Obstetrics & gynaecology
COVID-19 could see thousands of women miss out on having kids, creating a demographic disaster for Australia
COVID-19 lockdowns have led to suggestions there could be a "coronial" baby boom.
Jul 20, 2020
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News tagged with family size
Neuroscience
Overlooked caregivers? Children, teens help care for parents with ALS
Children and teens with family members with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, help with bathing, dressing, eating and all types of caregiving activities, yet they may not have training or enough information about the ...
Mar 18, 2020
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Health
Child deaths in Africa could be prevented by family planning
Children under 5 years of age in Africa are much more likely to die than those in wealthy countries as a direct result of poor health outcomes linked to air pollution, unsafe water, lack of sanitation, an increased family ...
Oct 1, 2019
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Health
Boy or girl? Hong Kong at centre of banned China gender test
Shady middle-men are openly advertising on Chinese social media to smuggle blood samples of pregnant women to Hong Kong to skirt the mainland's ban on gender testing, an AFP investigation has found.
May 22, 2019
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Cardiology
More children could mean higher risk of heart disease
Parents who have five or more children may face a higher risk of heart disease than those who have only one or two keiki, according to new findings by public health researchers in the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work ...
Mar 26, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Larger families reduce cancer risk
Families with many children have a lower risk of cancer. Greater family size reduces the risk not only in women but also in men, a global study using data from 178 countries by the University of Zurich and the Adelaide Medical ...
Oct 10, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Divorce rate doesn't go up as families of children with disabilities grow
Couples raising a child with developmental disabilities do not face a higher risk of divorce if they have larger families, according to a new study by researchers from the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Oct 30, 2015
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Overweight & Obesity
Firstborn women more likely to be overweight / obese as adults than second-born sisters
Firstborn women are more likely to be overweight/obese as adults than their second-born sisters,finds the largest study of its kind in women, and published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
Aug 26, 2015
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Autism spectrum disorders
The gene family linked to brain evolution is implicated in severity of autism symptoms
The same gene family that may have helped the human brain become larger and more complex than in any other animal also is linked to the severity of autism, according to new research from the University of Colorado Anschutz ...
Mar 21, 2014
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Health
Forced abortions highlight abuses in China policy
When her mind is clear, Gong Qifeng can recall how she begged for mercy. Several people pinned her head, arms, knees and ankles to a hospital bed before driving a syringe of labor-inducing drugs into her stomach.
Jan 10, 2014
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