Showing posts with label male biological clock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label male biological clock. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Interesting story today in the NY Times about men probably having a biological clock too. Except this one makes sperm more unhealthy, and the probability of birth defects rise. One highlight is a study on autism.
A recent study on autism attracted attention because of its striking findings about a perplexing disorder. Researchers analyzed a large Israeli military database to determine whether there was a correlation between paternal age and the incidence of autism and related disorders. It found that children of men who became a father at 40 or older were 5.75 times as likely to have an autism disorder as those whose fathers were younger than 30.
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