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Changes to surrogacy laws must consider future reproductive technology

Changes to surrogacy laws must consider future reproductive technology

8 March 2023

A reform of surrogacy law in the UK could have major ramifications as reproductive technology advances. We need to look at the relationship between procreation and parenthood, says Teresa Baron


Walking with a crying baby is the faster way to encourage the infant to fall asleep

The fastest way to soothe a crying baby, according to science

13 September 2022

Babies fall asleep faster when you hold them while walking, compared with when you hold them in a chair or lay them down


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Children with firm family ties more likely to feel happy and confident

7 June 2022

We already knew that a nurturing family can reduce the chances of children developing depression or anxiety - now there's evidence that children from caring families are also more likely to feel happy and confident


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How did US baby formula get contaminated with dangerous bacteria?

17 May 2022

Cronobacter sakazakii contamination shut down the biggest formula manufacturing plant in the US. What we know about how it happened and what parents struggling to find formula can do


A farmer?s wife breastfeeds her baby while two other women give water to a child from a pitcher. From The Five Senses Series by Fredrick Bloemaert, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1632-1670. CREDIT: F. Bloemaert/A. Bloemaert/N. Visscherimage/Rijks Museum/Public Domain

Women in a 19th-century Dutch farming village didn't breastfeed

13 April 2022

An analysis of bones from about 500 individuals who died between 1830 and 1867 in Middenbeemster suggests women in the dairy farming community did not breastfeed


An unscientific debate over breast milk is spilling into food banks

An unscientific debate over breast milk is spilling into food banks

27 January 2021

An overzealous push for breastfeeding is affecting availability of baby formula in food banks, worsening problems for the poorest people, writes Clare Wilson


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