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How childhood trauma changes our hormones, and thus our mental health, into adulthood

Exposure to traumatic experiences in childhood can have a negative impact on the development of the brain when it’s most vulnerable.

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Five ways to help parents cope with the trauma of stillbirth

There are at least  stillbirths a year across the world.  families each year suffer the loss of a stillborn baby in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, equating to six stillborn babies every day.

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What’s the point of sex? It’s communication at a biological level

Most people think just one sperm is needed to fertilise a woman’s egg and make a healthy pregnancy. This underpins a common view that all the other sperm – and all the other sex – are surplus to requirements, at least when it comes to conceiving a pregnancy.

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Introduce eggs and peanuts early in infants’ diets to reduce the risk of allergies

In the 1970s, when we were in school, food allergies were rare. But ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n children now have the highest rate of food allergy in the world. Up to one in ten infants and two in ten school-aged children have a proven food allergy.

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