Baby business?? It is becoming a little bit more complicated..

Maybe there are some serious rules missing in the "Baby business" industry..

It is a fact nowadays that more women choose to have babies on their own. As the number of children born through artificial insemination increases, outsize groups of donor siblings are starting to appear.

Children must know their donor’s number and this must become part of their sex education because the possibilities to get in contact with others who were born through donors are growing every day. 

According to a search made by a mother in a Web-based registry for other children fathered by the same donor,  an online group was created to track them.
Over the years, she watched the number of children in her son’s group grow.
And grow.
Today there are..

150 children, all conceived with sperm from one donor
Now, there is growing concern among parents, donors and medical experts about potential negative consequences of having so many children fathered by the same donors, including the possibility that genes for rare diseases could be spread more widely through the population. Some experts are even calling attention to the increased odds of accidental incest between half sisters and half brothers, who often live close to one another.

To read the whole article go to www.nytimes.com

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15 minutes of exercise a day can extend life by three years

According to this new National Research, it seems really easy to win three more years of life.. I think it is worth trying. Why not?

"It's for men, women, the young and old, smokers, healthy and unhealthy people. Doctors, when they see any type of patient, this is a one-size-fits-all type of advice," the lead researcher Chi Pang Wen told Reuters in a telephone interview.

(Reuters) - Doing just 15 minutes of moderate exercise a day may add three years to your life, a large study in Taiwan has found.

After taking into account differences in age, weight, sex and a range of health-related indicators, they found that just 15 minutes of moderate exercise a day increased life expectancy by three years compared to those who remained inactive.

"The first 15 minutes ... the benefits are enormous," Wen said.

Go to www.reuters.com to read the whole article.

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