by Christine Morgan | Apr 28, 2011 | General health, Pregnancy & birth, psychology
The health news story that caught my eye today is about how being born in the spring may increase your risk for developing the eating disorder anorexia nervosa. According to a study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, babies born during March to June are...
by Christine Morgan | Oct 29, 2010 | Pregnancy & birth
Hmmm. Well, should they? You’ll have to read the article I wrote for MyDaily.co.uk to find out my opnions on the subject… Suffice to say, I often wonder why pregnant women get treated as if they might break at any second – some, I dare say, may...
by Christine Morgan | Jul 16, 2010 | General health, Pregnancy & birth
Well it’s been a turbulent one – this last week, I mean. And mostly thanks to that White Paper from the new government and its potentially radical shake-up of the health service (and I admit my use of the word ‘radical’ in this context is somewhat of...
by Christine Morgan | Jun 14, 2010 | General health, Pregnancy & birth
It’s been a rough old time for hospitals lately. Just a couple of weeks ago I wrote about a US study that suggests you have a bigger chance of dying from a fatal medication error (that’s being given the wrong drugs, or the wrong dose, or perhaps at the...
by Christine Morgan | Jun 9, 2010 | General health, Pregnancy & birth
You’ll have to forgive me but I’m having a bit of a seethe over a story I’ve just seen on today’s Daily Mail website (and I dare say it will pop up in lots of other places too). The headline goes: “Risk for babies born ONE WEEK early:...
