Delayed Fatherhood May Be Linked To Certain Congenital and Mental Disorders

Posted by timothy on Saturday February 22, 2014 @09:01PM from the guess-I'll-just-have-to-have-mutants dept.

New submitter optimus_phil 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.'"

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It's all in the egg by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-22 22:23 · Score: -1, Troll

A woman's egg. Gets all of them at birth (pre-natal not considered). Keeps them until they rot. About 25 years. After that, you rolls your dice and you takes your chances. Always be scared when an older worman (26 and up) is pregnant. There is a good chance what pops out won't be what is considered normal. Probably destined to be republican, or at least mildly retarded.