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Sex, Pregnancy, infertility and Vitamins

2010-11-03T09:33:38Z

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Using Herbs To Improve Male Fertility

2010-11-02T22:15:03Z

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Health Highlights: June 15, 2010

2010-10-27T09:04:16Z

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Assisted reproduction boosts risk of deformity: study

2010-06-13T14:15:37Z

Children born after assisted reproduction face a significantly higher chance of having major birth defects, according to a study released Sunday.

Parents contemplating assisted reproductive technology (ART) should be informed that such treatments carry increased risks, the researchers warned.

The study, the largest of its kind to date, reviewed all the ART births in 33 registered clinics in France from 2003 to 2007, more than 15,000...

Defect risk higher for assisted fertility babies

2010-06-13T04:45:19Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Babies born to couples who had fertility treatment have a greater risk of birth abnormalities and doctors should be prepared to warn potential parents about these risks, French scientists said on Sunday.

Clinical geneticist Geraldine Viot said couples considering undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment should be told th...

Australia Flooding

2011-01-05T08:06:21Z

In this photo released by the Northern Territory Police, four German tourists rest on the roof of their vehicle as they wait for their rescue from the flooded Magela Creek, near Jabiru, Australia, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Drenching rain that started before Christmas has flooded an area the size of France and Ivica Kostelic of Croatia, center celebrates on the podium with second placed Julien Lizeroux of France, left, and third placed Bode Miller from the United States, right...

Austria Alpine Skiing World Cup

2010-12-28T08:32:13Z

Tessa Worley, of France, smiles on the podium after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom, in Semmering, Austria, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pier Marco Tacca)

France Spy Makeover

2010-12-28T03:31:59Z

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2010 file photo, general view of the building of France's secretive international spy agency, the DGSE, in Paris France. The service, the French answer to the CIA, is recruiting, getting more funding and opening its cloak as part of Spain's Rafael Nadal reacting after defeating Sweden's Robin Soderling during the men's finals match for the French Open tennis tournament, in ...