IVF babies ‘face higher risk at birth’
Babies conceived with the help of fertility treatment face a greater risk of problems at birth and have higher death rates, researchers say today.
Flat out
Babies sleeping on their backs reduces the risk of cot death but may flatten their heads. Should we be worried, asks Helen Carter.
Call for an end to cot death court anguish
As Trupti Patel is cleared of killing her babies, experts urge overhaul of way bereaved mothers are treated.
‘Lightning can strike twice. It did for me’
Trupti Patel was cleared this week of killing three of her babies. Jenny Tegetneier knows something of her ordeal - she lost two of her own children to cot death.
Belly up
Since cot-death experts told parents to put babies down on their backs, most infants rarely get to spend time on their fronts. But could 'tummy time' be essential for healthy development? Esther Addley investigates.
Salts cut death in pregnancy
A cheap and simple treatment can halve the chances of women developing a dangerous complication of pregnancy which kills more than 50,000 mothers and their unborn babies a year worldwide.