August 18th, 2021The UK governmentʼs pledge to outlaw virginity testing will be undermined unless fake surgery touted as “virginity repair” is also banned, the Royal College of...
All pregnant women in the UK have been urged by doctors to get a free flu vaccination this winter to ensure they and their babies are protected. The Independent reports...Medico-Legal
Doctors in the UK who saw but did not report babies and mothers receiving poor care during the National Health Service's worst maternity scandal could be suspended or...
November 27th, 2019
Research led by Imperial College London has found that 36% of UK doctors may suffer from workplace burnout, rising to 43% of trainee doctors, reports Medical Xpress....
September 25th, 2019
Babies born vaginally have different gut bacteria – their microbiome – than those delivered by caesarean, research has shown. Scientists from the Wellcome Sanger...
May 15th, 2019Thousands of women every year could be spared painful and occasionally life-threatening infections if doctors administered preventive antibiotics after every assisted...
Surgical interventions with vaginal mesh should be offered as a last resort, according to new UK draft guidelines, while the Australian government has, meanwhile, issued...Weekly Roundup
Women seeking to end early pregnancies in England soon will be allowed to take an abortion pill at home under a new government plan set to take effect by the end of the...International
More than 8,000 calls have been made to a UK helpline since it was revealed that 450,000 women were not invited to routine breast cancer screening due to a computer...
April 18th, 2018Couples who are obese, as well as those who smoke and drink alcohol, could be risking the health of their future children, reports The Guardian. In a series of three...
