British Fertility Society Issues New Guidelines On The Use Of ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 The British Fertility Society has issued new guidelines in the journal Human Fertility on the use of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in fertility treatment. The guidelines found that there is currently no evidence that having acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine treatment around the time of assisted conception increases the likelihood of subsequent pregnancy...
Researchers Find Exposure To BPA May Cause Permanent Fertility Defects Tue, 09 Mar 2010 Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered that exposure during pregnancy to Bisphenol A (BPA), a common component of plastics, causes permanent abnormalities in the uterus of offspring, including alteration in their DNA. The findings were reported in the March issue of Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB J.). Led by Hugh S. Taylor, M.D...
Women 40 And Under Can Now Freeze Their Eggs At Genetics & IVF ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 Genetics & IVF Institute (GIVF) is launching a Personal Egg Banking service in the Washington, DC area to help women 40 and under who want to cryopreserve (freeze) their eggs now for use in the future when they wish to become pregnant. The age of a woman's eggs dramatically affects her ability to conceive...
Assisted Reproduction Has No Effect On Birthing Process Or The Baby's ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 Whether a women gets pregnant the "traditional" way or by assisted reproduction has no effect on the birthing process itself or the baby, researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have found. Gynaecologist and medical researcher Liv Bente Romundstad and colleagues from NTNU and St Olav's University Hospital in Trondheim looked at the pregnancies of more than 1...
How Bisphenol A Induces Epigenetic Changes In Pregnant Mice That ... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 Here's more evidence that "safe" plastics are not as safe as once presumed: New research published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) suggests that exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy leads to epigenetic changes that may cause permanent reproduction problems for female offspring...
Ferring Pharmaceuticals And Gene Security Network Partner To Test ... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 Ferring Pharmaceuticals and Gene Security Network (GSN) announced that they have signed an agreement to conduct a clinical trial of GSN's advanced preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) technology, Parental Support™. The 11-center U.S...
Research Suggests Female Fertility Declines More Rapidly Than ... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 It is well-documented that female fertility decreases as age advances, but new research suggests that the decline might begin much earlier and progress much faster than previously thought, Carolyn Butler writes in a Washington Post column...
BJOG Release: IVF Twins Face Greater Risk Of Neonatal Complications Thu, 25 Feb 2010 New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has found that dizygotic1 (non-identical) twins conceived through IVF face an increased risk of neonatal complications, as compared to spontaneously conceived (non-IVF) dizygotic twins. One of the most recognized complications of IVF is the increased risk of multiple pregnancy...
Woman Gives Birth To Two Healthy Babies In Separate Pregnancies After ... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 For the first time, a woman has given birth to two children after her fertility was restored using transplants of ovarian tissue that had been removed and frozen during her cancer treatment and then restored once she was cured. Following her ovarian transplant, Mrs Stinne Holm Bergholdt gave birth to a girl in February 2007 after receiving fertility treatment to help her become pregnant...
Leading U.S. Infertility Practice Opens Boston IVF The Maine Center ... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 Boston IVF, a leading medical practice providing specialized infertility treatment since 1986, is expanding its patient care services in Maine and has opened Boston IVF The Maine Center, offering local patients state-of-the-art care closer to home...
Risk Of Stillbirth Is Four Times Higher After IVF/ICSI Compared To ... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 Women who become pregnant with a single foetus after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) have an increased risk of a stillbirth, according to new research out today (Wednesday)...
Children Conceived Through Assisted Reproduction Show Few Medical ... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 Few medical differences exist between children conceived using assisted reproductive technology and those who were naturally conceived, researchers reported on Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports...
Catholic Bishops Work To Clarify Church Teachings On Assisted ... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 As assisted reproductive technologies advance and become more widely used, Roman Catholic bishops in the U.S. are working to clarify options for infertile Catholics, the Religion News Service/Washington Post reports. During a November 2009 meeting of the U.S...
North Carolina Couple Finds Hope For A Healthy Baby Through ... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 After a devastating loss of their five month old son to a genetically linked disease, a North Carolina couple finds hope for a healthy baby through an innovative technology called Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)...
Children Of Assisted Reproductive Technology Face Genetic Health Risks Tue, 23 Feb 2010 More than three million children have been born as a result of assisted reproductive technologies since the birth of the first "test tube baby" in 1978. While the majority of these children are healthy and normal, as a group they are at greater risk of certain kinds of birth defects and being low birth weight, which is associated with obesity, hypertension and type 2 diabetes later in life...
According To UCSF Team, NIH Stem Cell Guidelines Should Be Modified Sat, 20 Feb 2010 A UCSF team, led by bioethicist Bernard Lo, MD, recommends that the National Institutes of Health ethics guidelines for embryonic stem cell research be modified to better protect the rights of individuals donating egg or sperm to patients undergoing in vitro fertilization. The recommendation is reported in the February 19, 2010 issue of Science...
Fertility Centers Of Illinois Launches In House Egg Donor Program ... Thu, 18 Feb 2010 Fertility Centers of Illinois (FCI) has officially launched their Egg Donor Program, making them the only in house program in Chicago offering third party reproduction options, fertility treatment, fertility counseling and more in one place. Dr. Jane Nani, Director of the FCI Egg Donor Program, is enthusiastic to provide additional fertility services to couples looking to grow their families...
Reliable Home Fertility Test In Sight Wed, 17 Feb 2010 A new 'fertility chip', developed by researchers at the University of Twente's MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, can accurately count spermatozoa in sperm. This is an important step towards the development of a compact device for reliable 'pre-scanning' of male fertility. The researchers are publishing the invention of the chip in the scientific journal Lab on a Chip...
What Is An Ovarian Cyst? What Causes Ovarian Cysts? Fri, 12 Feb 2010 An ovarian cyst is an accumulation of fluid within an ovary that is surrounded by a very thin wall. Any ovarian follicle that is larger than approximately two centimeters is an ovarian cyst. Ovarian cysts can range widely in size; from being as small as a pea to larger than an orange - in rare cases ovarian cysts can become so large that the woman looks pregnant...
Repros Submits Response To FDA Regarding Androxal(R) Indication For ... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 Repros Therapeutics Inc. (NasdaqCM:RPRX) announced that the Company, as requested by the FDA during the Type C meeting held on January 25, 2010, has sent a revised indication statement to the FDA's Division of Reproductive and Urologic Products for the use of Androxal® in the treatment of men wishing to preserve fertility while being treated for their hypogonadal state...
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