You Don't Need To Make Sperm Or Even Be Alive To Be A Father
...ther. Now he claims to have turned sterile meninto fathers by maturing their sperm inside the testes of rodents. At aconference in Venice last week, he claimed the technique had already resulted infour babies-the oldest of which is now eight months old. Antinori reportedly collaborated with Nikolaos ...Circumcisions In Doctors' Offices As Safe As Those In Hospitals
... circumcisedbecause their fathers usually are," Jayanthi said. "There isalso the false perception that a circumcised boy will be easierto care for." Jayanthi said that this study sug...Quality Parenting Helps Kids Cope With Inner-City Stress
...renting, and the support thechildren received from fathers or extended family members. Compared with parents of poorly adjusted children, parents of resilientchildren were more responsive and nurturing, more consistent in applyingdiscipline, and more positive about their children's abilities and future.Paren......so found that the leukaemia rate in children whose fathers had accumulated a relatively high dose of ionising radiation (more than 100 millisieverts) before their child's conception was higher than in children conceived before their father's employment in the nuclear industry. However, because this finding ...Transmitting infertility from father to son
...use they have inherited a geneticdefect from their fathers through a commonly used method of assistedreproduc...ern. (Daughtersreceive an X chromosome from their fathers rather than a Y chromosome and thusare not at risk for inheriting a Y chromosome deletion.) In a stu...Clues to heart disease seen in cholesterol reactions to stress
Healthy young men whose mothers and/or fathers suffered heart attacks react tomajor stressors with elevated blood levels of cholesterol and other lipids thatmay predict cardiovascular illness and death, new research shows. Elevated blood concentrations of total cholesterol and low-density lipopro...New book explores timely social issues of family relationships & raising of children
...rs' rightsin legal contexts where unwed biological fathers attempt to reverse thebiological mother's decision to place the child up for adoption. Uma Narayan explores a variety of criticisms leveled at the practiceof commercial surrogacy in "Family Ties: Rethinking Parental Claims in the Lightof Su...Better psychiatric support needed for children who lose a parent
...reaved mothers had more difficulties than bereaved fathers and that psychological distress in bereaved parents is associated with psychological difficulties in their children. In terms of the support given to the bereaved families, Dowdney et al found that children were more likely to be offered help if thei...The silent time bomb: divorce, health care and the baby boom generation
...thers, the problem is in part more serious because fathers were less likely to be the custodial parent when the children were young and perhaps the bond was different. For example, 68 percent of elderly individuals with biological children received some form of assistance from them; only 30 percent of those ...The gender effect: fatherhood spurs men to work longer hours -- especially if it's a boy!
...sor and one of the authors. Thus, the theory goes, fathers of sons knuckle down more on the job to ensure the... work life and the significant difference between fathers of boys and girls. The researchers used data from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics on more ...Parents benefit by accompanying children on ambulance trips between hospitals
...ward. "More than 20 years ago, it was uncommon for fathers to be present during labor and delivery; now their presence is assumed and expected. Similarly, pediatricians have found that having a parent present when a child has a medical procedure can relieve anxiety for both children and parents." The researc...College freshmen more politically liberal than in the past, UCLA survey reveals
...rd high of 12.4 percent of freshmen describe their fathers as having no religious preference, and a record high of 7.8 percent report no religious preference for their mothers. Additionally, there is a decline in the percentage of students who pray or meditate at least once a week (from 67.7 percent in 2000 ...UCSF scientists may have found link to early childhood tooth decay
...percent of caregivers were mothers; 4 percent were fathers and 1 percent were other relatives Median age of the mothers was 27 years Median age of the fathers was 28 years 73 percent of parents had less than a high school education 71 percent of families earn...Study examines issues faced by teen-agers who move to the U.S.
...ttributed it to the new work environment, in which fathers spent less time socializing outside of work with colleagues; Mexican teen-agers felt more alienated by the outside world, which drew them closer to their families. All three groups reported being teased or harassed by American peers, yet all reporte...Parents stress may affect behavior in children with heart defect
...y to have behavioral problems if their mothers and fathers find parenting highly stressful. While the researchers anticipated this finding, they did not predict another observation: that reported rates of problem behaviors and levels of parenting stress are no higher, and possibly lower, in families coping w...Study: Stereotypes prevail in media coverage of depression
...tting in touch with their feelings, men's roles as fathers or husbands -- or even men's emotions -- received nowhere near as much coverage as did the 'depression' of not performing on the job or the playing field." Metzl notes that this trend is important for patients and their doctors, because it may influe...Mayo Clinic study reveals new fathers struggle with obsessional thoughts too
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Both fathers and mothers have distressing thoughts after the bi...responded, 69 percent of mothers and 58 percent of fathers reported having these types of thoughts. "Everyone occasionally has thoughts that are contradictory...Dads miss opportunity to learn about their kids
...aint Louis University faculty member suggests that fathers should play a greater role in making sure their ch...the March issue of Pediatrics. It found that urban fathers say they want to play a more active part in their children's health care, but work and other barrier...Families, media and education crucial in preventing eating disorders
...ssues and school health education such as the role fathers play in their daughters' lives, what educational programs are offered in women's centers and the role of domestic violence in incarcerated women. She has co-authored a book on contemporary women's health that is used in her women's health class....