News articles tagged with 'fertility' (Page 11)
Do chemicals in the environment affect fertility?
— 21 May 2008 15:39 | HealthOur day-to-day exposure to chemicals is on the increase. From food packaging to the air we breathe, every day contact with potentially-toxic substances could be affecting our health…
'Black gold agriculture' may revolutionise farming
— 11 Apr 2008 13:58 | EnvironmentFifteen hundred years ago, tribes people from the central Amazon basin mixed their soil with charcoal derived from animal bone and tree bark. Today, at the site of this charcoal deposit,…
New study provides insight into menopause
— 3 Apr 2008 03:44 | HealthInsight into why females of some species undergo menopause while others do not has proven elusive despite an understanding of the biological mechanisms behind the change…
Hormone that controls hunger and appetite linked to reduced fertility
— 1 Apr 2008 21:18 | HealthResearchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that in-utero exposure to the hormone grhelin, a molecule that controls appetite and hunger and nutrition, can result in decreased…
Research shows why synthetic oestrogens wreak havoc on reproductive system
— 1 Apr 2008 13:02 | HealthResearchers at Yale School of Medicine now have a clearer understanding of why synthetic oestrogens such as those found in many widely-used plastics have a detrimental effect on a developing…
Mothers trade child quantity for quality
— 24 Jan 2008 19:10 | HealthResearchers at the University of Sheffield have shown that mothers are choosing to have fewer children in order to give their children the best start in life, but by doing so are going…
Wild chimpanzees appear not to regularly experience menopause
— 13 Dec 2007 20:11 | BiologyA pioneering study of wild chimpanzees has found that these close human relatives do not routinely experience menopause, rebutting previous studies of captive individuals which had…