Month of birth influences adult life expectancy at ages 50+. Why? In two countries of the Northern Hemisphere-Austria and Denmark-people born in autumn (October-December) live longer than those born in spring (April-June). Data for Australia show that, in the Southern Hemisphere, the pattern is shifted by half a year. The lifespan pattern of British immigrants to Australia is similar to that of...

I t is widely acknowledged that month of birth influences the risk for developing multiple sclerosis (MS) later in life. This has been consistently shown in a number of countries and regions including England, Scotland, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Sardinia, Finland, and Australia (eReferences, http://www.jamaneuro.com). The month of birth effect is particularly evident in England, where the risk f...

If cord blood IgE is used to detect those predisposed to become allergic it is important to define appropriately the normal values for this measurement. A commonly cited cut off point is 1.0 IU/ml. We analysed 5353 cord blood samples for IgE by means of an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Descriptive statistics of the distribution curve of cord blood IgE concentrations showed that most normal...

Introduction: Drug addiction causes many complications for mother and fetus. Iran statistics on drug addicted pregnant women to 2.2 percent. Given the negative consequences of drug use can have on growth fetal growth, birth. This study aims to investigate the growth process of birth is done in the first 6 months of life. Methods: The study is a Cross-Sectional study was done on 40 pregnant wom...

the birth weight is one of the important factors affecting the perinatal morbidity and mortality. fetal macrosomia is associated with increased risks of cesarean section and trauma. to determine prevalence and outcome of the macrosomic infants, this case-control, prospective study is performed in the two university hospitals in tehran during a 36- month period between 2002 through 2004. 1000 ne...

The aim of this study was to estimate amount of inbreeding coefficient in Shal sheep and its impact on growth performance. Pedigree information and body weight at different ages (birth weight, 3 month weight, 6 month weight, 9 month weight and 12 month weight) were used from 6692 lambs from 90 rams and 1007 ewes. Data were collected on Ghazvin sheep breeding station during 1997-2013. Estimation...

BACKGROUND The rise in the incidence of Crohn's disease (CD) suggests the role of an environmental factor in the development of the disease in susceptible individuals. Perinatal exposure to infection has been proposed as such an environmental factor. AIM To investigate the influence of birth date on the development of CD in later life. PATIENTS AND METHOD Four registers of patients with CD,...