Topic: Infertility
A new study challenges the long-held belief that female mammals start life with a limited number of eggs and cannot produce new ones after birth. Reproductive biologist Ji Wu and colleagues at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China tried an overlooked technique ...
A woman in Gafsa, Tunisia , is pregnant with 12 babies or duodecaplets. Her name has not been released, but the father's name is reportedly Marwan.
As of 2010, the average price for one cycle of in vitro fertilization treatment in the United States is $12,400 without the benefit of insurance, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). There are at least 5 million infertile couples ...
A woman's weight influences her fertility, two new studies suggest.. In one study, researchers compared Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) data on 158,385 menstrual cycles with the height and weight of women. The studies were to be presented Monday at the ...
Anyone who has sat for a decent period of time with a laptop on your lap knows how hot they can become. Besides feeling uncomfortable, sitting with your laptop on your lap can be bad for your fertility (if you're male, that ...
Now, more than ever before, as ambitious couples race to pursue their education and career goals, many choose to postpone -- or delay indefinitely -- having children. While reproductive endocrinologists typically handle this procedure, many women choose to do it themselves at ...
When you are trying to conceive - or are pregnant and breast feeding - choosing to eat organic food has some definite advantages, but it can get expensive. The 'dirty dozen' is published yearly at the Environmental Working Group's website and the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some vaginal lubricants labeled as "not spermicidal" may not be so harmless to sperm, and could actually thwart their egg-bound journey, suggests a new Swiss study.Researchers studied four gels in the lab, of which only one -- ...
Trestolone ( 7?-methyl-19-nortestosterone ) is a synthetic androgen developed by the Population Council as a potential candidate drug for use in hormonal male contraceptive methods. Inhibition of sperm production Spermatozoa are produced in the testes of males in a process called spermatogenesis ...
Repronex is a fertility medication that is injected either subcutaneous ly or intramuscularly .