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They Say: Older Moms (and Certain Couples) Pose Bigger Autism Risk

3 hours ago ago from Strollerderby

A new study linking parental age to autism has found women who gave birth when they were over 40 were two times more likely to have autistic children than women who conceived and gave birth before 25. Fathers over 40 who had significantly younger partners had a pronounced increase in the number of autistic offspring, as well. The study, published online in the journal Autism Research, looked at 5 million births in California during the ...

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9-Year-Old Gives Birth

17 hours ago ago from Babble Australia

In China, an unnamed 9-year-old schoolgirl gave birth by C-section to a 6lb. baby boy. The father has not been identified but authorities are very interested in finding his as sex with those under the age of 14 in the girl’s province comes with an automatic rape conviction. The girl’s situation seems common in China. A  hospital in China’s largest city, Shanghai, recently said that about 30 per cent of abortions were on school-aged ...

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Mother's age linked to child's autism risk

9 hours ago ago from Picture of Health

Mothers over 40 are more likely to have a child with autism, but the age of fathers often has little to do the chances of a child having the developmental disorder, new research has found. For years, researchers have known that the age of the parents affects a child's risk for having autism. But experts couldn't say for sure whether the risk was higher for older mothers, older fathers or both. In fact, some studies suggested that it ...

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Weather canceling many games tonight

21 hours ago ago from Iowa Prep Sports | The Ultimate Source for High School Sports in Iowa

A number of area high school sporting events are being postponed due to today's snow. Here's the rundown: The Marion High School Girls and Boys Basketball games scheduled for tonight vs. Clear Creek Amana have been postponed.  Here is the latest update: The girls and boys basketball games scheduled today between City High and Dubuque Wahlert have been postponed. New dates and times are as follows: The Soph/Varsity Boys ...

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Washington girls win

1 hour, 50 minutes ago ago from Rock Island/Milan School District Athletics

Congratulations to the Washington Junior High School 8th grade girl’s basketball team on their win yesterday against Edison!

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