News articles tagged with 'fertility'
Young women with breast cancer have little fertility knowledge: Survey
— 4 Apr 2011 17:58 | HealthFertility is a priority for many young women with breast cancer, yet new research has found many have little knowledge about fertility issues, leading to confusion and conflict around…
Many US women have children by more than one man
— 2 Apr 2011 11:04 | HealthThe first national study of the prevalence of multiple partner fertility shows that 28 percent of all U.S. women with two or more children have children by more than one man…
Mother's obesity may lead to infertility in the next generation
— 28 Mar 2011 15:47 | HealthLevels of the hormone ghrelin are low in obese women and a recent study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a publication of The Endocrine Society, reports that mice whose mothers…
Older parents are happier with more children
— 7 Mar 2011 17:25 | Health'Children may be a long-term investment in happiness,' says MPIDR demographer Mikko Myrskylae. Together with Rachel Margolis from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA,…
Stress and tension do not stop fertility treatment from working
— 26 Feb 2011 16:24 | HealthWomen undergoing IVF or other assisted reproduction therapy can be reassured that emotional distress caused by their infertility or other life events will not prevent the treatment…
Protective strategy shields primate ovaries from radiation-therapy-induced damage
— 22 Feb 2011 23:33 | HealthA strategy developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers to shield the ovaries of female mammals from the damaging effects of radiation and chemotherapy has passed an…
Male fertility is in the bones
— 18 Feb 2011 16:50 | HealthResearchers have found an altogether unexpected connection between a hormone produced in bone and male fertility. The study in the February 18th issue of Cell, a Cell Press publication,…
Liver, dietary proteins key in fertility
— 2 Feb 2011 16:28 | HealthWhen you think about organs with an important role in reproduction, the liver most likely doesn't spring to mind. But a new report in the February issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press…
Biologists discover 'control centre' for sperm production
— 2 Feb 2011 16:16 | BiologyBiologists at the University of Leicester have published results of a new study into the intricacies of sex in flowering plants…
Deaths from IVF are rare but relevant
— 28 Jan 2011 16:06 | HealthAlthough still rare, maternal deaths related to in vitro fertilisation (IVF) are a key indicator of risks to older women, those with multiple pregnancy and those with underlying disease,…