UK Health News 10/27/2009

October 27th, 2009 Comments Off Posted in Engines, General

Older mothers ‘behind Down’s rise’ – The Guardian 27th October 2009 “The number of babies diagnosed with Down’s syndrome has risen sharply in the last 20 years – largely due to women delaying motherhood, research shows. Increasing numbers of older mothers is behind a 71% rise in the number of babies with the condition – from 1,075 diagnoses in 1989/90 to 1,843 in 2007/8.” tags : Abortion , Statistical Data , Downs Syndrome , Pregnancy , Ageing , Health , News , UHN , Obstetrics

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