http://smileybaby.co.uk Baby News and Baby Products from SmileyBaby.co.uk Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:23:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Asda, the large supermarket chain, has announced that they will offer fertility drugs for sale without a profit, with the belief that it will cut costs for patients by hundreds of pounds.  The grocer announced that their decision was based on a move to establish their pharmacy as one of ... http://smileybaby.co.uk/asda-offer-cheap-ivf-drugs/ A new study conducted by scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine discovered that children in the womb that are exposed to cocaine will face negative consequences to their health, but not so much the cognitive and physical areas that health professionals once believed. Instead, after a careful review ... http://smileybaby.co.uk/cocaine-has-subtler-effects-on-baby%e2%80%99s-than-once-thought/ Advances in laparoscopic surgery that allows surgeons to repair birth defects while the baby is still in the womb, scientists may also be able to deliver DNA and cells in the future to treat devastating genetic diseases such as sickle cell anaemia before the child is born. This new field is ... http://smileybaby.co.uk/foetal-surgery-will-become-more-common/ Some of the worst genetic diseases are starting to decline in the general population with a few almost disappearing completely due to the fact that genetic testing is becoming more popular before deciding if children are a good choice for couples. In particular, Tay-Sachs, cystic fibrosis, and other odd disorders have ... http://smileybaby.co.uk/genetic-testing-is-reducing-genetic-diseases-in-children/ There is much ongoing controversy about the relative advantages and perils of ICSI, or Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection. A recent study carried out at the Institute of Child Health in London seems to confirm one of the perils. Children conceived through ICSI are more likely to have a fertility problem, which ... http://smileybaby.co.uk/are-there-hidden-problems-with-icsi/ Research conducted at Harvard Medical School suggests that babies with a low level of serotonin are more likely to suffer ‘cot death’, or sudden infant death (SIDS). Findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that babies who died of cot death had a level of ... http://smileybaby.co.uk/low-serotonin-levels-may-cause-cot-death/ The causes and contributing factors of the neural disorder now known as autism are still largely unknown, but a great deal of research is being carried out on many fronts. A recent study undertaken by researchers at the University of California found a correlation between the age of women ... http://smileybaby.co.uk/autism-may-be-related-to-mother%e2%80%99s-age/ When four year old Bella Flint said that she felt ill a GP stated that a child was simply looking for attention after her baby sister arrived, however, her mother thought there was more to it than that, luckily for Bella. Her mother, Carly Hornbuckle, said that her mother’s intuition drove ... http://smileybaby.co.uk/mum-goes-online-to-cure-diagnose-childs-serious-illness/ Gordon Brown has never been known to cry even in front television cameras while talking about his daughter’s premature death.  In 2002 he was seen with eyes filled with tears while watching 2002 footage of his joyful response to her birth. He then went on to talk about the horror he ... http://smileybaby.co.uk/gordon-brown-weeps-on-tv-over-lost-child/ Heinz has been forced to recall thousands of baby food pots after it was discovered that they have been contaminated with small pieces of plastic within the food. The Fruity Custard Fruit Medley is the flavour of baby food affected in the recall and has been called a choking hazard for ... http://smileybaby.co.uk/heinz-recalls-baby-food-over-choking-scare/