Nursing & Midwifery
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Professor poses pain problem
An expert nurse is to set out the challenges that health services face in improving treatment of pain. Read more
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Midwives should manage more births – thinktank
The British National Health Service should massively step up the use of midwives to manage births – as part of a drive to improve maternity care, experts said yesterday. Read more
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Midwives may need alternative training
Midwives and obstetricians may need formal training in complementary therapies because they are becoming so popular among pregnant women, researchers have warned. Read more
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Good care key to child skin bugs?
Old-fashioned cleanliness may be the key to treating children with super-bug skin infections, researchers said last night. Read more
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Hospital bug drug hope
A new drug may make a powerful impact on the pernicious hospital infection, C.difficile, researchers reported last night. Read more
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Obese women face extended pregnancy
Obese women face extended pregnancies and an increased risk of induction of labour, according to research published today. Read more
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Row over six months breast-feed target
Breastfeeding babies exclusively for six months may “not always be in the child’s best interests”, it has been claimed. Read more
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Music soothes troubled chest
Patients who need mechanical ventilation to help them breathe may benefit from being surrounded by soothing music, according to an expert analysis published today. Read more
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Mums struggle with weight pressures
Large numbers of young mothers feel under pressure to lose weight to match celebrity stereotypes – and fail, according to a major survey published today. Read more
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Child behaviour problems linked to birth method
Children’s emotional and behavioural problems may be linked to a stressful birth, researchers have reported. Read more