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Life with a severe haemophiliac

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:46:18 +0100

Knowing what she knows now about the nightmare of life with a son who has severe haemophilia, would Tara Moore still have gone ahead and had him?

Babies born just a few weeks early 'at greater risk' of breathing problems

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:51:01 +0100

Babies born even slightly prematurely are at greater risk of breathing problems as infants, a study of more than 200,000 births found.

Mothers must lose baby weight before getting pregnant again, NICE says

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:23:42 +0100

Mothers have insisted for years that it is impossible to lose the "baby weight" they gain during pregnancy. But now experts have said that slimming down after giving birth is not only possible but necessary for those who plan to have another child.

Babies shown affection 'cope better' as adults

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:59:22 +0100

Babies whose mothers shower them with affection are better at coping with stress when they grow up, researchers have said.

Junk food advertising needs watershed ban

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:23:00 +0100

All adverts for junk food should be banned from being aired on television before the watershed, health campaigners have declared.

The child victims of stroke

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:30:17 +0100

It is associated with the elderly yet stroke is one of the major causes of death in children. Now two new studies aim to increase understanding of the condition in the young.

Surgeon at centre of child heart surgery scandal had asked to stop operating

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:05:02 +0100

A surgeon at the centre of an investigation into child deaths had asked to stop operating because of safety concerns but was put under pressure to continue, The Sunday Telegraph has been told.

Summer holidays: entertaining children

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:28:01 +0100

Genevieve Fox on the nightmare facing parents over the six-week summer holiday .

Turning boys into men

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:34:47 +0100

Teenage boys need fathers as role models, best-selling author and child psychologist Steve Biddulph tells Cassandra Jardine.