Baby feet with pink lying on a white blanket
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Babies in the womb have lizard-like hand muscles

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49876827 By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online Babies in the womb have extra lizard-like muscles in their hands that most will lose before they are born, medical scans reveal. They are probably one of the oldest, albeit fleeting, remnants of evolution seen in humans yet, biologists say, in the…

NHS to open first gambling clinic for children
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NHS to open first gambling clinic for children

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/24/nhs-to-open-first-ever-gambling-clinic-for-children By Sarah Marsh, Guardian News About 55,000 children classed as having an addiction, with online gaming sites blamed The first NHS gambling clinic for children is opening amid growing concern that the rise of online gaming sites and targeted adverts is fuelling a problem among young people. There are 55,000 children classed…

Infant mortality in England will be 140% higher than EU states by 2030 without radical action, report warns
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Infant mortality in England will be 140% higher than EU states by 2030 without radical action, report warns

This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/infant-mortality-child-deaths-uk-eu-europe-health-brexit-poverty-austerity-a8581516.html By Alex Matthews-Kings, at the Independent Children in England are more likely to die in infancy than their European counterparts and are set to be left further behind on a range of health measures unless the government and NHS act now, a major report warns. Infant mortality is nearly a third…