Following baby noses for clues about asthma
Why do some children develop asthma and others don't? Scientists at the University of Aberdeen are hoping to be able…
Paediatrics
Monitoring pregnancy and labour
Scans are used in pregnancy to determine the growth and health of the foetus. Ultrasound measurements have been commonly used…
Eggs after weaning
Parents were once encouraged by health experts to avoid giving their weaned babies certain 'high risk' foods to reduce the risk of…
The boon of midwifery
Midwifery has a very important role to play in helping to solve some really big problems that affect women and…
Cutting out fertility myths
Women who have had their appendixes removed are actually more likely to conceive a child afterwards, rather than less. This…
Bs for later babies
Mums are choosing to have their babies later in life. As a GP, I see a growing number of women in…
Bad brains
Bad behaviour may be wired into adolescent brains early in life, according to a study which we published in the Journal…
Feverish children – bacteria or virus?
Every year, thousands of children throughout Britain are taken to their local GP or A&E with a high temperature. They…
Go nuts for allergies
Peanut allergy affects around one in 30 children (that's one child in each school class). We think that the rates of…
Scans reveal babies of mothers with gestational diabetes have more body fat
Results of our research have shown that babies born to mothers with gestational diabetes have more body fat at two…