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Natural leaders may have more children: study
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Public Health • Apr 08 09
Born leaders may be more likely to have children than people who prefer to be led, a study suggests.
Researchers found that among Finnish…
California octuplets dismay fertility experts
• Fertility and pregnancy • Feb 03 09
The birth of octuplets in California, hailed as a medical triumph by doctors who delivered the tiny infants, has dismayed fertility experts who say…
Effect of Acupuncture on IVF Remains Unclear
• Alternative Medicine • • Fertility and pregnancy • Oct 14 08
The use of acupuncture to increase fertility is far from new — dating back to Taoist tradition over 8,000 years ago — but its…
Do chemicals in the environment affect fertility?
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 20 08
Our day-to-day exposure to chemicals is on the increase. From food packaging to the air we breathe, every day contact with potentially-toxic substances could…
Disabling Mouse Enzyme Increases Fertility
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 16 08
Changing the sugars attached to a hormone produced in the pituitary gland increased fertility levels in mice nearly 50 percent, a research group…
Gene linked to preterm birth among Hispanic women
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Genetics • Feb 03 08
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that the gene ENPP1 is linked to preterm birth and low birth weight among Hispanic women.
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Thyroid trouble may be missed in pregnant women
• Endocrinology • • Fertility and pregnancy • • Pregnancy • Feb 10 07
Screening only pregnant women felt to be at high-risk for thyroid problems may mean that many women with thyroid dysfunction may escape detection, according…
Newborn Brains Grow Vision and Movement Regions First
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Fertility and pregnancy • Feb 08 07
The regions of the brain that control vision and other sensory information grow dramatically in the first few months following birth, while the area…
Calcium during breast-feeding may guard mom’s teeth
• Dental Health • • Dieting • • Fertility and pregnancy • Jan 22 07
Women who breast-feed may need to be careful about getting enough calcium to keep their teeth and gums healthy, new animal research suggests.
In…
Environmental Toxin Causes Heritable Adult-Onset Diseases
• Fertility and pregnancy • Sep 15 06
A disease you are suffering today could be a result of your great-grandmother being exposed to an environmental toxin during pregnancy - and you…
Pushing for babies: Singapore fights fertility decline
• Fertility and pregnancy • Apr 27 06
When Clara Chng graduated from university, the Singapore government’s matchmaking agency offered her a two-year free trial to find a husband.
Young, well-educated, and…
Regulation needed for fertility industry: expert
• Fertility and pregnancy • Mar 28 06
Fertility treatment is a multibillion-dollar global industry that needs regulation to protect infertile couples and assure equal access to treatment, a leading American economist…
Most would not select their child’s sex
• Fertility and pregnancy • Feb 21 06
Most individuals are not interested in choosing the sex of their child if given the opportunity, according to the results of a new nationwide…
Most teenage boys with cancer can bank sperm
• Fertility and pregnancy • Feb 20 06
Sperm banking is possible for most teens with cancer who must undergo fertility-impairing treatment, British researchers report.
Several types of chemotherapy can damage the…
Fertile women most attractive to men
• Fertility and pregnancy • Nov 02 05
According to researchers at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, women with high levels of the sex hormone oestrogen have prettier…
Emergency contraception via vagina may be feasible
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jul 21 05
The results of a preliminary study suggest that administration of emergency contraception through the vagina could be an effective alternative to oral administration -…
Men’s stress also affects infertility therapy
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jun 24 05
infertility-related stress in men as well as women may have an effect on treatment success, according to new study findings.
“Our results clearly demonstrate…
Plant chemical may harm male fertility
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jun 22 05
A plant chemical found in soya, tofu and legumes could potentially damage sperm and affect male fertility, a British researcher suggest.
Professor Lynn Fraser,…
Italian fertilty law hinders IVF success
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jun 21 05
Italy’s strict law on assisted reproduction has reduced some women’s chances of conceiving because doctors can no longer select the best embryos for Couples wanting babies are criss-crossing the globe in search of treatment as infertility in the developed world looks set to double within a decade,…
New Hampshire on Thursday joined six other U.S. states in allowing pharmacists to dispense emergency birth control without a prescription, amid growing controversy over…
Following Vasectomy, about half of the men who initially still have motile sperm will eventually stop producing sperm, according to a new…
Although effective against various cancers, chemotherapy can damage the ovaries, possibly causing a permanent loss of fertility. Treatment with two drugs…
Japan’s fertility rate hit a postwar low of 1.288 in 2004 in a fresh sign of the country’s acute baby shortage, Japan’s…
Having twins or triplets following assisted reproductive therapy (ART) increases the risk of depression among new moms, a new study suggests. Assisted reproductive technology…
Conception tourism spreads as infertility soars
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jun 20 05
Seventh state eases ‘morning-after’ pill access
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jun 17 05
Sterility following vasectomy may take time
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jun 08 05
Drugs preserve fertility of girls receiving chemo
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jun 07 05
Japan’s fertility rate hits postwar low
• Fertility and pregnancy • Jun 01 05
Moms of IVF-induced multiples often have the blues
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 30 05