Fertility and pregnancy

Higher risk of birth defects from assisted reproduction

A University of Adelaide study has identified the risk of major birth defects associated with different types of assisted reproductive technology.

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U.S. adds more on clot risk to some birth control pills

U.S. health regulators are adding information to the labels on a popular class of birth control pills that includes Bayer AG’s Yaz and Yasmin,…    

Fertility Help Not Equal for Cancer Patients

Not all young women receiving fertility-threatening cancer treatments have had equal access to counseling or preservation services, researchers found.

Patients with a…    

Wisconsin to ban some abortion coverage, re-focus sex-education

Wisconsin lawmakers have approved controversial measures to block the state’s new health insurance exchange from covering abortions and require sex education classes to emphasize…    

Does acupuncture boost IVF success

Acupuncture may help some women conceive through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a new analysis of past research concludes. But the true benefit in the real…    

East Meets West to Boost Fertility

Traditional Chinese medicine has long been used to ease pain, treat disease, boost fertility, and prevent miscarriage. Known in the Western medical community by…    

California sperm donor at odds with federal regulators

An electronics company engineer who the U.S. government considers a one-man sperm bank has fathered an estimated 14 children through free donations of his…    

Interethnic marriage between African and Native Americans produced many children

American Indians with African ancestry outdid ‘full bloods’ in reproductive terms in the early 1900s, despite the odds being against them, according to a…    

Afghanistan fights population growth with birth control

The Afghan government is trying to curb a booming population by promoting birth control but such efforts have been met with caution from aid…    

North Carolina may compensate sterilization victims

North Carolina should compensate the surviving victims of the state’s forced sterilization program, the Governor’s Eugenics Compensation Task Force recommended on Monday.

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Immune therapy can control fertility in mammals

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have shown that it is possible to immunize mammals to control fertility. They say their technique could possibly…    

Mother’s obesity may lead to infertility in the next generation

Levels of the hormone ghrelin are low in obese women and a recent study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a publication of The Endocrine…    

Passive smoking increases risk to unborn babies, study says

Pregnant non-smokers who breathe in the second-hand smoke of other people are at an increased risk of delivering stillborn babies or babies with defects,…    

Family planning programs have success in developing countries, but need to be expanded

While many researchers generally credit the desire for smaller families for the decline in fertility rates in developing, low-income countries, new research suggests that…    

Male subfertility helped by antioxidants says research

Antioxidants may help improve male fertility, early research suggests.

A review of existing data found, compared with controls, a couple was more…    

Drugs may level fertility playing field for obese

Heavy women often have a harder time getting pregnant than their slimmer peers, but new findings suggest weight may cease to matter when women…    

Study finds food in early life affects fertility

The research, which was published online this month (17 December 2010) in the journal Ecology, is the first study of its kind to show…    

Perinatal Bisphenol-A Exposure May Affect Fertility

Exposure to a ubiquitous environmental chemical during pregnancy may impair reproductive capacity of female offspring, according to a study published online in advance of…    

Conception is a rare event, fertility study shows

Fewer than 8 percent of all tries at making a baby in a lab dish will succeed, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

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Infertility more common in women with epilepsy

Women with epilepsy may have a higher-than-average risk of fertility problems, particularly those on multiple anti-seizure drugs, a study published Monday suggests.

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Successful periodontal therapy may reduce the risk of preterm birth, according to Penn dental study

A collaboration led by a periodontal researcher from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine has found a possible link between the success…    

Unequal access drives fertility tourism, experts say

Patients who cross borders in search of cheaper, more available fertility treatment can now choose from more than 100 countries but may be putting…    

Johns Hopkins researchers unravel clues to infertility among obese women

Obese women have a well-known risk for infertility, but a new Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study has unraveled what investigators there believe is the…    

Fertility treatment tied to risk of cerebral palsy

A new study confirms that children conceived via infertility treatment may have a higher-than-average risk of cerebral palsy—explained largely by their higher rates of…    

Study shows vitamin A doesn’t cut maternal deaths

Giving vitamin A to women 15 to 45 years old living in poor nations does not cut maternal death rates, scientists said Tuesday in…