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Fertility treatments eventually show 'diminishing returns'

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Couples' chances of becoming pregnant with various forms of fertility treatment may start to fall after two or three tries with the same tactic, a new study suggests. The findings, reported in the journal Fertility and Sterility, ...

IVF kids as mentally healthy as others

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Parents who conceive through in vitro fertilization (IVF) can rest easy - their children will be just as moody as other teenagers conceived "the old fashioned way" but no more so or less so. That's the conclusion ...

Difficult conception tied to higher pregnancy risks

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High-risk pregnancies are more likely in women who have difficulty getting pregnant, with or without help from hi-tech fertility treatments, new research finds. The risks should be considered during pregnancy care of "subfertile" women and when analyzing ...

Infertile women may have more sexual problems

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women undergoing treatment for infertility may be less satisfied with their sex lives and have a greater risk of sexual dysfunction than women with normal fertility, a small study suggests. Researchers found that among 119 women seen ...

Infertility linked to prostate cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Infertile men may have an increased risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer, researchers reported on Monday in what could be an important move toward identifying those who will benefit from screening for the disease. Prostate cancer is ...

Mediterranean diet tied to fertility treatment success

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who closely adhere to a Mediterranean-style diet rich in vegetables, vegetable oils and fish may have a higher likelihood of becoming pregnant after infertility treatment, a new study suggests. Researchers in the Netherlands found that among ...

Fertility problems may not affect kids' coordination

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some concerns to the contrary, parents' fertility problems may have little effect on their children's risk of coordination problems as they reach school age, a new study finds. Some past research has found that babies born ...

Fertility drugs may pose some uterine cancer risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Though the use of fertility drugs does not seem to generally increase uterine cancer risk, a Danish study identified small increases in risk from certain fertility drugs used for longer duration. Dr. Allan Jensen, with the Danish ...

After artificial insemination, don't rush to get up

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having artificial insemination to get pregnant? You might want to lie on your back for 15 minutes following the procedure, according to a new study. In artificial insemination - doctors refer to it as intrauterine insemination, or ...