Infertility News

Acupuncture has been included as a service that new healthcare reform, pushed by President Obama, is required to cover.

Infertility affects approximately 15% of couples in the U.S. and similar rates are noted in other developed countries.

Dr. Trustin Domes, a Saskatoon reproductive urologist - the only one in the province - said societal stereotypes attached to masculinity and virility might have something to do with why men are suffering in silence.

In addition to raising funds for adoption and fertility treatment grants, the Cade Foundation will use the virtual race campaign to raffle off four free IVF cycles at fertility centers throughout the country.

The Human Chorionic Gonadotropin is produce during pregnancy known as HCG. It's contain made from placenta which nourishes the women egg after it has been mature.

Cloning of the Star Wars variety where new copies of people are produced is something I believe that we'll see in the next 1-2 decades.

OvaScience, a Cambridge life science company focused on treating infertility, has taken another step toward releasing its first product by bringing new talent to its board of directors.

A young married couple desperate to have children but facing infertility issues is turning to an Internet fundraising website to make their baby dreams come true.

Rome, June 10 - A molecule found in seaweed may help combat male infertility, according to a study revealed by researchers on Monday and published in the "Journal of Steroids and Hormonal Science".

A RECENT article in The New England Journal of Medicine has what might be one of the most alarming headlines of the year: "Made-to-Order Embryos for Sale: A Brave New World?" Here's the issue: one of the great achievements of 20th-century medicine has been the progress made in the area of infertility.

A newly discovered hormone produced by the eggs of human females may improve the effectiveness of current fertility treatments for women and possibly lead to entirely new treatments altogether.

The FASEB Journal suggests that human female eggs produce a previously unknown hormone, called R-spondin2, which promotes follicle development and stimulates ovary growth Bethesda, MD-A newly discovered hormone produced by the eggs of human females may improve the effectiveness of current fertility treatments for women and possibly lead to entirely ... (more)

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IVF is expensive - and there is no guarantee that a pregnancy will result. A new test may be able to tell prospective parents if it's a good idea to proceed, or whether it would be a waste of time and money.

Infertility in Canada has nearly doubled in the last two decades with more than one in six couples struggle with infertility, according to a recent study co-authored by Dr.

According to the World Health Organization, approximately 70 million couples experience infertility worldwide.

Main Category: Fertility Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology ; Immune System / Vaccines Article Date: 21 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT New research indicates that women's reproductive function may be tied to their immune status.

People who follow the ancient practice of yoga may be getting an added health boost, with a new study suggesting it can fight high blood pressure -- also known as hypertension.

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has announced the publication of a recent study in Reproductive BioMedicine Online on 5-day old human blastocysts showing that those with an abnormal chromosomal composition can be identified by the rate at which they have developed to ... (more)