The number of unplanned teenage pregnancies in Plymouth have almost halved since records began in 1998, and fallen to an all time low according to latest figures published this week
The under 18 conception rate has dropped again for the seventh year in a row, to the lowest rate since the baseline for teenage pregnancies was first set 17 years ago. The rate has fallen from 54.7 per 1,...
Scientists from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have been awarded a grant from young person’s cancer charity The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust to investigate a new drug-based treatment for a multi-tumour brain and nervous system cancer which affects teenagers and young adults.
The research team will work with a condition called neurofibromatosis, in...
The number of unplanned teenage pregnancies in Plymouth has fallen for the sixth year in a row new figures released yesterday reveal.
Council and health chiefs tasked with reducing the city’s teenage pregnancy rates put the continued reduction down to better awareness of sexual health among young people, more convenient and tailored services in the community and higher aspirations of...
