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Foetal growth detection is the key to preventing stillbirths — study

Growth restriction in an unborn child is the single largest risk factor for stillbirth, especially when it goes unrecognised before birth, finds a study published on bmj.com. The authors of a new study...

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Coroner case raised important policy issues

The existence of a deceased person was ‘a condition precedent’ Pic: Design Pics/Rex Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case in Northern Ireland in which the Attorney Ed Madden, BL General...

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Passive smoking linked to miscarriage and stillbirth

Passive smoking is linked to a significantly increased risk of miscarriage, stillbirth and ectopic pregnancy, finds a large US observational study, published online in Tobacco Control. The risk appears...

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Risk increases fourfold with previous stillbirth

Pic: Getty Images Women who have experienced a stillbirth have up to a fourfold increased risk of stillbirth in a second pregnancy compared to those who had an initial live birth, finds a new...

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Ireland’s stillbirth rate ranked 15th lowest

Ireland has been ranked in joint 15th position out of 186 countries in a new global table, with an estimated stillbirth rate of 2.7 per 1,000 total births — the same low rate as Australia and Estonia....

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Air pollution may heighten stillbirth risk

Pic: Getty Images Tighter curbs on car exhaust and industrial waste may be required after research has found ‘suggestive evidence’ for a link between air pollution and a heightened risk of stillbirth....

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