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Post by healthy11 on Oct 25, 2014 14:05:19 GMT -5
www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/what-your-blood-type-says-about-youIt’s thought that different blood types may protect us from different diseases; scientists have been finding links between blood types and illness since the middle of the 20th century. One intriguing blood type study published in the journal Neurology found that those with type AB blood were 82 percent more likely to have cognitive difficulties — specifically in areas like memory recall, language and attention — than people with other blood types. The researchers suspect that the clotting protein known as coagulation factor VIII is to blame. “Since factor VIII levels are closely linked to blood type, this may be one causal connection between blood type and cognitive impairment,” said study author Mary Cushman. Curiously, my son with ADHD, dyslexia, and poor memory IS Type AB+, whereas my husband and I have B- and A+, respectively.
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Post by SharonF on Oct 27, 2014 8:07:34 GMT -5
Reading the article, I'm a skeptic. I think linking blood type to personality type is faulty science. Correlation is not causation. That said, my daughter is AB+. She has a weird mix of learning issues with ADHD-inattentive, NLD with strong literal language skills but also strong intuitive ability from what she sees (but she doesn't always infer well from words that she hears or reads.) She has a nearly photographic visual memory. She does not match the description of learning issues described in the article. Then again, she doesn't match the standard or classic definition of any typical learning difficulties. I don't know my son's blood type. He loves reading, especially books with very deep meaning and lots of inferencing. He has always been a lousy speller. He struggled with most lecture or textbook-based learning. But he excelled in any lab or hands-on setting. Struggled with any sequential learning such as high school and college math courses. He seemed to innately grasp complicated concepts but struggled with simpler processes (the steps required to show that he understands the concept_. My husband's blood type is B+. He is a very slow reader but majored in communication. He is bad in math but now is in banking. Either he's a glutton for punishment or he doesn't let "labels" define him.  My blood type is A+. Strong in language but not good in math. I think many factors contribute to learning differences. If blood type is a factor, I strongly believe it is a minor factor. |
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Post by healthy11 on Nov 12, 2014 23:48:17 GMT -5
I agree that many factors contribute to LDs, but it would still be interesting to have more people take the poll about blood types!
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Post by mamak on Dec 17, 2014 10:37:23 GMT -5
OMG I must be a bad Mom I don't know my kid's blood type.
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Post by healthy11 on Dec 17, 2014 12:52:06 GMT -5
Mamak, I would say you're a fortunate mom, as it likely means your kids have avoided hospital emergency rooms, and had no medical reasons to find out their blood types!
For the benefit of new posters, I "unlocked" the poll, so if you want to enter your vote, "I don't know" blood type, go ahead!
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Post by majorv on Dec 19, 2014 13:28:54 GMT -5
Interesting, but my ADHD son's blood type is O+, same as his father (who by the way also had ADHD). My daughter, I think, has some ADD but it wasn't bad enough to trigger grade problems in school...she was more of a talker and disorganized, but on the whole had very good grades. She is B+ (same as me). The only reason I know my kids' blood type is because my son was in the emergency room when he was younger and I had my daughter by C-Section and they tested the cord blood.
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Post by healthy11 on Jan 16, 2015 14:46:23 GMT -5
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Post by healthy11 on Feb 8, 2015 22:32:04 GMT -5
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Post by healthy11 on Mar 26, 2015 17:37:30 GMT -5
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