Rob Hicks, MBBS

Fetuses suffer the effects of poverty in the womb

Publish date: April 20, 2022

Across the countries studied, babies were smaller at birth if they came from a lower-income household, and this was already apparent at 20 weeks...

Publish date: March 14, 2022

A systematic review of trials estimated that between up to 78% of statin intolerance could be attributed to expectation alone.

Publish date: February 3, 2022

“We found that if women are heavier at the start of pregnancy this isn’t a strong cause of their children being heavier as teenagers.”

Publish date: February 3, 2022

“The interferon-related gene activity caused by an early first viral infection is thought to create a proinflammatory environment that makes...