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Men are the weaker sex

Men are the weaker sex

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Nurses in the maternity ward often say that a difficult labor is a sign of a baby boy. Now, a Tel Aviv University study provides scientific proof that a male baby comes with a bigger package of associated ...





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Tropics are a boon for baby girls

Biology / Other

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Couples hoping for a baby girl might be best advised to go and live in Africa, if a study published on Wednesday is correct.


Thai zoo's 1st baby panda goes on display (AP)

Thai zoo's 1st baby panda goes on display

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Thousands of excited visitors flocked Saturday to a zoo in northern Thailand for the first public viewing of a baby panda, which has been featured on Thai front pages almost every day since her birth ...


Study links smoking to female offspring

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created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (25) | comments 0

A study in Britain suggests that parents who are smokers at the time of conception are more likely to have a female child.


Discovery may bring special treatment for male babies

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created Mar 25, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hunter researchers have discovered that male babies born prematurely are more vulnerable to cardiovascular complications than female babies.


Weight gain between first and second pregnancies associated with increased odds of male second child

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created Sep 24, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A slightly greater number of males than females are born worldwide every year. In recent decades, although there are still more baby boys born than girls, there has been an apparent decline in the ratio of male to female ...


Possible genetic factor for male infertility identified

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a gene involved with the production of sperm that may contribute to male infertility and lead to new approaches to male contraception.


Will eating certain cereal result in male babies?

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created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Could eating cereal really make it more likely for someone to have a boy baby than a girl baby? Researchers wrote a paper, "Cereal-Induced Gender Selection? Most Likely a Multiple Testing False Positive," that will be published ...


Baby boys are more likely to die than baby girls

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created Mar 24, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Male infants in developed nations are more likely to die than female infants, a fact that is partially responsible for men’s shorter lifespans, reveals a new study by researchers from University of Pennsylvania and University ...


Boy or girl? In lizards, egg size matters

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Whether baby lizards will turn out to be male or female is a more complicated question than scientists would have ever guessed, according to a new report published online on June 4th in Current Biology. The study shows that f ...


Boy or girl? It's in the father's genes

Boy or girl? It's in the father's genes

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created Dec 11, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Newcastle University study involving thousands of families is helping prospective parents work out whether they are likely to have sons or daughters.



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