The boon of midwifery
Midwifery has a very important role to play in helping to solve some really big problems that affect women and…
Paediatrics
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…
Major European funded study to investigate nature of pregnancy
Every single human is the product of a pregnancy, yet pregnancy has not been a traditional focus in philosophy. My…
Posh hospitals for a better birth?
The BBC2 TV series, Five Star Babies: Inside the Portland Hospital, professed to be an ‘exclusive glimpse inside the UK’s…
The minefield of Minecraft
Minecraft, a best-selling video game, has been described as the single most creative game for children ever. A high-octane version…