Surgery
Once-conjoined twins going to rehab 9 weeks after separation
Formerly conjoined twins Jadon and Anias McDonald have transferred to a new hospital to begin rehabilitation nine weeks after being separated.
Dec 15, 2016
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Surgery
California conjoined twins separated in successful surgery
Conjoined California twins Eva and Erika Sandoval have become two separate toddlers following a 17-hour marathon surgery and are recovering "quite well," officials said Thursday.
Dec 8, 2016
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Pediatrics
Expecting twins or triplets? What you should know before they arrive
(HealthDay)—The number of U.S. couples expecting twins or even triplets is on the rise, and these parents will have their hands full. Fortunately, there are many ways to prepare ahead of time, according to the American ...
Oct 18, 2016
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Genetics
How our cells use mother's and father's genes
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have characterized how and to what degree our cells utilize the gene copies inherited from our mother and father differently. At a basic level ...
Sep 28, 2016
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Twins should be delivered at 37 weeks to minimize deaths, say experts
Twins should be delivered at 37 weeks' gestation to minimise stillbirths and newborn deaths, and there is no clear evidence to support routine delivery before 36 week's gestation, finds a large international study in The ...
Sep 6, 2016
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Genetics
Twin research helps unravel the genetic blueprint of the human brain
An internationally significant study of healthy twins, 65 years of age or older, has unlocked important clues about how genes influence the development of key grey matter structures, paving the way for a genetic blueprint ...
Sep 6, 2016
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Genetics
Heredity is a major factor in ADHD, binge eating and alcohol dependence
It is principally hereditary factors that lead to adults with ADHD developing alcohol dependence and binge eating. This is the conclusion of a doctoral thesis from Linköping University. Since heredity plays such a large ...
Sep 6, 2016
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Conjoined newborn Syrian twins die: Red Crescent
One-month-old conjoined twins evacuated from a besieged area near Damascus died Wednesday in the capital, despite a campaign to send them abroad for surgery, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent said.
Aug 24, 2016
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Genetics
Genes are not destiny: Environment and education still matter when it comes to intelligence
Recent research has suggested that academic performance, reading ability and IQ have a genetic basis. This reinforces the popular notion that intelligence and related cognitive capacities are somehow "in our genes".
Aug 22, 2016
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Health
Twins, especially male identical twins, live longer
Twins not only have a bestie from birth—they also live longer than singletons. And those two factors may be related, according to new University of Washington research.
Aug 19, 2016
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