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Scientists find molecule linked to infertility
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 04 05
An infertility molecule found in mice may help to improve the success rate of millions of women who have fertility treatments each year, an…
Obesity may raise risk of stillbirth, infant death
• Fertility and pregnancy • Apr 29 05
Women who are obese before becoming pregnant seem to have a higher risk of stillbirth and of having an infant die soon after birth,…
Sexuality still intact after ovary removal
• Fertility and pregnancy • Apr 25 05
Removing the ovaries during hysterectomy does not negatively impact sexuality or psychological well being in women taking estrogen, the results of a new study…
Fertility seen normal in women with celiac disease
• Fertility and pregnancy • Apr 20 05
Women with Celiac disease, a digestive disorder caused by sensitivity to gluten, have fertility and pregnancy experiences similar to women without celiac…
Most IVF parents plan to tell kids: survey
• Fertility and pregnancy • Apr 18 05
The majority of parents who conceived through assisted reproduction plan to tell their children about their conception, but they’re often uncertain how to go…
Smoking, extra weight decrease odds of IVF success
• Fertility and pregnancy • Apr 07 05
Smoking reduces the chances that women undergoing IVF fertility treatment will have a baby - equivalent to aging them ten years.
Being overweight can…
Requested sterilization often not performed
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 31 05
Only about half of pregnant women who express a desire for sterilization following delivery actually undergo the procedure, according to a report in the…
Barcodes may help protect couples seeking IVF
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 30 05
Sperm and eggs from couples seeking in vitro fertilization (IVF) could in the future be barcoded to avoid emotionally devastating mix-ups, according to Britain’s…
Study finds anticonvulsant drug poses greater birth-defect risk than suspected
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 21 05
Use of the anticonvulsant drug valproate during pregnancy may pose a significantly great risk of birth defects than does use of other antiseizure medications.…
Folate does not appear to increase chance of twins
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 18 05
Despite some evidence to the contrary, the folate supplements women are advised to take before getting pregnant do not appear to significantly boost the…
Many infertile women want to choose baby’s gender
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 17 05
More than 2 out of 5 infertile women would use technology that enables them to choose the sex of their unborn babies if it…
Treatment preserves fertility after uterine cancer
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 15 05
Treatments for cancer of the endometrium, or lining of the uterus, often prevent future pregnancy, but new research shows that a limited form…
Sperm protein needed for fertilization is found
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 09 05
Japanese scientists said on Wednesday they have discovered a protein on sperm that is essential to fertilize eggs.
The protein, which they named Izumo…
Smoking in pregnancy damages baby’s chromosomes
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 08 05
Mothers who smoke when they’re pregnant may cause genetic damage in their babies, findings from a new study suggest. In fact, one common…
Fertility technique doesn’t affect development
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 07 05
Children born following so-called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) do not differ from children conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) or children conceived naturally in…
Women adopt frozen embryos, save them from science
• Fertility and pregnancy • Feb 28 05
A Spanish clinic that allows women to adopt frozen embryos to save them from scientific research said on Monday 14 women were pregnant with…
‘Help needed for couples with conception problems’
• Fertility and pregnancy • Feb 24 05
More than nine in 10 couples who have problems conceiving do not receive the treatment they need to help them have a baby, according…
Britain’s fertility watchdog fights back
• Fertility and pregnancy • Feb 07 05
It’s been described as outdated, bureaucratic, out of touch and at least one leading fertility expert has called for it to be scrapped.
But…
Couples in poor nations having fewer children - UN
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jan 26 05
Men and women in developing nations are marrying later, having fewer children and having them later in life, U.N. demographers reported on Tuesday.
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US woman pregnant with wrong sperm gives birth
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jan 12 05
A Connecticut woman who was artificially inseminated with the wrong sperm gave birth to a healthy baby boy, her attorney said on Wednesday.
Laura…
Age big factor in assisted reproduction
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jan 07 05
A woman’s ability to have a child using assisted reproduction technologies (ART) such as test-tube fertilization plummets to a 4 percent success rate after…
“Infertile” British woman has baby - report
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jan 06 05
A British woman who had been told she was infertile after undergoing chemotherapy has given birth to a son - described by doctors as…
Sperm-sorting machine may help infertile men.
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jan 05 05
Scientists in Australia have developed a sperm-sorting machine that may help infertile men to become fathers.
The device filters out sperm with DNA damage…
Embryo loss no greater with special IVF technique
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jan 05 05
The rate of embryo losses for an in vitro fertilization (IVF) technique in which sperm is injected directly into an egg is similar to…
Soy may boost IVF success
• Fertility and pregnancy • Dec 31 04
High doses of soy-derived estrogens can improve pregnancy rates in women undergoing in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, Italian researchers have found.
Women who…