Fertility and pregnancy

Weighing the costs of fertility treatments

Sondra Headrick is in the 27th week of a pregnancy perilous for herself and the six babies growing inside her. Her sextuplets resulted from…    

Appeal of home testing of men’s fertility is in its privacy

In a couple’s efforts to get pregnant, the woman has her ovulation predictor kit, but what about the man? Men have fertility problems, too.…    

A Patient’s Gift

I’ll tell you, after all the disappointments and all the grieving and sitting with people that I do, it was just like the sun…    

In vitro fertilization or donor insemination may have a positive effect

Parents who use assisted reproduction technology (ART) may be more receptive and nurturing than those who conceive their children naturally, researchers report.

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Italy Doctor Says Three Cloned Pregnancies Exist

An Italian fertility specialist who has said he intends to create the world’s first human clone told a television show on Wednesday three women…    

Fertility Hormones Do Not Boost Cancer Risk-Study

Hormone treatments, especially those used for in vitro fertilisation (IVF), do not seem to increase the risk of gynaecological cancer in the 6 years…    

CDC: Fertility Procedures on Rise

Fertility procedures in the United States jumped by 27 percent in just two years, according to government researchers who said they are worried about…    

Study Examines Human Fertility

New research has provided the most precise insight yet into when biological clocks start ticking loudly - and it’s sooner than once thought: age…    

Gene Linked to Nerve Degeneration, Infertility

Scientists have linked mutations in a gene associated with regeneration in damaged spinal cells with nerve degeneration and male infertility in mice.

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Waiting cuts pregnancy risk

Women should wait six months before trying for a baby with a new partner to cut their risk of a potentially fatal pregnancy condition,…    

Swiss legalise abortion

The Swiss people have voted to decriminalise abortion in two referendums called to decide whether to liberalise the country’s 66-year-old law, or toughen it…    

Traffic ‘damages male fertility’

Fumes from cars and other vehicles may damage male fertility, a study suggests.

Researchers in Italy have found evidence that traffic pollution…    

Pollution may affect fetus: study

Soot and other types of air pollution can not only affect animals and people, but developing fetuses too, researchers reported on Thursday.

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