The unnamed 44-year-old from the south of France started feeling a mild pain in his leg, which prompted him to visit his ...

Valproate is a teratogenic medicine, meaning it can negatively affect the foetus during pregnancy. An estimated 11 per cent of babies born to mothers exposed to valproate during pregnancy are affected ...

Last week's episode of Call the Midwife provoked a huge reaction from viewers, as it explored a storyline surrounding parents refusing to keep their baby who had been born with spina bifida.

In the hour after the programme aired there were 18,876 visits to the spina bifida NHS webpage, with the weekly total hitting 30,202, compared with 2,280 the week before. While the precise causes ...

There were 18,876 hits on the spina bifida NHS webpage immediately following the airing of the programme – where the baby had a successful operation to treat the condition – with the weekly total of ...