Obstetrics & gynaecology
Women's wellness: pregnant later in life
Are you considering pregnancy after 35? Understand the issues for older mothers - and know what it takes to have a healthy pregnancy.
Jan 10, 2017
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News tagged with older mothers
Genetics
Study estimates number of births and terminations with Down syndrome in Massachusetts
A multi-institutional research team has estimated for the first time the number of children born with Down syndrome each year in Massachusetts over the past century, along with the numbers of pregnancies of a child with Down ...
Apr 14, 2016
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Health
Children of older mothers do better
Children of older mothers are healthier, taller and obtain more education than the children of younger mothers. The reason is that in industrialized countries educational opportunities are increasing, and people are getting ...
Apr 12, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Work-family stress ongoing for mothers
It would not surprise many people to learn that being a new mum coupled with working is quite stressful but WA researchers have determined that this high stress level remains constant throughout the first eight years of their ...
Mar 25, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Being mom's favorite may not be good for your psychological health
Being mom's favorite child is not a guarantee that it is best for one's psychological health, according to new research from Purdue University.
Nov 5, 2015
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Cardiology
Exercise for older mouse mothers lowers risk of heart defects in babies
In people, a baby's risk of congenital heart defects is associated with the age of the mother. Risk goes up with increasing age. Newborn mice predisposed to heart defects because of genetic mutations show the same age association.
Apr 1, 2015
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Genetics
New clues to causes of birth defects
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found a possible clue to why older mothers face a higher risk for having babies born with conditions such as Down syndrome that are characterized ...
Feb 19, 2015
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Genetics
Study finds increased DNA mutations in children of teenage fathers
A genetic study of over 24,000 parents and their children has shown that the children of teenage fathers have unexpectedly high levels of DNA mutations.
Feb 18, 2015
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Medical research
Greater rates of mitochondrial mutations discovered in children born to older mothers
The discovery of a "maternal age effect" by a team of Penn State scientists that could be used to predict the accumulation of mitochondrial DNA mutations in maternal egg cells—and the transmission of these mutations to ...
Oct 13, 2014
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Autism spectrum disorders
Study shows environmental influences may cause autism in some cases
Research by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University may help explain how some cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can result from environmental influences rather than gene mutations. The ...
May 29, 2014
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