HEALTH ADVICE: New mums are turning to alcohol as one in five mums in the UK drink more after having children

One in five mothers says they have drunk more alcohol since having children.

Nutritional supplement company Myrkl surveyed 600 mothers in the UK and found that the problems of parenthood can drive them to drink.

One in three also said they were drunk when they first went out after having a baby to “let off steam”.

Previous research has linked parental alcohol use to anxiety in children.

According to a 2017 study by the Institute of Alcohol Studies, a third of parents have been drunk in front of their children.

Peanut allergies being licked by babies

According to research, giving babies peanut butter could reduce peanut allergies by almost 80 percent.

Currently, it is recommended that children as young as one year of age eat peanuts, as regular consumption can prevent the immune system from developing a potentially fatal sensitivity or allergy.

Now a team from the National Institute for Health and Care Research and King’s College London have analyzed allergies in thousands of babies and found that peanut products – like peanut butter – can be introduced sooner than previously thought.

They found that four to six months is most effective. Whole or broken peanuts were not recommended due to the choking hazard.

Following this rule could reduce peanut allergies by 77 per cent in the UK, compared with 33 per cent if parents wait until the child is one year old.

According to a University of Birmingham study, people who focus on their worries are more likely to develop suicidal thoughts.

The researchers followed 67 adolescents who had been treated for depression and asked them to fill out questionnaires to determine their thought patterns. They found that those who brooded regularly—thinking about the same worries over and over again—were more likely to develop suicidal thoughts than others, including those going through difficult life events like bereavement.

dr Maria Dauvermann, senior researcher at the University of Birmingham, said: ‘This could lead to new treatments for young people with depressive disorders.’

Local health teams have sent mobile screening units to screen for liver cancer at diabetes and sex health clinics and food banks.

The trucks are manned by nurses and can offer on-site scans to identify those most at risk of hepatocellular carcinoma — the most common form of the disease that accounts for 85 percent of all liver cancers.

Testing is offered to high-risk adults, including those who drink heavily, who have a current diagnosis or history of viral hepatitis, or who have nonalcoholic liver disease.