Cardiology
Dirty air now could harm hearts of offspring later
A parent's exposure to dirty air before conception might spell heart trouble for the next generation, a new animal study suggests.
Dec 5, 2018
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News tagged with offspring
Genetics
Researchers find rare instances of male mtDNA being passed on to offspring
A team of researchers from the U.S., China and Taiwan has found some rare instances of fathers passing mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to their offspring. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
When it comes to love—personality matters: research
Men with a greater range of personality traits, especially those deemed extraverted, emotionally stable, agreeable or conscientious, have sex more often and produce more children, according to a new QUT study.
Nov 20, 2018
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Health
Childhood exercise can reverse negative health effects caused by father's obesity
Exercise in childhood has been shown to promote long-lasting health and can counteract the risk of developing diabetes that comes from having an obese father.
Nov 7, 2018
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Ophthalmology
Smoking during pregnancy may lead to childhood eye condition
In an Acta Ophthalmologica analysis of 11 relevant articles, maternal smoking during pregnancy was associated with a 46 percent increased risk that offspring will develop strabismus—one of the most prevalent eye-related ...
Nov 7, 2018
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Health
Stress protein could be used to prevent childhood obesity in males
New research published in The Journal of Physiology identifies a novel protein that reduces the likelihood of obesity and related metabolic disorders in boys.
Oct 31, 2018
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Health
Moderate exercise before conception resulted in lower body weight, increased insulin sensitivity of offspring
Men who want to have children in the near future should consider hitting the gym.
Oct 22, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The long-term effects of maternal high-fat diets
If a mother eats a high-fat diet, this can have a negative effect on the health of her offspring—right down to her great-grandchildren. This is the conclusion drawn by researchers at ETH Zurich from a study with mice.
Oct 12, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Typical mutations in children of soldiers at radar installations
Soldiers at radar installations who were exposed to high doses of radiation during their service passed on more genetic alterations to their children than families without radiation exposure. This has been demonstrated in ...
Oct 8, 2018
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Health
Father's obesity in early puberty doubles asthma-risk for future offspring
An international EU-study (ALEC), including researchers from the Centre for International Health at the University of Bergen, has shown that the period between the age of eight and puberty is particularly important for lung ...
Sep 18, 2018
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