Infertility alert for thin women
Catwalk chic has created a passion for skinniness - but a new study reveals over-zealous dieting can permanently switch off the hormones that make pregnancy possible.
Breastfeeding may help prevent cot death
Scientists writing in the medical journal Archives of Disease in Childhood published today have found that the babies who are breastfeed are slightly but significantly less likely to die of sudden infant death syndrome than bottlefed babies.
Breast is best – for mum too
Joanna Moorhead is amazed at the many advantages of breastfeeding.
Food supplements ‘improve’ learning ability
Food supplements may prompt enormous improvement in
the educational abilities
of children with learning difficulties, a study has
found.