Infertility and Reproduction News & Features
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A Woman's Egg May Prefer One Sperm To Another
People have certain qualities they look for in a mate, and now a new study finds that a woman's eggs may be choosy about sperm, too.
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Allow Dead Men to Be Sperm Donors, Medical Ethicists Say
Sperm can be collected after death either through electrical stimulation of the prostate gland or surgery, and then frozen until required, the ethicists said.
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Second U.S. Baby Born from Transplanted Uterus
The first baby in the U.S. to be born from a transplanted uterus from a deceased donor was delivered last June at the Cleveland Clinic, CNN reported.
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Docs: Testosterone Supplements Won't Help Most Men
It's known that men's testosterone levels decline with age. And for years industry has promoted the idea that men suffer a range of symptoms caused by what's sometimes described as "male menopause."
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Frozen Embryo Transfer Tied to Cancer Risk in Kids
There wasn't an increased cancer risk among children born to parents who used other types of assisted reproductive technology such as fertility drugs, IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
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Chlamydia Can Harm Male Fertility
The Australian research is the first to find the sexually transmitted disease in testicular tissue biopsies of infertile men with no identified cause for their infertility.
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73-Year-Old-Woman in India Has Twins
A 73-year-old woman in India who had twin girls is believed to be the oldest person ever to give birth.
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U.S. Fertility Rate At All-Time Low
A report released earlier this year by the National Center for Health Statistics said the 2017 U.S. fertility rate continued to fall below what's needed for the population to replace itself, CNN reported.
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Fertility Treatment, Pregnancy Heart Issue Linked?
The study shows that the risk of a particular kind of heart failure that happens in pregnancy, peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), is five times higher in women who have fertility treatment,
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Using Pre-Ejaculation Sperm May Help Infertile Men
The study shows that on its path from the testicles to ejaculation, sperm DNA can suffer major damage. Researchers said it may be possible to use sperm taken directly from the testicles to fertilize eggs so that infertile men can have children.
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Common Chemicals Harm Sperm in Both Men and Dogs
Previous studies have reported a 50 percent decline in human sperm quality worldwide in the past 80 years. Another study by the same U.K. team found a similar decline in domestic dogs, pointing to the possibility that chemicals present in the home could be a factor.
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U.S. Fertility Rates Hit Record Low in 2017
In the United States, the provisional or "draft" number of births in 2017 was tallied at 3,853,472 births -- a 2 percent drop from the year before.
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No Evidence Acupuncture Boosts Fertility Treatment
Rates for live births were 18.3 percent in the real acupuncture group and 17.8 percent for those who got the fake treatment -- a statistically non-significant difference, the researchers said.
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Woman Says Parents' Fertility Doctor Is Her Father
Kelli Rowlette and her parents have filed a lawsuit against the fertility doctor who treated them, citing medical malpractice, fraud and breach of contract.
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Low Sperm Count May Signal Serious Health Risks
A study of nearly 5,200 Italian men found that those with low sperm counts were 1.2 times more likely to have more body fat, higher blood pressure, higher bad cholesterol and triglycerides, and lower levels of good cholesterol.
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Tank Failure at 2nd Clinic Threatens Eggs, Embryos
The clinic did not reveal how many eggs and embryos were affected but said the tank contained "several thousand" of them.
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Malfunction Leads to Loss of Frozen Eggs, Embryos
There appears to have been an equipment failure at a long-term storage tank containing liquid nitrogen at the University Hospitals Fertility Center, NBC News reported.
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Scientists Create First Lab-Grown Human Eggs
U.K. researchers who created the first laboratory-grown human eggs say their achievement could lead to news ways to preserve the fertility of girls undergoing radiation or chemotherapy for cancer.
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A Diet to Boost a Woman's Fertility?
Greek researchers report that younger women who followed this heart-healthy eating plan in the six months before trying IVF had better odds of a successful pregnancy than women who didn't.
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Too Little Iodine Could Harm a Woman's Fertility
Iodine -- a mineral that helps regulate metabolism -- is found in seafood, iodized salt, dairy products, and some fruits and vegetables.
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Mild Low Thyroid Levels May Affect a Woman's Fertility
Having even a slightly underactive thyroid may interfere with a woman's ability to get pregnant, a new Harvard Medical School study has found
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Embryo Frozen for 25 Years Results in Birth
A healthy baby girl born last month in Tennessee was a frozen embryo for 25 years, making her the longest known frozen human embryo to result in a successful birth.
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Vitamin D Levels A Key To Treating Infertility?
Women with low vitamin D levels may be less likely to have a baby after assisted reproductive technology (ART) than those with normal vitamin D levels, a new study suggests.
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Improve Your Odds During Infertility Treatments
There's a better chance that in vitro fertilization (IVF) will lead to pregnancy if fresh donor eggs are used instead of frozen eggs, a new study suggests.
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High-Pesticide Produce Not Helpful for Fertility
Couples who are trying to have children should probably be picky about their produce, a new study suggests.
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