Healthy lifestyle from childhood onwards may be an important factor to prevent coronary heart disease. CAD is a multifactorial disease linked to both environmental and genetic factors. A classical twin study conducted by researchers from the Semmelweis University, Budapest showed that environmental factors outweigh genetic influences in the development of noncalcified coronary plaques, which are associated with an increased risk of heart attacks.
Two sisters have left people baffled after saying their two sons are brothers, cousins and twins.
Brittany and Briana are identical twins who married identical twins Josh and Jeremy Salyers and then gave birth to babies within months of one another.
They uploaded an Instagram post of their adorable sons Jett and Jax and said they are “Cousins, genetic brothers, and quaternary twins.”
Many people took to the comments confused at how this was possible.
Sarah and Andy Justice from Tulsa, Oklahoma, were one of those happy couples who wanted to have kids more than anything else in the world. However, after years of trying to get pregnant they realized that adoption was their only chance.
A mother in California decided to help out others and signed up to be a surrogate mother. Jessica Allen already had a beautiful family of her own with her husband and their two children, so she decided she wanted to help make other couples happy who either couldn’t or chose not to conceive on their own. After choosing to become a surrogate mother and getting matched with another couple, she successfully had an embryo implanted, but something strange happened a few weeks later that would change her life forever.
After plotting to avoid taking financial responsibility for a nine-year-old girl, a pair of twin brothers have been court-ordered to pay up. The identical twin brothers attempted to cover for one another, with each claiming the other was the one who impregnated the girl's mother.
19th International Congress on Twin Studies
11–14 November, 2021, Budapest, Hungary
Hybrid Conference
The International Society for Twin Studies (ISTS) and International Council of Multiple Birth Organisations (ICOMBO) welcome you to join us in Budapest 11-14 Nov 2021, either in person or virtually, for the 19th International Congress on Twin Studies
Web: twins2021.org
One baby is cute enough — but two? Twins make everything twice as wonderful! Our hearts always give a leap of joy when we see babies, and seeing twins is even more joyful. There are two types of twins: identical and fraternal. Identical twins are the result of one fertilized egg that splits into two, while fraternal twins result when two separate eggs are fertilized. Essentially, fraternal twins are just two siblings born on the same day.
A university in Oxford has had a set of quadruplets graduate from the institution for the first time.
In this story from 2019, a rare medical condition led one woman in Bangladesh to give birth to three babies, 26 days apart. It's a story that will blow your mind and make you wonder if it could happen to you.
Her husband is a hardworking laborer who makes less than $70 per month. Despite their limited means, they were going to give this baby the best life they could.
There’s the joy that a couple feels when expecting a baby. But then there’s double joy when they find out it's going to be twins. It’s a rare phenomenon and having to be the parents of twins would be the most satisfying news for most people. This couple couldn't hide their excitement after finding out they would be expecting twins. However, after a scan, they got worried when they received news that the twins would be conjoined.
Pages
