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posted by LaminatorX on Friday February 21 2014, @03:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the totally-getting-snipped-for-my-birthday-this-year dept.

robingHood writes:

"New Scientist Magazine reports on findings that suggest that delaying fatherhood may increase the risk of fathering children with disorders such as Apert syndrome, Autism and Schizophrenia. The article reports that 'although there is a big increase in risk for many disorders, it's a big increase in a very small risk. A 40-year-old is about 50 per cent more likely to father an autistic child than a 20-year-old is, for instance, but the overall risk is only about 1 per cent to start with.' In other words: time to start mating before those tadpoles turn into toads."

 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 21 2014, @04:33AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 21 2014, @04:33AM (#4077)

    If you can't find a living wage job to house and feed your family when you're 20, your society is broken.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Sir Garlon on Friday February 21 2014, @04:05PM

    by Sir Garlon (1264) on Friday February 21 2014, @04:05PM (#4389)

    I think that label fits. What can we do about it?

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  • (Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Friday March 28 2014, @07:33PM

    by dyingtolive (952) on Friday March 28 2014, @07:33PM (#22650)

    Yes. Yes it is.

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