related Stories Schoolboys compete in Gaelic Games Airport launches charm offensive Brian Rowan: There will always be doubts about intelligence Lurgan bomb: My girls could have been in coffins today Bid to make bike helmets compulsory (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 16/08/10 16:21:35
The genes don’t fit
It’s lazy to assume that our health and happiness are moulded more by genetic inheritance than by the way we organise our societies. Scientific determinism isn’t the path to human progress. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 16/08/10 08:30:41
One foreign criminal a day wins right to stay in Britain
Statistics show that 350 offenders, including double murderer Laith Alani, were allowed to stay in the UK last year on human rights grounds instead of being sent home. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/08/10 23:55:07
Acetaminophen tied to childhood wheezing and allergies
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A pair of studies suggests that the common painkiller acetaminophen -- better known as Tylenol in the U.S. -- may be fueling a worldwide increase in asthma. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 13/08/10 14:22:22
Tylenol tied to childhood wheezing and allergies
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A pair of studies suggests that the common painkiller acetaminophen -- better known as Tylenol in the U.S. -- may be fueling a worldwide increase in asthma. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 13/08/10 14:22:22
How will families cope with benefit cuts?
Single parents are to be compelled to seek work once their youngest child turns five, or face losing benefits. We ask families how they will cope. The summer holidays cause childcare headaches for working families across the UK, but employed lone parents are probably finding these six long weeks more stressful than most as they struggle to balance childcare and employment. And the number of ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 12/08/10 01:56:02
Fasting mothers raise potential risk for unborn babies
Women who fast while pregnant produce smaller placentas, which is linked to a greater risk of the child having cardiovascular disease in later life (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 11/08/10 16:33:39
'Put them away or get off my bus!': Stunned mother ordered off bus for breastfeeding son
Lauren McKenna, 22, says she was forced to walk for a mile carrying her six-week-old son after she was told to get off the Stagecoach service. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 11/08/10 09:49:59
The myth of the welfare queen
The coalition’s attack on the benefits system appears to be a copy of US policy, and it is single mothers who will suffer. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 10/08/10 14:15:41
Inverclyde Hospital Donates Medical Supplies to Burundi
World Emergency Relief (WER) - UK After years of conflict, Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world. The healthcare system is underfunded, short of workers and medical supplies. In 2007, the government spent approximately ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 09/08/10 16:18:54
Labour and Employment
Agency workers are particularly vulnerable to health and safety risks because they may not be as familiar with the business they are working in or its particular hazards as direct employees. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 09/08/10 15:28:41
Women who miscarry should try to conceive again within six months
Research published in the British Medical Journal contradicts previous guidance from the World Health Organisation The hundreds of thousands of women who miscarry each year should try to become pregnant again soon rather than waiting for months, doctors advise today. Would-be mothers who conceive within six months of a first miscarriage are more likely to have a successful and uncomplicated ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 09/08/10 12:10:56
Mothers-to-be warned off liquorice over fears it can give children diseases later in life
Experts have found eight-year-olds who were exposed to liquorice in the womb had levels of the hormone cortisol up to a third higher than those whose mothers never ate it. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 08/08/10 03:20:15
Car smoking 'child abuse', leading GP warns
Parents who smoke in cars in front of small children are "committing a form of child abuse", a leading GP has said. Professor Steve Field, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners, has condemned society's attitudes to food, alcohol and cigarettes. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 08/08/10 02:23:55
Smoking in the car is child abuse, GP Steve Field warns
Parents who smoke in cars in front of small children are "committing a form of child abuse", a leading GP has said. Professor Steve Field, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners, has condemned society's attitudes to food, alcohol and cigarettes. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 08/08/10 02:23:55
Car smoking is child abuse, GP says
People need to do more to look after their own and their children's health, a leading GP has warned. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 08/08/10 01:03:54
Parents warned to avoid 'alternative' allergy tests for children
Children are routinely being misdiagnosed with food allergies because of tests that do not work, experts have warned. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 07/08/10 21:27:37
Special investigation: How predatory gangs force middle-class girls into the sex trade
At 13, Emma still played with dolls and loved nothing more than walking with her pet spaniel, Mollie, through the fields next to her home on the outskirts of Leeds. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 06/08/10 23:26:31
Gisele Bundchen backs down over breast-feeing law claims
Model Gisele Bundchen has admitted she was wrong to say that new mums should be forced by law to breastfeed for six months. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 06/08/10 10:17:04
John McTernan v Neil O'Brien: Can Iain Duncan Smith fix Britain's welfare problem?
Two Telegraph bloggers, John McTernan and Neil O'Brien, debate whether Iain Duncan Smith is really thinking the doable. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 05/08/10 14:31:32
Cloned animal meat 'already in UK's food chain'
SUPERMARKET shelves could have already been flooded with imported meat from cloned animals because of loopholes in food-labelling regulations, agricultural experts have reveal (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 05/08/10 00:31:08
Breast to keep schtum, Gisele
BUNDCHEN blasted by MY Sun users and health workers over breastfeeding lecture (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 04/08/10 14:02:32
When did it become wrong to take your kids to the pub?
Katie Down took her four-year-old son with her when she met friends for a few drinks in a beer garden on a sunny afternoon… a few hours later she was arrested, locked up – and her son taken into care. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 04/08/10 01:26:23
Model: All Mums Should Be Made To Breastfeed
New mums should be forced by law to breastfeed their babies for six months after birth according to supermodel Gisele Bundchen. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 03/08/10 14:26:18
Gisele calls for breastfeeding law
Gisele Bündchen calls for a law which would force mothers to breastfeed babies for six months. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 03/08/10 01:33:50
Breastfeeding should be the law, says supermodel Gisele Bundchen
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen wants mothers to be forced to breastfeed for the first six months of their baby's life. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 02/08/10 15:32:04
Fathers are sleazy and mothers are lazy: What the au pair REALLY thinks of you
An in-depth study has found foreign au pairs working in Britain have a very unflattering view of their middle-class employers. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 01/08/10 15:11:51
Childless stigma
Happily married, don't want kids - why is it seen as odd? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 29/07/10 13:38:51
Choosing to be child-free
But why do others question the decision? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 29/07/10 13:38:51
The women who choose not to be mothers
More women in the developed world are choosing not to have children. So why do friends, family, colleagues and even strangers think it's OK to question their decision? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 29/07/10 13:08:55
Child heart surgery stays suspended at Radcliffe
Heart surgery on children must remain suspended at Oxford's John Radcliffe hospital after a report into the deaths of four babies, as Channel 4 News learns one of the infants' mothers was "too distraught" to even read it. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 29/07/10 12:57:36
Child-free by choice
More women in the developed world are choosing not to have children. So why do others think it's OK to question this decision? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 29/07/10 12:09:06
Childless stigma
Happily married, don't want kids - why is that so odd? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 29/07/10 12:09:06
The next big thing?: How child-focused businesses are growing in appeal
Your child needs their lunchtime nap. You need to go out. You settle for taking the buggy and draping over a blanket or towel in the hope that they'll sleep. Predictably, it falls off and your child wakes up. You swear you'll stay at home next time. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 29/07/10 00:28:28
Babies died after junior surgeon left to cope on his own
Four babies died at an Oxford NHS heart unit where managers were trying to raise the number of patients being treated in order to avoid closure, according to a damning report. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 28/07/10 22:49:55
New NICE Guidance On Weight Management Before, During And After Pregnancy
Women should be encouraged to achieve a healthy weight before they become pregnant and advised that there is no need to 'eat for two' when pregnant. These are just two of the recommendations included in new public health guidance published by NICE on dietary and physical activity interventions for weight management before, during and after pregnancy. The aim of this new guidance is to help ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 28/07/10 15:25:05
Mothers must lose baby weight before getting pregnant again, NICE says
Mothers have insisted for years that it is impossible to lose the "baby weight" they gain during pregnancy. But now experts have said that slimming down after giving birth is not only possible but necessary for those who plan to have another child. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 28/07/10 08:05:55
Last Night's TV - Ride of My Life: the Story of the Bicycle, BBC4; Baby Beauty Queens, BBC3
Contrary to what most scientists and entrepreneurs, and all teenage punks, think, there is no such thing as an original idea. Human history might be rectilinear, but intellectual history is not. "Patent" is a euphemism for fraud. You might think you've alighted on some spark of genius no other brain could produce, but almost certainly, someone, somewhere, some time, thought of it before you did. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 28/07/10 00:21:47
Billie Piper got criticised but I'm a smoking mum too - don’t hate me
Writer and smoking mum Katy Weitz insists put-upon mothers deserve sympathy, not vilification... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 28/07/10 00:18:12
How your personality can affect when you choose to have children
A new study found that traits such as 'openness' were associated with delaying motherhood, while more neurotic or extrovert women were likely to have children young. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 27/07/10 12:04:59
Baby Beauty Queens, BBC3, 8.30pm
Along with hamburgers, Halloween and high school proms, baby beauty pageants are yet another innovation we’ve happily bought into from America. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 27/07/10 00:31:32
Discovery Of Genetic Link To Children's Emotional Problems Precipitated By Bullying
Bullying victimization is common among children of school age, although its consequences are often anything but benign. The recent death of a Massachusetts teen by suicide prompted state lawmakers to pass one of the most far-reaching anti-bullying laws within the U.S. Whether such legislative actions result in measurable decreases in physical or emotional distress among school peers remains to ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 24/07/10 11:10:33
Britain is the European capital of broken homes
The report, by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which represents industrialised nations, is the first time that Britain’s poor record has been illustrated so starkly. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 24/07/10 02:11:26
It's OK to have your morning cup of coffee while pregnant, new study claims
In the past, mothers-to-be have been advised not to drink coffee at all because it was thought to substantially increase the risk of harm to the foetus. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 23/07/10 11:41:51
Die young, live fast: The evolution of an underclass
They're often branded as thoughtless and irresponsible, but teenage mothers and deadbeat dads may be making the best of their bad situations (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 22/07/10 12:53:17
CMACE Release: UK Stillbirth Rate Is Improving
The Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) publishes its Perinatal Mortality 2008 report today. The key findings are: - The perinatal mortality rate in the UK continues to fall from 8.3 per 1,000 total births in 2000 to 7.5 per 1,000 in 2008 - For the second consecutive year, the trend in the stillbirth rate since 2000 has shown a significant decrease, from 5.4 (2000) to 5... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 22/07/10 02:26:00
Precious 'victory' as coalition ends detention of child asylum seekers
DETENTION for child asylum seekers is to be brought to an end in the UK, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has revealed. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 22/07/10 00:23:26
Much achieved much further to go
Lady Verma writes for ePolitix.com on the day of the House of Lords debate on the position of women in society (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 21/07/10 17:12:00
Much achieved – much further to go
We have made great strides in this country towards equality of women in all levels of society. Many women of previous generations fought hard battles to achieve basic rights that their granddaughters now take for granted – the vote, equal pay, maternity provision and a good education. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 21/07/10 16:08:09
What do women get up to online?
UK housewives spend 47% of their leisure time on the internet – and it's not all cosy, mumsy surfing I would never open my boyfriend's post. He wouldn't let me, for one thing. I'm not even allowed to open his copy of Paws – the Battersea Dogs Home newsletter – until he gets home. And I'd never open his emails either, but I don't have the same privacy taboo about emails that have already been ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 21/07/10 14:13:09
Stillbirths rate continues to fall
Stillbirth rates continue to fall across the UK research has shown although around one in four stillborn babies are born to obese mothers. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 21/07/10 13:32:28
'No complacency' over stillbirths
The percentage of babies who are stillborn has fallen again, but still remains higher than it was in the late 1990s, a key report has found. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 21/07/10 08:52:38
One million low-paid workers excluded from government's pledge to protect them from wage freeze
Part-time civil servants who would have earned more than £21,000 a year working full-time will not have their pay protected A million low-paid workers in the public sector will be hit with a pay freeze despite the government's pledge to protect them from cutbacks. Fresh detail has emerged on the scale of the coalition's cutbacks that opposition MPs warn will hit part-time working mothers in some ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 20/07/10 03:12:36
Private clinics in Africa to sell essential malaria drugs at affordable prices
Parents of children with malaria are forced to buy cheap but ineffective drugs from private stores because of the failures of the cash-strapped public sector - but subsidies from donors will now make the best treatment affordable. In an ideal world, a mother living in a malarial part of Africa would be able to go to her local government health clinic and get the best possible treatment for her ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 19/07/10 07:50:37
Malaria drugs deal for private clinics
Parents of children with malaria are forced to buy cheap but ineffective drugs from private stores because of the failures of the cash-strapped public sector - but subsidies from donors will now make the best treatment affordable. In an ideal world, a mother living in a malarial part of Africa would be able to go to her local government health clinic and get the best possible treatment for her ... (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 19/07/10 07:50:37
Life & Style
The injuries caused by packing and unpacking, lifting boxes and shifting furniture are apparently inevitable. My thumb, after getting wedged between a wall and a wardrobe, is bruised. My ankle, thanks to the car door that swung shut on it, aches. A glass lamp is shattered and book covers are crumpled after the bottom of a box collapsed. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 18/07/10 08:40:20
Home birth risks under scrutiny
Women who plan home births recover more rapidly from childbirth, but there is a higher risk of their baby dying, an international study suggests. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/07/10 13:35:50
Call to target workless fathers
The government's "poverty tsar", Labour MP Frank Field, says benefits reform should target workless fathers rather than single mothers. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/07/10 13:35:40
EU austerity country-by-country
Public sector cuts are being rushed in across the EU, as the debt crisis bites deeper. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/07/10 08:35:28
Quarter of British workforce now part-time as permanent jobs evaporate in recession
Experts say the number is likely to keep on rising as financial pressure means women have no option but to earn a wage. (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 15/07/10 08:20:14
Dying mothers
UK midwife takes on Sierra Leone's tragic record (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 14/07/10 06:02:01
Modern family relationships have given Hollywood filmmakers a rich seam of inspiration this summer
THE title of Lisa Cholodenko's wonderful new film, The Kids Are All Right, quotes an ancient anthem by The Who: a song released before the parents of many of today's t (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 14/07/10 00:21:51
Veil vote
Will France criminalise women who wear the veil? (read full article)
Source: Yahoo! News 13/07/10 17:44:08
