Previous studies have linked advancing paternal and maternal age with an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Now a new multinational study of parental age and autism risk published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry finds that the children of teen mothers, older parents, and parents with an age gap of 10 years or more […] More
Maternal age significantly affects the risk of birth defects and genetic disorders such as Down syndrome, with older mothers having a higher risk of children born with chromosome abnormalities. Now a new study published in the journal Nature Communications offers better understanding into the mechanism behind the increased risk. Disorders like Down syndrome occur as […] More
Age 35 has long been considered the magic number for safely having babies. However, a new study by researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden suggests that the “risk zone” for pregnancy begins even younger, at age 30. As published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, the study discovered that pregnancy and birth complications […] More
According to a new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), severe complications during childbirth are on the rise among mothers in the United States. Although still rare overall, severe complications including heart attack and stroke have increased by 75% and 114% for delivery and postpartum hospitalizations, respectively, over the […] More
