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New research suggests that your birth order may impact your disease risk.
There are a few theories on what could be behind this.
Doctors say your odds of developing a disease are impacted more by other factors.
There are a host of things that can influence your risk of developing a disease, from genetics to environmental exposures to lifestyle factors. But new research suggests there’s one more that probably isn’t on your radar: your place in your family’s birth order.
The study, published in Nature Health , analyzed health data from more than five million two-child families—and found a clear link between an individual’s…
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