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Babies and toddlers under the age of two should not receive any intentional screen time at all, according to a new study.Researchers have warned that using screens at this age has been linked with long-term negative effects on health and…

From early childhood we’re taught that milk is essential for health.At primary school in the 1980s, I remember the milkman arriving every day with boxes of slightly sweet, lukewarm milk, which were handed to us like little cartons of…

More than 500 mothers and babies died or suffered serious harm as a result of deep-rooted, systemic and sustained failures over many years, the largest maternity review in NHS history has found.The damning report into maternity and…

More newborns are suffering fatal bleeding in nearly all of their organs because their parents are skipping a vital shot, doctors have warned.In the hours after birth, newborns are typically given a shot of vitamin K, which they are…

I was an unmarried girl / I’d just turned 27 / When they sent me to the sisters / For the way men looked at me / Branded as a jezebel / I knew I was not bound for Heaven / I’d be cast in shame / Into the Magdalene laundries.That’s the…

America's fertility rate has fallen once again to a new record low, official data shows — marking the third consecutive year it has plummeted.Provisional figures from the CDC revealed the general fertility rate dropped to 53.1 births per…

In the weeks before he was arrested and charged for his parents' murder, Nick Reiner was punching walls, went days without sleeping and was said to be acting in an increasingly erratic and frightening way. A friend has described the son…

Health experts are sounding the alarm as infant hospitalizations across the US continue to rise, with their illnesses linked to contaminated baby formula.ByHeart, based in Reading, Pennsylvania, has issued a nationwide recall of all of…

Infertility is something that affects millions of people around the world – often caused by problems with the egg. Now, scientists have taken a huge step towards helping many women have their own genetic children. Experts from Oregon …

US President Donald Trump sparked outrage last week by claiming paracetamol taken during pregnancy was fuelling a spiralling autism ‘crisis’.International scientists immediately dismissed his comments as ‘fear-mongering’, stressing there…