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...SEPARATED. JAMUNA and GANGA SHRESTHA, 11 months, Siamese twins from Nepal whose heads had been fused together from birth; in Singapore. A team of 20 doctors worked in shifts around the clock to complete the complicated, four-day-long operation...
...visiting population of Angeles had shifted from young American G.I.s to boozy retirees, few of whom felt like supporting instant families. Unfortunately, the girls they liked best were the ones most likely to get pregnant: callow Catholic girls from the countryside with little knowledge of birth control. The population of unwanted mixed-blood children continued to grow...
...fearful attitude, and many children do not need treatment directly. A parent who feels confident about his ability to deal with what comes up is more likely to have a child who feels the same way. This does not deny the individual temperamental differences each of us has from birth, but it is important to be aware of how parents influence their children. LILI ENDLICH Sherman Oaks, Calif...
DADDY DEAREST While older moms run a high risk of having babies with birth defects, it has long been assumed that men could have healthy kids at any age. Maybe not. A study finds that dads ages 45 to 49 may be twice as likely as those under 25 to have children who are schizophrenic; 50-plus dads may have triple the risk. Caution: the findings need confirmation. Many similarly unusual links have cropped up before, but none panned...
...skills. What gives the theory special weight is that there is, in fact, a little truth to it - but only very little. When it comes to language - perhaps the most nuanced skill a person can master - the brain does appear to have fertile and less fertile periods. At birth, babies have the potential to learn any language with equal ease, but by six months, they have begun to focus on the one tongue they hear spoken most frequently. Parents can take advantage of this brain plasticity by introducing a second or even third language, but only if they intend...