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    British women are delaying motherhood for longer than those anywhere else in the world, figures have revealed. The average age at which a woman in the United Kingdom, UK, starts a family has hit 30 – an increase of almost two years since 1995. But experts have warned that the growing trend for late motherhood could be putting the health of babies at risk. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK, said that women who waited longer to give birth needed to be informed of the potential problems, such as the risk of Down’s syndrome and complications during delivery.   Figures from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, show that the UK and Germany are…

    Smacking your children may raise their risk of developing cancer, heart disease and asthma, say scientists. British psychologists studied 700 adults aged between 40 and 60 in Saudi Arabia, where beating is considered an acceptable aspect of parenting. They found that those who suffered corporal punishment as children had higher rates of serious disease later in life.  People who had cancer were 1.7 times more likely to have been beaten than healthy individuals, according to the study published in the Journal of Behavioural Medicine. The research concluded that smacking in childhood increased the chances of heart disease 1.3 times and asthma 1.6 times. Professor Michael Hyland, who led the study, said: “Early life stress in the form of…