Co-sleeping has been given a bad reputation from the media, and as a result there is a widespread belief that it is extremely dangerous, and reaps no benefits for your child. But is this really the case?

Sleeping pills are the handy, go-to method for those who are unable to go to sleep naturally. They can be easily purchased at the local pharmacy or supermarket and now pills are even available in herbal form, and so people readily take them to cure the odd bout of insomnia.

How might OCD appear in pregnancy and postnatally?

ARTICLE FROM www.postnatalocd.org by Dr Fiona Challacombe

This question has been hung out for airing within the debating arena again.

We are talking about whether working mothers can excel in all areas of life, more specifically raising children and keeping the family home. As can be expected you have us women commenting about what's right and wrong about going out to work, making compromises and leaving baby at home.

NICE draft guidelines on caesarean section
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Scientists have suggested that babies which cry more than usual could have a greater risk of behavioural problems later in life.

They have also noticed the same trend with infants who have problems in feeding and sleeping.

Research published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood showed that 20% of babies had symptoms that could lead to conditions such as ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder).

The review of previous studies looked at nearly 17,000 children and an international group of researchers looked at this area as well as problems eating and sleeping.

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We are running our National Qualification Progression Award in Sleep Consultant Training this October 28th and 29th 2011.
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eople are commonly said to need to sleep in order to appear more attractive.

Now, researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm have shown that people deprived of sleep for longer periods appear less health and attractive than those who are getting enough sleep.

In the study, researchers took photographs of volunteers after they had enjoyed an eight-hour sleep, and again after they had been kept awake for the total of 31 hours.

They asked untrained observers to score the photographs in terms of how healthy and how attractive they thought the subjects looked.