Boys reduced mother's life expectancy
...tancy by an average of 30 weeks. Mothers with many daughters who survived to adulthood had the longest lifespans in these pre-industrial Sami people. A woman's longevity was not related to her total family size. Researchers felt that boys take more of a toll on mothers than girls because they grow faster in ...Urinary Incontinence May Be Hereditary
...m it and when // mothers reported severe symptoms, daughters were nearly two-times more likely to report urinary incontinence. If an older sister suffered from the condition, younger sisters were 1.6-times more likely to have it. For the study daughters, sisters and granddaughters of more than 2,000 women dia...Harmful chemicals change the genetic response to hormone estrogen
...es, from the year 1938 to 1971. Research says that daughters of women who had used the drug are at increased risk from reproductive tract abnormalities, ectopic pregnancy, pre-term delivery, infertility, and rare form of vaginal and cervical cancer called clear-cell adenocarcinoma. These women may also be at i...Roots of polycystic ovarian syndrome traced to mother’s wom
How the daughters develop in their mother’s womb can be an indicatio...or the incidence of polycystic ovarian syndrome in daughters later in life. One such pathway may be the incidence of high maternal bodyweight in late pregnancy t...Eating Fried Chips Increases The Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer
... out to be that women whose mothers who said their daughters ate French fries had a higher risk of breast cancer. This increased 27 percent for each weekly serving reportedly eaten."These data have to be interpreted cautiously since the observed association between consumption of French fries and breast cancer...Risk Of Pre-eclampsia May Be In The Genes Of The Parents.
... family history of pre-eclampsia. They found that daughters of women who had pre-eclampsia during pregnancy had more than twice the risk of pre-eclampsia themselves compared with other women. Men born after a pregnancy complicated by pre-eclampsia also had a moderately increased risk of fathering a pre-eclamp...Parents Encourage Stereotype Body Images
... slim. Most mothers were of the opinion that their daughters ate well while their sons did not, according to th...ers. Mothers were also not concerned with their daughters being underweight, but the opposite was the case when it came to sons. There appears to be no differ...Polluted Water Prevents Men From Getting Married
...o added that the local people wanted to give their daughters in marriage to people living in other places. Ha... Jaipur, said no one wanted to knowingly put their daughters in trouble by marrying them to men from Dudu. ‘I rejected a proposal for my daughter from a family...HIV Positive Girls Face Boycott
... said Gouranga who is also a laborer, and has five daughters of his own to take care of. The problem began when volunteers of an NGO took Rashmita and Kanaklata to a health center in November, Both girls were found infected by the HIV positive virus. The villagers barred them from attending school fearing th...Plan for Death, Health Center Advises People
...he points out. Simpson says that she talked to her daughters about death and feels that it was like an adventure. "If you have a clue as to what the other person would want, it would make it a lot easier," she observes....Women With Breast Cancer Can Now USE IVF To Spare Their Daughters
...who carry the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes to spare their daughters a genetic inheritance that confers an 80 per cent lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. The move, which also applies to a third gene that predisposes to bowel cancer, has also won the backing of the watchdog’s ethics and law committee, and is ex......ed make better parents and consequently that their daughters make more attentive mothers. // These findings, from both human and animal studies, highlight the importance of a positive environment not only for the child, but for the mother as well. “There is an old adage that applies to our research - the ...Symptoms In Dementia Patients Negatively Correlates With The Characteristics Of Caregivers
...rs were the patients' spouses, and 31 percent were daughters or daughters-in-law. The symptoms assessed in the study were: constant restlessness, constant talkativeness, hallucinations, paranoia, episodes of unreasonable anger, combativeness, danger to self, danger to others, destruction of property, repetit...India's Economic Boom Pack To Waste Children Life
...ition center where mothers can have their sons and daughters monitored, but only 15 percent of under-fives attend. India is in need of direct welfare programs focusing on children for survival. ...Indian Students in Qatar Opts For Distance Education
...cation Centre (NEC), was that parents wanted their daughters to stay close to them. Also, the thought of the hardships involved in procuring admission for their children back home in India has made them look at correspondence courses. The admission process for the various courses will start this month. O...Ontario Addresses Shortage of Transplant Organs
...g the request of an Ottawa family to fulfill their daughters wish to become an organ donor she became hospitalized and on life support suffering from heart failure following a sudden illness. When the family decided to withdraw life support they approached the medical team at the Ottawa Hospital with the wishe...Little Makoda-Poster Girl For Leukemia Awareness Campaign Losses Her Battle Of Life
...out the probable news on the identity of the their daughters biological parents having been located, said, 'Not...help find a cure for leukemia, and said that their daughters smile and infectious laughter will live forever in their hearts. The doctors have explained that t...Japanese Princess Kiko May Deliver Heir Through Cesarean Section
... us to deal with it." The princess already has two daughters two daughters aged 11 and 14. Prince Akishino said he was not worried and had "confidence in the team of doctor's...Beautiful Couples Tend To Have More Daughters
...e physical attractiveness is heritable and because daughters benefit from attractiveness more than sons. He said that this is bases on which each sex have survived for long years. Men’s reproductive success depends largely on status and women’s on the youth and physical attractiveness. The research was publish......ild for assistance showed a greater preference for daughters over sons. According to the author of this study, married couples who sought external advice did it typically because they could rely on the external help for medical knowledge and didn't want to weigh their spouses down with crucial life decisions....