Twinning is winning: Moms of twins live longer

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 21:30 in Health & Medicine

Compared with other mothers, women who deliver twins live longer, have more children than expected, bear babies at shorter intervals over a longer time, and are older at their last birth, according to a new study. The findings do not mean having twins is healthy for women, but instead that healthier women have an increased chance of delivering twins, researchers say.

Read the whole article on Science Daily

More from Science Daily

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net