Boy Or Girl? Sex At Birth Isn’t A 50-50 Coin Toss, Harvard Study Says
A baby’s sex at birth may not be a 50-50 coin toss after all, according to a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The research, published July 18 in Science Advances, found that birth sex appears to be linked to maternal age, certain genes, and the sexes of older siblings — challenging the long-held idea that sex determination is completely random.
“If you’ve had two girls or three girls and you’re trying for a boy, you should know your odds are not 50-50,” said Jorge Chavarro, professor of nutrition and epidemiology and senior author of the study, in an interview w…
She Found Her Confidence In Motion: 67-Year-Old Somerville Athlete Heads To World Triathlon
Jane Carbone has swam, biked, and run her way through decades of races. And now, at 67, she’s taking her endurance global.
The Somerville resident will represent the U.S. at the World Triathlon Championships in Wollongong, Australia, on Oct. 17, competing in the 65-69 Sprint Triathlon division.
Carbone didn’t grow up an athlete.
“In school, I didn’t play sports,” she said. “But living in Boston, I always watched the marathon. In my 30s I decided to train for it.”
She started in 1992 as a bandit.
Hip and knee pain later led her to swimming and cycling, where she stumbled into the triathlo…
Drunk Driver Kills East OrangeFather, Critically Injures Toddler In Wreck: Prosecutor
A 26-year-old father was killed and his 3-year-old son critically injured after they were struck by a DUI driver in Essex County on Saturday, Oct. 4, authorities said.
Brian Hope, 26, of East Orange, and his son were crossing South Grove Street in East Orange around 10:05 p.m. when they were hit by a minivan operated by Kadeem Robinson, 34, of Bloomfield, Carmen Martin, spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, said.
Hope was pronounced dead at University Hospital shortly after midnight, Martin said. His 3-year-old son remains in critical condition at University Hospital.&n…
SUV Driver Blows Stop Light, Slammed By Toms River Motorcyclist In Manchester, Police Say
Two people were hospitalized after an SUV blew a stop light and collided with a motorcycle in Manchester Township on Saturday, Oct. 4, police said.
A 2016 Indian Chief motorcycle was traveling west on Route 571 when a 2013 Honda CR-V, heading south on Ridgeway Boulevard, entered the intersection in front of it around 5:35 p.m., local police said. The motorcycle struck the driver’s side of the Honda, ejecting the rider, investigators said.
The driver of the Honda, a 70-year-old woman from Manchester, was extricated by emergency personnel and taken to Community Medical Center in Toms River fo…
