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Fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization led the twin birthrate to rise from the early '80s. Now the rate has started to decline among white women.

Twin Birthrate Drops For First Time Since The '80s

Oct 02, 2019
The twin birthrate nearly doubled between 1980 and 2014. Now it's going down among white mothers. What's behind the change?
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Some research suggests that having multiples increases a parent's risk of mental health concerns — like depression and anxiety — before and after the children are born. Don't be afraid to admit it, parents advise. Emotional support can help.

Pssst: Parenting Twins Can Be Depressing

Aug 29, 2018
Expectant parents of twins and other multiples may be ready for the joy and extra physical demands of caring for more than one baby. But few know the risk of depression and anxiety runs higher, too.
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Issif and Inus, age 5

PHOTOS: People Think The Twins Of Abidjan Can Make A Wish Come True

Nov 25, 2017
Photographer Anush Babajanyan discovered an unusual belief about twins when she visited the Ivory Coast.
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In her book <em>The Virginia State Colony For Epileptics And Feebleminded, </em> poet Molly McCully Brown explores themes of disability, eugenics and faith.

Poet Imagines Life Inside A 1910 Institution That Eugenics Built

Aug 14, 2017
Molly McCully Brown, who has cerebral palsy, says that if she'd been born in a different era, she might have been sent to the "Virginia State Colony," an early landmark of the U.S. eugenics movement.
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Beyoncé unveiled her twins on Friday morning via Instagram.

Beyoncé Introduces Twins Via Instagram, And There Was Much Rejoicing

Jul 14, 2017
Say hello to Sir Carter and Rumi.
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This photo shows conjoined twins born in Syria on July 23, waiting for lifesaving surgery. Arrangements weren't made in time and the twins died on Wednesday.

Syrian Conjoined Twins Die While Waiting For Lifesaving Surgery

Aug 24, 2016
The newborns were evacuated from a rebel stronghold to the capital, Damascus, after lengthy negotiations earlier this month. Today, they died of heart failure as they awaited surgery.
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A Syrian Red Crescent team works to evacuate the conjoined twins to a hospital in Damascus on Friday.

Syrian Conjoined Twins Evacuated From Embattled Rebel Stronghold

Aug 13, 2016
Conjoined twin boys Moaz and Nawras have been evacuated out of one of Syria's most embattled areas for urgent medical treatment, following an international appeal to save their lives.
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Genetic Variations Help Make Fraternal Twins More Likely

Apr 28, 2016
Scientists identified two genetic variants that make it more likely that a woman will give birth to fraternal twins. Knowing this might help develop safer fertility treatments.
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Anne Shamiyeh at home with 3-year-old Malia. Twins Kai and Malia arrived roughly two months early. Each weighed around 3 pounds at birth, but Malia was able to go home after about five weeks in the NICU.

An Ill Newborn, A Loving Family And A Litany Of Wrenching Choices

Nov 13, 2015
As families consider how far to push an infant's medical care, a chasm can open between the parents' hopes and what doctors and nurses consider realistic. How do you measure a baby's quality of life?
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Mmm. Smells just like your identical twin.

Why Do Mosquitoes Like To Bite You Best? It's In Your Genes

Apr 22, 2015
Researchers set hungry mosquitoes loose on identical and fraternal twins. They found that inherited genes do play a role in making you a mosquito magnet.
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