Older fathers substantially raise the risk of having children with schizophrenia
...ugh to have children, even though there are health risks involved in having children at an older age." ... biological clock, too. Men should be aware of the risks when they do their family planning," she said. Overall, the researchers found that 26.6% of th...Older fathers more likely to have children with schizophrenia
...," Dr. Malaspina said. "Men should be aware of the risks when they do their family planning." The research supports the hypothesis that as the fathers age, sperm cells can accumulate mutations that are passed to offspring, say the study's authors. The findings are published in the April issue of the journa...Activity decrease in exercising older adults linked to decline in resting metabolism
...weight gain and associated problems like increased risks for cardiovascular disease and other metabolic diseases like diabetes, said postdoctoral researcher Christopher Bell. "This is further evidence of the importance of exercise for older people," said Bell of CU-Boulders department of kinesiology and ap...Hunger linked to poor health in low-income U.S. children
...th over and above living in poverty and associated risks such as not having health insurance or a regular source of medical care. "At every income level, children whose families do not get enough food to eat have poorer health," says Alaimo. Low income also is associated with poorer health, the study indi...The true return on the dollar: No clean bill of health
...eudomonas, and other types that can pose infection risks in hospitalized or immune-compromised patients.......s can then be used to determine areas where health risks are most likely, and where scientists should do additional monitoring. He will present the first results of this project at the spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Boston on May 30, 2001. Stefanov uses images taken by Landsat 7, a s......uarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict an...ements. For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties see the reports filed by Large Scale Biology Corporation with the Securities Excha...Heavy consumption of tainted fish curbs adult learning and memory
...us has been almost exclusively on increased health risks of exposure to children and pregnant women. It had been assumed that mature adults are less susceptible than are developing fetuses. This may not be the case."PCBs were widely used until banned in the late 1970s as electrical insulators and lubri...Study finds nonviral gene therapy for severe hemophilia a is safe with early signs of benefit
...tients abdomen using a laparoscopic procedure. The risks associated with viral vector gene therapy are esse...ized cells with a single genetic modification. The risks that were minimized by the nonviral approach used in this study include unintended immune reactions,...Doctors aware of Tylenol-related liver risk - but is the public getting the message?
...ion in their knowledge about the difference in the risks posed by acetaminophen and NSAIDs. For example, only 61 percent knew that more people die each year from the toxic effects of NSAIDs than die from liver toxicity caused by acetaminophen. And just under half knew that most cases of liver toxicity from...Alzheimer's genetic susceptibility could bring fear and misunderstanding, religious scholars say
...ng, marriage, employment, and insurance. While the risks of knowing might end uncertainty it can also bring a profound sense of loss grief, and mental health problems. The religious and theological questions are clearly related to the science and the ethical issues. Knowledge, as uncertain as it may be, ca...Study: 'Pill' may cancel some bone-building benefits of exercise
...ral contraceptives and exercise may have increased risks of bone loss, according to recent research at Purdue University. A two-year study headed by Connie Weaver, head and distinguished professor of foods and nutrition, suggests women ages 18 to 30 who exercise while using oral contraceptives may lose bon...Amazon rainforest could be unsustainable within a decade
... "This interdependence of climate and forest means risks to the forests are much closer at hand than what we might expect, and we're doing very little because of the priorities of Brazil and The Congo. It's a very difficult problem because of several pressures. For example, you cannot say, 'leave the rainf...New statistical method links multiple genes to common complex diseases
...orphisms. By examining the pattern of high and low risks in these tables, the geneticists determined that only one combinationfour polymorphisms in three genesincreased an individuals cancer risk.Moores approach isnt limited to analyzing interactions among three or four genes. Using machine learning algori...Unleashing GMO's into the environment
... If anything, the model should overestimate the risks of GMOs in the wild, says Muir. "We consider the l...change so much." While Muir is working out the risks of foreign genes spreading in the wild, Bullock is trying to estimate the consequences of such conta...Gene link to increased risk of coronary heart disease found by scientists
...on the importance of reducing smoking to avoid the risks of coronary heart disease. Professor George Miller from the Wolfson Institute at St Bartholemew's Hospital and a collaborator in the research said;'In case anybody views this research as a boon for some smokers, let me say that our findings provide ...Untangling the matrix of risk factors for alcoholism
...rom a larger, ongoing longitudinal family study on risks for developing alcoholism and other problems.) The authors found that the LL genotype of 5-HTTLPR was associated with both BD and NA in COAs. In addition, significantly more LL than SS/SL genotype children reported they had already consumed alcoho...Researchers find large discrepancies in spouses' reports on birth control
...ogically, women have more at stake in terms of the risks of pregnancy and so they are more likely to know whether they are protected or not from becoming pregnant." Nevertheless, the authors also recommend men's reports of contraceptive method continue to be collected and analyzed since, according to Becke......or this surgical procedure, with all its attendant risks and costs."...