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CONCEIVE: how does the health of your heart affect the risk of miscarriage?
Can bacteria affect the risk of miscarriage?
Can sitagliptin help increase stem cells in the wombs of women who have suffered recurrent miscarriages?
Does maternal age affect the timing and ease of birth?
Exploring new techniques to diagnose genetic problems in miscarriage
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How does the immune system affect the chance of miscarriage?
Improving miscarriage support for women, partners and family
Looking at the lining of the womb to find out if a woman is at risk of miscarriage
MAVRIC - testing the abdominal stitch
Sickle cell disease and pregnancy
The ABPEP study - Finding ectopic pregnancies earlier
The EPOS study: following women throughout pregnancy to understand miscarriage
The PIEPE study: looking at the psychological effects of miscarriage
The PRECISE study: how to spot heart problems earlier in pregnancy
The SiM trial: can scratching the lining of the womb encourage healthy pregnancy?
The effect of sperm damage in miscarriage
Tommy's Net
Using fetal DNA to find reasons for miscarriage
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Asking the right questions – setting the agenda for future stillbirth research
Assessing how healthy babies are when they start moving less than normal (FEMINA2)
Can low levels of taurine make stillbirth more likely?
Could beetroot juice be used to treat fetal growth restriction?
Diabetes and the risk of stillbirth
Does arrhythmia cause stillbirth in the babies of women with liver disease?
Does specialist care reduce the number of stillbirths?
Finding new treatments to improve placental function and prevent stillbirth
Improving pregnancy outcomes by engaging women in their own safety (the REACH-UK study)
Improving support in a pregnancy after stillbirth or neonatal death (the IMPS study)
Improving the management of early onset fetal growth restriction
Inflammation of the placenta as a cause of stillbirth
Inhibiting microRNAs in the placenta to reduce the risk of stillbirth
Is fetal growth restriction caused by failure of the placenta to adapt to nutrient demand?
Is there a relationship between bile acid levels and the risk of poor outcomes for babies of mothers with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP)?
MRI techniques to help prevent stillbirth
MiNESS – is there a link between stillbirth and a woman’s position going to sleep?
Monitoring babies’ movements using the FeHeMo vest
Older mothers and the ageing placenta
Older mothers and the risk of stillbirth
PARROT: using placental growth factor to tell if women are at high risk of pre-eclampsia
PITCHES: can UDCA help prevent stillbirth in women with liver disease?
PUFFIN: using MRI scans to detect complications of pregnancy hypertension
Pregnancy in severely obese women: the Edinburgh Antenatal Metabolic Clinic
Preventing stillbirth: the role of the immune system in rejecting the placenta
Reaching young women with smoking cessation messages
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Research into fetal growth restriction
Can steroid injections improve blood flow to babies at risk of stillbirth?
The role of glutamine and glutamate in fetal growth restriction
The role of placental blood vessels in growth restriction and stillbirth
Stillbirth and fetal free haemoglobin
Targeting drugs to the placenta in high-risk pregnancies
Testing for microRNAs to find out when the placenta isn’t working
The AFFIRM trial for prevention of stillbirth
The DESiGN trial: does the growth assessment protocol (GAP) find which small babies are at risk?
The INVEST study: can a period of increased movement be a sign that something is wrong?
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The effects of age on stillbirth
The impact of plasma exchange on severe liver disease in pregnancy
UPBEAT: using markers in the blood to tell which women are at risk of diabetes during pregnancy
Understanding the link between inflammation, the placenta and stillbirth
Undiagnosed lupus and unexplained stillbirth
Using MRI to study the placenta
Viagra: is it an effective treatment for stillbirth (STRIDER)
What is the best way of helping women with very early fetal growth restriction?
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CRADLE: an easy, cheap way to measure blood pressure and detect pregnancy complications in rural communities
Can hormones in the gut cause diabetes during pregnancy?
Can markers in urine predict the onset of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy?
Control of hypertension in pregnancy (the CHIPS study)
Does HPV infection increase the risk of preterm birth?
Evaluating the impact of a new antenatal screening for gestational diabetes
Fetal DNA and preterm labour
Finding out who’s at risk: how can we predict preterm labour?
Finding ways of preventing preterm labour
Helping women with chronic heart and blood vessel problems to have safe, healthy pregnancies
How does the sperm of fathers with liver disease affect the health of their children?
Infection and fetal development
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Is it safe to use antipsychotics during pregnancy?
Is progesterone a cost-effective way to prevent preterm birth? (The OPPTIMUM trial)
Looking at inflammation in the womb
Low-cost methods of predicting premature births in rural communities
NifeDipine or Labetalol for treating existing high blood pressure during pregnancy (the PANDA study)
PEACHES: finding out how existing high blood pressure can cause pregnancy complications
Potassium channels: a new target for preventing premature birth?
Predicting gestational diabetes in obese pregnant women
Predicting premature labour using the body’s natural defences
Predicting premature labour: the link between vaginal infections and early birth
QUIDS - using fibronectin to find out which women with symptoms of preterm labour are at risk
Reducing preterm birth rates
STOPPIT-2: can the Arabin pessary prevent premature birth in twin pregnancies?
SuPPoRT: finding the best way to prevent preterm birth in women with short cervixes
Sunshine and healthy babies
The GRACES trial: comparing ways of treating diabetes in pregnancy
The PHOENIX trial: when should labour be induced in women who develop pre-eclampsia at 34–37 weeks?
The Preterm Trials Consortium: using long-term trials to answer difficult questions
The QUIPP app: helping doctors decide who is at risk of premature birth
The SCOPE study
The genetics of premature birth
The role of amyloid in pre-eclampsia
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UPBEAT: how does obesity affect iron levels during pregnancy?
Understanding changes in the cervix before birth
Using ultrasound to diagnose infections during pregnancy
What impact does ‘mild’ ICP have on the baby?
Why does cervical damage cause preterm labour?
World Prematurity Day 2018
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Enjoy Your Bump: using online tools to improve mental wellbeing during pregnancy
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Can a dietary supplement protect babies from the effects of maternal obesity?
High blood pressure in children of obese mothers
How does maternal obesity affect future generations?
Looking at blood in the umbilical cord to find the missing link between obesity in mother and child
Maternal Obesity and Offspring Diabetes (the MOOD study)
Metformin and its effects in pregnancy
Metformin doesn’t affect fat distribution in mother or baby
Stress and obesity in pregnancy: do stress hormones increase the risk of complications?
The EU EarlyNutrition study
The Edinburgh Antenatal Metabolic Clinic: following up the babies (the HAPPY study)
The HAPPY study: the effects of obese pregnancy on children aged 3-5
The UPBEAT trial: Results, Implications and Ongoing Studies
UPBEAT-TEMPO-HEART: how improving health during pregnancy could lead to healthier hearts in children
UPBEAT-TEMPO: does changing lifestyle during pregnancy affect children at age 3-4?
UPBEAT: body fat in UPBEAT babies
UPBEAT: breastfeeding and obesity
UPBEAT: finding out if we can help obese women give birth to babies with less body fat
UPBEAT: finding out which obese women will have uncomplicated pregnancies
UPBEAT: how does obesity affect blood loss after birth?
UPBEAT: how to predict gestational diabetes in obese women
UPBEAT: how to tell which babies are too large for their gestational age?
UPBEAT: is fat gain during pregnancy linked to diabetes in obese women?
UPBEAT: looking at the relation of mothers’ diets with social and demographic factors
UPBEAT: the UK Better Eating and Activity Trial
UPBEAT: why are some women with diabetes more likely to suffer pregnancy complications?
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Beetroot juice can reduce blood pressure in pregnancy: can we predict which women will respond?
Kynurenine as a potential treatment for women with pre-eclampsia
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The GOT-IT trial – how effective is glyceryl trinitrate for a retained placenta?
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Labouring position of women who have had an epidural (the BUMPES study)
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Do obese pregnant women worry about the risks of pregnancy and birth?
Helping women lose weight after pregnancy
Preventing diabetes in pregnancy: targeting treatment to women who are most at risk
Promoting healthy gut bacteria in babies born by caesarean section: The PROMESA study
The CONCEPTT study: should we use insulin pumps or multiple daily injections to control type 1 diabetes in pregnancy
The CONCEPTT study: using continuous glucose monitors to improve outcomes in pregnant women with type 1 diabetes
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