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Commercial surrogacy: A global market for babies?

“It’s an amazing gift. The BEST gift”. This is how actress Rebel Wilson described surrogacy in an Instagram post announcing the birth of her baby earlier this week. What Wilson…

Fringe 2022: Jenny Bede: The First Pregnant Woman in the World Review

Jenny Bede is, so she claims, the first person in the world to have experienced the peculiar, life-changing ordeal that is having a baby. Luckily for us, this award-winning musical…

A rise in elective C-sections raises questions of its risks

Caesarean section, also known as a C-section, is a type of surgery which consists of delivering babies directly from the uterus through an incision. It has been a subject of…

Matt Winning: Climate Strange

Possibly one of the more unlikely comedians to perform at this year’s Fringe is Dr Matt Winning, a professional climate change specialist with a PhD on the subject. When you…

Smoking while pregnant alters foetal DNA, research shows

Recent research undertaken by UK academics provides new evidence that smoking during pregnancy carries significant health risks for the baby. Dr Amanda Drake, based at Edinburgh University’s Centre for Cardiovascular…