Pregnant women: - Another group being given dangerous drugs - The very young and pregnant women are two groups who should almost never be prescribed general pharmaceuticals. Trials have never been carried out to...

Pregnant women prescribed dangerous drugs - Women who are very young or pregnant are two population groups who should almost never be prescribed general pharmaceuticals. This is because trials h...

SSRIs: Pregnant women fear they will be forced to take danger drugs - A group of American mothers is fighting legislation that they say will force them to take SSRI antidepressant drugs such as Prozac even while they are...

Smoking mothers have more violent kids - A recent Danish study adds to the growing body of evidence linking maternal smoking with antisocial behaviour in their offspring. ...

Heavy smoking link to cot deaths - Smoking by the mother during and after pregnancy increases the risk of cot death or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Research on SIDS deaths in So...

Des mothers: breast cancer - Women who took diethylstilbestrol (DES) to prevent miscarriages during pregnancy in the Fifties and Sixties have a "statistically significant" increas...

Gps advised to hustle hrt - All British GPs are being urged to be more proactive in their prescribing of hormone replacement therapy to women patients. ...

Pregnant smokers may pass on cancer time bomb - Pregnant women who smoke can transmit a carcinogen to their unborn babies. ...