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RCOG release: Air travel during pregnancy poses no significant risk to a woman or her baby, say experts

22/05/2013

There is no significant risk associated directly with air travel during pregnancy, even at advanced gestation, say experts from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) in a revised Scientific Impact Paper launched today.

RCOG statement on Lancet paper on iodine deficiency during pregnancy

22/05/2013

Today The Lancet published a paper looking at the relationship between iodine deficiency during pregnancy and children’s mental development.

RCOG statement: BMA report ‘Growing up in the UK – Ensuring a healthy future for our children’

17/05/2013

The BMA has published a report ‘Growing up in the UK – Ensuring a healthy future for our children’ which builds on the BMA’s 1999 report on children’s health and brings together the latest global research.

BJOG release: Women with unintended pregnancy are more likely to suffer from postpartum depression, suggests new study

08/05/2013

Women with unintended pregnancy are four times more likely to suffer from postpartum depression at twelve months postpartum, suggests a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

RCOG release: New report reveals wide variation in practice and outcomes among English maternity units

02/05/2013

Wide variation in practice and outcomes exists across maternity units in England finds a new report published today by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).

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