Home births ‘a risk to babies’
Women who give birth at home may be putting their babies' lives in danger, the Government's health watchdog is set to warn. For the first time, doctors and midwives will be ordered to tell women that giving birth in their own homes could be riskier than in hospital

Male babies ‘can increase risk of miscarriage’
Giving birth to a boy can significantly increase the risk of some women having subsequent miscarriages, a study has shown

New mother died ‘after epidural was put into her arm’
A husband claims his wife died after she was mistakenly given an epidural in her arm instead of her spine. Theatre nurse Mayra Cabrera, 30, died less than an hour after giving birth to her son Zac

‘NHS health tourism is rife but I can’t turn sick patients away’
A leading doctor has hit out at the 'massive problem' of health tourism for NHS hospitals. Professor Lesley Regan told how heavily pregnant women are coming to the UK on 'shopping trips' then giving birth here

Shorter, ‘kinder’ radiotherapy for breast cancer patients
Women with breast cancer may soon be able to get shorter 'kinder' radiotherapy treatment, say researchers. Research has shown halving the number of treatments but giving high intensity doses works just as well and could have fewer harmful side effects