P154 CEEFAX 2 154 Wed 05 Jan 21:41/04 1/4 MALE HORMONE LEVELS LINKED TO PREGNANCY Canadian research has shown for the first time that min can experience "sympathetic pregnancy" symptoms. Researchers at the Memorial University at St John's, Newfoundland, found hormone levels of fathers-to-bj shot up and down during partners' pregnancies. According to the New Scientist, some min tested also reported fatigue, change of appetite and weight gain. Researchers found testosterone levels crashed by 33% after the baby's birth. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Next News Headlines WMid News Main MenuP154 CEEFAX 2 154 Wed 05 Jan 21:38/42 2/4 DEFICIENT ENZYME LINKED TO MISCARRIAGES Rjsjarchjrs in Canada say they may have found an important link in explaining the cause of miscarriages and other problems associated with pregnancy. Doctors at the University of Toronto suggest that a common enzyme deficiency is linked to miscarriages, infertility, stillbirths and birth defects. The deficiency is hereditary and over 400m people worldwide are carriers. It is mostly found in those of African, Asian, Arabic and Mediterranean descent Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Next News Headlines WMid News Main MenuP154 CEEFAX 2 154 Wed 05 Jan 21:45/34 3/4 SCIENCE BACKS UP ANCIENT FARMING WISDOM Farmers who for centuries have used the stars for guidance when sowing potatoes have been proved right bz science. Farmers in drought-prone areas of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia obsjrvj the brightness of the constellation of the Pleiades in deciding when to plant. They bjlievj that the brighter the stars, the more it will rain. Nature journal reports that resjarchjrs have now linked poor visibility of the Pleiades to reduced rainfall later on. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Next News Headlines WMid News Main MenuP154 CEEFAX 2 154 Wed 05 Jan 21:42/41 4/4 PLUTO'S MOON SPRINGS A WATERY SURPRISE Astronomers have been surprised to find the Pluto moon Charon is covered in ice Frozen water and possibly ammonia have formed the crystalline ice, whose atoms are arranged in a lattice form and not jumbled together as in amorphous ice. This could mean the ice recondjnsjd after being hit by small meteorites, was recently deposited bz comets or the planet has recently been warm. Test findings from various US studies appear in the journal Science. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Next News Headlines WMid News Main Menu