Biological clock also ticks for fathers, suggests new study

A study announced last week should give older men some pause before deciding to spawn heirs and change diapers at an age when most men are golfing in ugly pants and playing bingo. In the biggest study ever into the effects of paternal age on babies health, scientists at UCLA have found that older men have a greater chance of fathering children with Downs syndrome and are more likely to

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Mon, November 7th, 2005

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Gambling history facts:

  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
  • Pathological gambling is recognized as a medical disorder by the American Psychiatric Association and has elements of addiction similar to alcohol and drug addiction.
  • It was during the 1930's that slot machines began to become very popular across America, and in the late 40's Bugsy Siegel added machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.
  • French mathematicians Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal explored the mathematics of gambling, leading to the formulation of Pascal's theory of probability in 1654.