- StyleLauren Clark
Pregnant woman called 'insensitive' for planning to call daughter 'Lilia' when her best friend's girl is 'Lilian'
Mumsnet users did not hold back...
- StyleThe Independent
World Sepsis Day: What is the condition, what are the symptoms and can it be treated?
Today, World Sepsis Day is commemorated across the globe to raise awareness of the life-threatening condition.It is a rare condition which can occur when a person suffers complications from an infection.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Child’s play injures more than 7 million parents
And more than 13 million working days are lost.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
This is the age science says you're a proper adult
Late to the adulting party.
- StyleFrancesca Specter
Parents fined for picking up children late at Australian school
It's said to be for children's safety.
- StyleThe Independent
What are the symptoms of hepatitis and can it be treated?
On Friday 13 September, Public Health England released a report stating that up to 95,600 people in the UK could be unaware that they are infected with hepatitis C.The health body has urged individuals who are most at risk to get tested, as the virus can become fatal if left untreated.
- StyleNetDoctor
Is period-like pain during pregnancy normal?
If you experience cramps and period-like pain during pregnancy it can be alarming.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Grubs up: school children in Wales are being served bugs for lunch
Bug bolognese anyone?
- StyleThe Independent
Women may soon get vaginal fluid transplants to treat common condition
Women who suffer from a common vaginal infection that makes them more vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections may soon be treated with vaginal fluid transplants.Scientists in the US are currently researching the technique, which would involve taking vaginal bacteria from a healthy donor and transferring it to the patient, in treating bacterial vaginosis (BV).
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Parents are loving this mum's simple travel hack to help babies sleep more comfortably on planes
"Total parent win here!"
- StyleThe Independent
One person dies by suicide every 40 seconds, World Health Organisation reports
One person takes their own life every 40 seconds, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found, despite the number of people dying by suicide worldwide declining.The figures, according to WHO, show the continued work that needs to be done by some countries to prevent preventable deaths by suicide.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Doctors call for ban on children starting school if they haven't had their MMR vaccine
Should unvaccinated children be banned from starting school?
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Mum gives family secret parenting test before they're approved to babysit her newborn
Would you test your friends and family before allowing them to babysit?
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
New York Fashion Week designer praised for booking a breastfeeding mum
Fashion just got way more inclusive.
- StyleThe Independent
Clothing brands need to learn how to embrace post-cancer bodies
The conventional pants had been replaced by pull-up leggings long ago, but now the blouses wouldn’t close. Except for a few treasured tops that might fit my friend Julia, I popped the rest into a bag for Goodwill. A physical and psychological trial, living with cancer also poses the ongoing challenge of finding apparel for bodies altered by treatment.During more than a decade as a cancer patient, I have gone through multiple operations, treatments and procedures. Every time doctors reshaped my anatomy, I found myself flummoxed in my closet. After debulking surgery for ovarian cancer, anything tight around the midriff hurt. At chemotherapy infusions, most garments hung off my skeletal frame. Interventional radiologists left me with a long, thick tube emerging from my right buttock and attached to an output bag.
- StyleLauren Clark
Mum shocked after relative demands she replace £1,800 blouse which her baby vomited over
"She took a risk wearing something so expensive near a newborn"
- StyleThe Independent
Adults should weight lift twice a week to stay fit and healthy, new guidelines say
Adults should lift weights twice a week to stay fit and healthy, according to new national guidelines.Top doctors state that muscle strengthening exercises could help delay the natural decline in muscle mass and bone density that starts from around age 50.
- StyleCaroline Allen
'Gender neutral' school uniform sparks protests
The school told pupils that anybody who arrived at school in a skirt would be sent home to change.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
What is parental burnout and what can be done to prevent it?
It is estimated that 2 and 12% are currently suffering from parental burnout.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
School removes a girl from class for having 'too short' trousers
The school has recently changed its school uniform policy.
- StyleMarie Claire Dorking
Parents told to stop using euphemisms for their child's down-there body parts
Nicknames such as tinkle, fairy and front bottom have to go.
- StyleThe Independent
Stress during pregnancy ‘increases risk of children developing personality disorders’
Children whose mothers experience stress during pregnancy are more likely to develop personality disorders later in life, a new study has claimed.It has previously been reported that prenatal stress has been linked to the development of psychotic, anxiety and depressive disorders among children.
- StyleThe Independent
20% snack tax could have ‘huge impact’ on UK obesity
A snack tax of 20 per cent on sweets, cakes and biscuits would be more effective than the current levy on sugary drinks, say experts.Research published yesterday in the British Medical Journal revealed that a reduction in the consumption of high sugar snacks could cut obesity in the UK from about 28 per cent to 25 per cent.
- StyleThe Independent
Vegan and vegetarian diets linked to increased risk of stroke, study finds
Vegans and vegetarians have a lower risk of coronary heart disease than meat-eaters but a greater risk of having a stroke, researchers have found.The study, conducted by the University of Oxford, analysed data from more than 48,000 adults who signed up to a wider study between 1993 and 2001, and who had no history of heart disease or stroke.
