Marrying within communities is prevalent in India, which has increased the risk of population specific diseases. Educating ...

Evidence suggests inbreeding heightens the risk of birth defects and developmental delays, such as learning and speech ...

Recently, the Allahabad High Court has held that a mother-in-law can file a case against her daughter-in-law or any other person, as being harassed or tortured would bring her under the purview ...

A more important reason for prohibition is the social harm, particularly to women often coerced into first cousin consanguineous marriage.” The American Economic Association reported in a study ...

Spouses of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) working abroad for one year and above and belonging to the low/semi-skilled ...

Abu Dhabi: The Emirates Health Services (EHS) has reported that over 1,000 Emiratis have benefited from mandatory pre-marital ...

The primary concern with cousin marriage is the higher likelihood of recessive genetic disorder. Every person carries some ...

A stitch in time saves nine. The true meaning of this saying would be best understood by the hapless parents of children with thalassemia, who in their expediency to avoid one premarital test doomed ...

A. Persons may be related in four ways. When they are related by blood their relationship is called consanguinity; when they are related by marriage it is called affinity; when they are related by ...