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Silencing a gene may prevent deadly pre-eclampsia in pregnancy
Pre-eclampsia affects up to 10 per cent of pregnancies and can have serious complications. A single injection may one day be enough to lower blood pressure
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Health risks increase for babies born to fathers aged 45 or over
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New clues to unravelling link between pregnancy and breast cancer risk
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Wheat flour to be fortified with folic acid in the UK
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We need to get better at supporting people who lose a pregnancy
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BPA-free plastics seem to disrupt sperm and egg development in mice
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No contraceptive is perfect, but can you trust apps to stop pregnancy?
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Don’t restrict women’s contraception rights through moral panic
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Inducing labour at 39 weeks leads to fewer emergency Caesareans
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Women have more miscarriages than live births over their lifetime
A study that brings together many different findings concludes that miscarriages are even more common than we thought
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Polycystic ovary syndrome linked to mother’s health in pregnancy
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Faulty placenta may explain why some people get schizophrenia
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Ape ‘midwives’ spotted helping female bonobos give birth
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Gallery of terrifying gynaecological tools from past 200 years
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