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Male Exposure To Toxins Could Harm Generations Of Offspring, Link To Infertility

Scientists claim that men who smoke, drink heavily or are exposed to pesticides while trying for a baby could harm generations of offspring.Researchers said animal studies showed abnormalities caused by environmental toxins were caused by genetic changes that were passed on through generations.Origi…

New Website Explaining Role Of Progesterone Support In Pregnancy And Fertility Launched By Columbia Laboratories, Inc.

Columbia Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBRX) announced the launch of a new website (http://www.crinoneusa.com) to educate women about the role of progesterone in fertility and pregnancy. that new website provides helpful data on the role of progesterone, the ‘pregnancy hormone,’ in preparing a woman’s …

Beyond The summary: Donor Insemination And Infertility: What General Urologists Need To Know

UroToday.com - In recent decades, therapeutic donor insemination (TDI) has become an increasingly obscure mold of infertility treatment.Nonetheless, TDI does still preserve a role in the urologist’s armamentarium for treating male infertility. Although there are convinced risks to TDI that should be…

Book’s Claim That Personhood Begins At Conception Does Not Match With ‘Messiness Of Biology,’ Opinion Piece Says

Robert George, a member of the President’s Council on Bioethics, and colleague Christopher Tollefsen in their book, Embryo: A Defense of Human Life, use science to argue that all research involving embryos and production of multiple embryos for fertility treatments should be banned; however, their c…

Eggs on Ice: The Emerging Fertility Issue

At the dawn of the 21st century in the majority of developed western countries, the consensus is that there has never been a better date to be a woman. Since suffragettes, females have been empowered to break free of past constraints and within the final century, gender equality has steadily progres…

Acupuncture And Success Of IVF

“Acupuncture can increase the chances of getting pregnant for women undergoing fertility treatment by 65%,” according to The Guardian’s news pages.The Times, The Daily Telegraph and BBC News covered the story and quoted Edward Ernst, a professor of complementary medicine, who cautioned that the effe…

Closer Kinship Linked With Reproductive Success

In a paper published 7 Feb 2008 deCODE scientists set up a substantial and consistent positive correlation amoung the kinship of couples and the number of children and grandchildren they have. The study, which analyzes more than 200 years of deCODE’s comprehensive genalogical notes on the population…

In Vitro Fertilization Aided By Acupuncture

According to a study published in BMJ andavailable on bmj.com, ratesof pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitrofertilization can be improved when acupuncture is given with embryotransfer.In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a technique in which egg cells arefertilized by sperm extern…

Risk Of Birth Problems Greater When Father Is In His Teens

Teenage fathers are at increased risk of having babies born with birth problems ranging from pre-term delivery or low birth weight, through to death in or approach to the day of delivery, according to new research published nowadays (Thursday 7 February). [1]In contrast, the study additionally found…

fpa Welcomes New Government Initiative To Promote enlarged-Acting Reversible Contraception, UK

Julie Bentley, Chief Executive fpa said:”fpa are delighted with that new initiative and money from the government which will construct positive changes to the sexual health of young society. It is plus encouraging to see the emphasis placed on sex and relationships education, which fpa believes shou…

Significantly Higher Success Rates With Artificial Insemination

In future a new method could help some couples who are childless against their will. The microscopic procedure significantly improves the success rate of ‘ICSI’ (intracytoplasmic sperm injection). that was discovered by scientists at the University of Bonn together with colleagues from China and ind…

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