Baby death probes reform demanded
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Major reform of the way sudden infant deaths are investigated has been demanded in efforts to prevent parents being wrongly accused of killing their own babies.
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India plans to create a registry of all pregnancies to help curb widespread female feticide and reduce its high infant mortality rate, although activists say the scheme will be hard to implement.
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Health officials will ask a court to decide whether to continue treating a seriously-ill baby as his family plead for him.
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The current 24-week limit on abortion is to come under review in parliament on Wednesday when health minister Dawn Primarolo faces questions from a panel of MPs.
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It is hoped tests on a baby found dead in a garden will reveal clues, as police ask his mother to come forward.
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Urgent reforms are needed to the way senior public appointments are made, the standards watchdog says.
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About 400,000 toddlers die every year in China mainly because of a lack of medical care, a member of a government advisory group said on Wednesday, urging greater investment in the health system.
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The police ask the inquiry into the deaths of three children at NI hospitals to postpone part of the hearings.
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An investigation is under way into the death of a five-month-old girl savaged by two dogs.
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The checks couples wanting IVF have to undergo to ensure they are fit to be parents are being overhauled.
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Parents anxious to have souvenir  ultrasounds photographs or film clips of the fetus the womb  should make sure they are done by professionals who follow  strict safety guidelines.
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Doctors asked a High Court judge  Thursday to rule whether they have to keep alive a seriously  ill baby who has been in constant hospital care since her  premature birth 11 months ago.
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Newborns should be screened for heart abnormalities to reduce the risk of cot death, researchers say.
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An independent inquiry is ordered after an increase in the number of deaths after heart transplants.
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A recent investigation by the Shanghai Population and Family Planning Commission suggests that more local families welcome the new local policy of bearing a second child, according to The Beijing News September 20.
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Researchers last night called for further investigation into whether babies born by caesarean section were at extra risk of food allergies and diarrhoea.