Becoming a dad can be scary. Here’s how to be the best father for your kids

Becoming a dad can be scary. Here’s how to be the best father for your kids

By nurturing strong father-child attachment, fathers contribute to the growth, resilience and happiness of their children. Goodboy Picture Company/Getty Images By Tawanda Makusha, Human Sciences Research Council It is natural to feel apprehensive about the responsibilities that come with parenthood – the financial obligations, the emotional and practical support, and the lifelong commitment. And parenting takes many forms. In my case I became a father for the first […]

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Africa

Have you ever suffered intimate partner abuse? We asked girls in Malawi and 40% said yes

By Anthony Idowu Ajayi, African Population and Health Research Center and Elita Chamdimba, University of Malawi Intimate partner violence starts early. Around one in four girls aged between 15 and 19 worldwide have already been subjected to physical or sexual violence. Girls who experience abuse in their childhood face increased and disproportionate levels of intimate partner violence later in life. Pregnant and parenting girls are even more exposed […]

April 8, 2024 7

Health / Medical

Scientists create ‘mini-organs’ for the first time from human stem cells taken from wombs

Researchers have successfully grown organoids from stem cells taken in late and active pregnancies for the first time. "Mini-organs," also called organoids, are tiny structures that can be used to test new medical treatments or study how the real organs they resemble work when healthy or diseased. "Those cells are very important because in that little organoid is contained all the functions of the epithelium, so of the inner layer […]

March 6, 2024 25

Health / Medical

Breast Cancer, fertility, and pregnancy

By Dr Justus Apffelstaedt, specialist surgeon with an interest in breast, thyroid and parathyroid health as well as soft tissue surgical oncology As regular mammographic screening is recommended from the age of 40 upwards, younger female patients’ cancer is usually detected clinically (a lump in the breast) and likely to be at a more advanced stage than screen-detected cancer. A cancer diagnosis in a younger woman obviously requires a multitude […]

February 14, 2024 33

World

UK maternal deaths reaches highest level in 20 years: study

The number of women in Britain dying during pregnancy or soon afterwards has reached its highest level in almost two decades, a new study reported Thursday. The figures from MBRRACE-UK, which monitors maternal deaths, stillbirths and infant deaths, and their causes, showed black women and those from deprived areas remained the most severely impacted. MPs reported last year that although the UK has one of the lowest maternal mortality ratios […]

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