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Posted by badhaircut on October 24, 2004, at 17:20:01
From New Scientist online (10/22/04):
"Father's age linked to schizophrenia risk"
"Children born to older fathers are more likely to develop schizophrenia when they grow up, suggests the largest study of the issue to date. A team of British and Swedish researchers have shown that for each extra decade in a father’s age at the time of his child’s birth, the child is almost 50% more likely to suffer from schizophrenia later in life."They says it's from age-related DNA mutations in sperm manufacture, but they admit there are many other variables. Story continues: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996556
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My dad was in his 50s when I was born! I don't have schizophrenia, but I've had depression for 20 years. I wonder if that, too, could be linked...
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