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Male depression may lower pregnancy chances among infertile couples

The findings come from a study by the American National Institute of Health that looked at couples being treated for infertility.

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'I was in pain all the time': Pregnant woman denied treatment for 'gangrenous...

Kate Campbell had to have her ovary, fallopian tube and part of her abdominal wall removed.

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'Don't let what happened to us happen to other families': Savita's parents...

Savita Halappanavar died on 28 October 2012 at University Hospital Galway.

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So many people are dying from alcohol-related deaths it's like 'planes going...

Despite three people dying in Ireland every day due to alcohol, one expert said there’s “very little outcry”.

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'We need maternity care providers who respect women and who listen to women'

There needs to be a change in narrative around maternity care in Ireland.

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'It's a postcode lottery': Anomaly scans not available to pregnant women...

A number of elements of maternity care are not available to all mothers because they are not offered in their local maternity unit.

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Smoking, vaping or even having nicotine patches during pregnancy may increase...

New research shows that babies can be at an increased risk of cot death if exposed to cigarettes or e-cigarette smoke while in the womb.

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Fears raised after Ebola reemerges in woman one year after all-clear

Her husband and sons may have been infected with the virus as a result.

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C-section guilt and not being "there": Why do mums feel such pressure to have...

An emergency C-section kept my daughter safe, but it certainly wasn’t on my birthing plan, writes Sheena McGinley.

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Woman, sacked same day she told employer she had to attend pregnancy...

The woman had been working at the company for a little over a month.

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Changing the drug used during labour could halve the number of women needing...

Pethidine is the most widely used drug but new research suggests remifentanil may work better.

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Cost of rolling out abortion services in Ireland will be 'significant', says...

The abortion legislation will be introduced in the Dáil next week

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About one in three stillbirths occur before 28 weeks but are not officially...

“To a mother or father, a second trimester stillbirth is no less tragic than a stillbirth at 28 weeks.”

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