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Finger-prick test reveals fetus's sex in the first trimester

Finger-prick test reveals fetus's sex in the first trimester

23 April 2018

Women can now find out whether they are having a boy or a girl using a single drop of blood as soon as they are eight weeks pregnant
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Valentine’s Day seems to cause a mini baby-boom 9 months later

14 February 2018

National Health Service data reveals that around Valentine’s Day there is a 5 per cent rise in the number of babies conceived in England
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Chemical controllers: How hormones influence your body and mind

9 August 2017

Does testosterone make men bald? Is there a love hormone? Do pregnancy hormones turn your brain to mush? New Scientist sifts the facts from the fiction

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