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…
Paediatrics
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…
Why every school should have its own nurse
Childhood obesity is increasing rapidly as is childhood anxiety, depression, severe allergies, asthma, diabetes, the list goes on. It would…
A maternal health emergency in Sierra Leone
A maternal health emergency: Maternal mortality rates in Sierra Leone are among the five highest in the world.11 out of every…
Why kids need classical music for emotional growth and wellbeing
When I founded The Voices Foundation in 1992, community and schools singing was in a dire state. Community singing was in…