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March 3, 2021

New study finds low levels of air pollution can raise the risk of infertility

Weight, exercise, age, smoking, alcohol and stress can all affect a couple’s chances of becoming pregnant. However in recent years, there is growing evidence to show that air quality has a part to play too. This week, we take a...

December 16, 2020

Goodbye 2020!!

It’s fair to say that most of us will be glad to see the back of 2020. The arrival of Covid-19 brought about change on a scale that we could not have imagined 12 months ago. But as vaccines from...

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May 27, 2020

Lessons learned from a global pandemic

As the world tries to stop the spread of COVID-19, there is no doubt, we are all going through difficult times. Our hearts go out to those who have lost family and friends. Even those of us who haven’t been...

January 29, 2020

Protect your baby from air pollution

Protect your baby from air pollution We have known for some time that exposure to pollutants in the air can affect the health of mothers and their unborn babies. But exactly WHY this happens has not been fully understood, until...

September 9, 2019

More on the dangers of air pollution in pregnancy

Last month, three studies were published highlighting the risks for pregnant women exposed to air pollution. This month, another study uncovers further threats. A team from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus found that pregnant women living close to...

August 19, 2019

Protect your baby from the dangers of air pollution

There has been growing evidence to suggest that exposure to airborne pollutants can affect our health from the time we are conceived, right up until our senior years. In the last few weeks, no less than THREE studies have been...

July 29, 2019

Ready to start a family? Air pollution has a part to play

Weight, exercise, age, smoking, alcohol and stress can all affect a woman’s chances of becoming pregnant. But there is increasing evidence to suggest the air we breathe can also affect our chances of having a healthy baby. Scientists from Italy...

October 1, 2015

SIDS Awareness Month

October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome awareness month. Approximately 4000 infants less than one year of age die annually in the United States without any visible cause or explanation. This is called sudden unexplained infant death (SUID) and it is...