Articles Tagged: department of health
Mums feel under too much pressure to breastfeed
There's no doubt that breastfeeding is good for babies - but is it pushed just too hard to women, regardless of their needs and circumstances?
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Teenage abortions: More than 1000 under 15s terminated pregnancies last year
Shocking new figures reveal that more than a thousand girls a year under the age of 15 have an abortion, with some terminations being carried out on youngsters of just 12 or 13.
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Breastfeeding Awareness Week dropped by Department of Health
The Government has stepped back from a campaign launched 18 years ago to encourage new mothers to breastfeed their babies. The cash-saving measure comes despite the fact that a low proportion of women in the UK breastfeed their babies for any length of time.
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Abortion: Shock figures show rise in second terminations
Alamy Department of Health figures have revealed a rise in second abortions amongst women under 25. More than ...
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Call to Government to reduce the number of babies dying: 17 babies every day
Hundereds of parents devastated by the birth of a stillborn baby are calling on the Government to radically reform the ...
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Mums swap fruit and veg tokens for cigarettes and alcohol
A Government report has found that some mums on benefits use their Healthy Start fruit and vegetable tokens for cigarettes ...
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"Breast is best" slogan should be dropped, say campaigners
Campaigners say the "breast is best" slogan is not working and should be abandoned. The Breastfeeding Network says the ...
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Swine flu and pregnant women - what are we supposed to do again?
There has been so much conflicting, confusing advice about swine flu in the last few days - I really wish the "experts" would ...
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