Tales from the edge of modern fertilities
15 Dec 2020 A major research project sees sociologists situated at emerging hot spots of reproductive change, investigating the new ‘haves and have-nots’ in our...
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Surviving birth
10 Dec 2020 Researchers at one of the busiest maternity hospitals in the world aim to help more women survive complications giving birth.
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Nature’s epidural: Genetic variant may explain why some women don’t need pain relief during childbirth
21 Jul 2020 Women who do not need pain relief during childbirth may be carriers of a key genetic variant that acts a natural epidural, say scientists at the...
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Online atlas explores north-south divide in childbirth and child mortality during Victorian era
15 May 2018 A new interactive online atlas, which illustrates when, where and possibly how fertility rates began to fall in England and Wales during the Victorian...
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Opinion: Losing your virginity: how we discovered that genes could play a part
15 Apr 2016 John Perry and Ken Ong (MRC Epidemiology Unit) discuss how sexual milestones are influenced by our genes and how this can impact on broader health...
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