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47 results found for '"Birth"' in Keywords.
Under-age girls and birth control (1986)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Report on the British Medical Association (BMA) conference at which the General Medical Council decided that doctors should notify the parents in any case where an under-age girl requires birth control. Dr...
World’s first twins born 18 months apart (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Mary Wright, mother of the world’s first test-tube twins, Amy and Elizabeth, to have been conceived at the same time but born 18 months apart. Male interviewer not identified.
Anonymous donor produces baby (1987)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on Britain’s first test-tube baby from an anonymous donor’s egg. Clare Sian Lloyd-Henry was delivered at Bristol Maternity Hospital (10/12/87). Includes interviews with Donna Lloyd Henry and her...
Regional trends (1988)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Lisa Hampele reports on latest figures from the annual Regional Trends, showing (among other trends) that the UK north-south divide is widening with people in the south getting wealthier; also shows an...
Health authority pays damages to family of disabled boy (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Avril Carmichael reports on Humberside couple, Robert and Carol Moritt receiving more than half a million pounds in compensation from a Yorkshire health authority for gross negligence during the birth of...
Baby born as result of new fertility method (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tanya Shields reports from Liverpool on the birth of John Liam Donaldson to parents Kathleen and John Donaldson. The birth was made possible by a revolutionary fertility treatment. The new intra-vaginal...
Listeria warning (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Chief Medical Officer Sir Donald Acheson warns pregnant women and patients whose immune system is suppressed to avoid certain kinds of soft cheeses and ready to eat poultry. Hygienic practice is advised....
Birth of Princess Eugenie (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference; Vox pop
Peter Russell reports on the birth of the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson’s second daughter by caesarean section and speculation on the name. Includes the announcement of the birth from the Portland...
Marie Stopes Centre work in Romania (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Dr Tim Rutter from the Marie Stopes Centre on giving family planning advice to Romanians after contraception and abortions were legalised following the downfall of President Nicolae Ceausescu....
Pregnant women warned not to eat liver (1990)
- Genre
- Interview
Chief Medical Officer Sir Donald Acheson on Government warnings to pregnant women to stay away from liver and liver products because of fears that its high vitamin A content may cause birth defects....