Infertility and Reproduction News & Features

Doctors say more women are interested in egg freezing, a procedure that may help preserve their fertility but comes with risks.

The group that oversees the use of embryos in fertility research and treatment in the United Kingdom has become the first in the world to approve gene editing of human embryos. WebMD has the details.

Women who undergo in vitro fertilization to have a baby are over a third more likely to get ovarian cancer than those who don't have the treatment, a new study suggests. WebMD has the details.

Learn about grants, financing programs, health insurance, and other options to help lower the cost of fertility treatments.

Babies created from the DNA of two women and a man could be born as early as next year.

The United Kingdom is on course to become the first country to approve the creation of babies using DNA from 3 people.

Find out some key lifestyle changes a man should make, like diet and exercise, when he and his partner are planning to get pregnant.

Babies conceived with the help of high-tech fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) have an increased risk for birth defects, a new study shows.

If you aspire to fatherhood, it might not hurt to go a little nuts. Walnuts, that is.

Babies born after the use of certain infertility treatments have a higher risk of birth defects than babies born to couples with no history of infertility, a large new study shows.

Scientists say they have found a way to use ovarian stem cells to perhaps one day help infertile women get pregnant -- or add years to a woman’s reproductive cycle.

Indoor office air is an important source of worker exposure to the potentially toxic substances known as PFCs, or polyfluorinated compounds, according to a new study.

Transferring more than two embryos during an IVF cycle is a dangerous practice that does not improve a woman’s chances of delivering a baby, a European study finds.

Women who undergo ovarian stimulation as part of IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatment may be more likely to develop "borderline" ovarian tumors, but not invasive ovarian tumors, later in life, Dutch researchers report.

A survey of healthy women has revealed the normal range of levels of a hormone considered vital to a woman's fertility.

Researchers say they have discovered a genetic mutation that may explain a significant proportion of male infertility.

Handwashing at work doesn’t just keep germs at bay. A new study shows office workers who frequently lather up have lower levels of hormone-disrupting flame retardant chemicals on their hands and in their blood.

Struggling to conceive? Get the scoop on possible causes and treatment options.

Men whose anus-to-scrotum distance is shorter than average are 7.3 times more likely to have low sperm counts.

A new report finds that a woman's stress levels don't adversely affect her chances of getting pregnant in a single fertility treatment cycle.

Maternal deaths resulting from in vitro fertilization (IVF) are relatively rare, but they do occur, British doctors warn in an editorial in the journal BMJ.

A growing list of common household chemicals may be linked to reproductive health problems including early puberty and infertility.

Infertility has been ruled out as a potential cause of cerebral palsy among children conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) or by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), according to a study.

Researchers say having type O blood can affect a woman’s chances of getting pregnant.

Three babies born to two 40-year-old women in Europe are the first IVF babies born from eggs screened for chromosomal abnormalities using a fast new DNA test.