Study Backs Link Between Father's Age, Schizophrenia
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Children born to older fathers have a  higher than normal risk of developing schizophrenia later in  life, Swedish scientists said on Friday.
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NEW YORK  - Fathers are important influences on their daughters' perceptions of their weight and shape during childhood, and can increase their risk of developing an eating disorder in adolescence, research shows.
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Children of older fathers face an enhanced risk of developing schizophrenia when they grow older, according to research.
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U.S. users of crystal methamphetamine tend to be young, poor, white men often with an incarcerated father, according to a study suggesting that its use may be more common than previously estimated.
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Schizophrenia, more common in men than  in women in most parts of the world, is more prevalent in women  in China, suggesting several external factors can play a part  in the mental illness, scientists said on Friday.
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Does your brother or sister have  heart disease? That may be a better predictor of whether you  are at risk that your parents' health history, researchers said  on Monday.
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Brandon Staglin was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 18. The way his parents saw it, they suddenly had two problems. One was the disease, which they tackled by finding the right doctors, medication and therapy. The other was fear.
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Now a team of researchers has found that severe emotional distress - like that caused by divorce, the loss of a job, or caring for an ill child or parent - may speed up the aging of the body&#39;s cells at the genetic level.
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Scientists say they have identified a gene that appears to be linked to both alcoholism and depression, a finding that one day may help identify those at higher risk for the diseases and guide new treatments.
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Over the past several decades, a steady stream of studies has documented that people born in winter and spring have an increased risk for schizophrenia, a serious mental illness characterized by disordered thinking, hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms.
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NEW YORK  - Men and women with mental disorders, including substance abuse or addiction, report higher levels of conflict between work and their family lives, Canadian researchers report.
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Children exposed to high levels of testosterone in the womb showed more autism-related traits later in life, according to findings that suggest the male hormone may play a key role in the complex brain disorder.
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High levels of a male sex hormone in foetuses are linked to a higher chance of developing autistic traits in childhood, scientists say.
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A study of a closely knit family with several members suffering from a rare illness is providing what researchers say may be important clues to the cause
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Our position is: State must find a way to provide better support for families of the mentally ill. Pamela Wohlhieter says being the mother of a son with paranoid schizophrenia often feels like crawling out of a &quot;bottomless pit.
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A new study suggests that older children tend to have higher IQs than their younger siblings. Now scientists just have to figure out why.
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Scientists have identified a genetic variation that could make people more susceptible to depression, according to a report published Friday in the New York Times.