No major problems in babies born to older moms, Statistics Canada finds
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 14:07
in Health & Medicine
More Canadian women wait until they are well into their 30s before giving birth to their first child, but for the most part the babies are generally as healthy as those born to younger moms, according to a Statistics Canada report released Wednesday.
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