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28
Sep 2023

Section: Medical Negligence

Ombudsman rules Northampton General Hospital failed pregnant woman

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has stated that a pregnant woman was “left too scared to try for another child” due to hospital failings.   A report has said that the Buckinghamshire woman, who had a mood disorder, was left “confused and terrified” by her experience at the hospital.   The hospital has offered…

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17
Jul 2018

Breakthrough in fight to stop type 1 diabetes in high risk babies

Experts believe they may have identified a way to stop high risk babies from developing type 1 diabetes, by providing them with powdered insulin to offer lifetime protection to train their immune system. The research will involve pregnant women under the care of a selection of maternity clinics being asked to take part in a…

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19
Jun 2018

Study suggests that lithium taken during pregnancy can increase risk of birth defects by more than 50 per cent

Women who take lithium for bipolar disorder or severe depression during the first trimester of their pregnancy are over one and a half times more likely to have a child born with significant birth defects. The research found that 7.4 per cent of babies that had been exposed to the medication in the first trimester…

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