Comments on: Age of parents a factor in autism http://trueslant.com/davidknowles/2010/02/09/age-of-parents-a-factor-in-autism/ When New Crushes Old - by David Knowles Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:18:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Knowles http://trueslant.com/davidknowles/2010/02/09/age-of-parents-a-factor-in-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-1990 David Knowles Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:21:57 +0000 http://trueslant.com/davidknowles/?p=3646#comment-1990 Paul, Good stuff. Thanks for the link. Paul,

Good stuff. Thanks for the link.

]]> By: Paul Raeburn http://trueslant.com/davidknowles/2010/02/09/age-of-parents-a-factor-in-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 Paul Raeburn Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:13:30 +0000 http://trueslant.com/davidknowles/?p=3646#comment-1989 David--This is an important study, as you correctly point out. Much of the coverage of this study has, however, left out the context, namely that a variety of health risks are associated with older fathers. Autism is one, along with schizophrenia, progeria, the disorder of rapid aging; Marfan syndrome, a disorder marked by very long arms, legs, fingers and toes, as well as life-threatening heart defects, and a kind of dwarfism. More recent studies have linked fathers’ age to prostate and other cancers in their children. And in September 2008 re- searchers linked older fathers to an increased risk of bipolar disorder in their children. The info comes from my article last year in Scientific American Mind, entitled The Father Factor. You can find it here: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-father-factor David–This is an important study, as you correctly point out. Much of the coverage of this study has, however, left out the context, namely that a variety of health risks are associated with older fathers.

Autism is one, along with schizophrenia, progeria, the disorder of rapid aging; Marfan syndrome, a disorder marked by very long arms, legs, fingers and toes, as well as life-threatening heart defects, and a kind of dwarfism. More recent studies have linked fathers’ age to prostate and other cancers in their children. And in September 2008 re- searchers linked older fathers to an increased risk of bipolar disorder in their children.

The info comes from my article last year in Scientific American Mind, entitled The Father Factor. You can find it here:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-father-factor

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