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19 Dec
The anti-inflammatory Mediterranean diet can help improve the chances of conception and the success of fertility treatments, researchers find.
21 Jun
The overall infertility rate in women has plateaued after decades of decline.
Owners of the free fertility app Premom have settled with users after sharing health data without consent to other companies, including Google and marketing firms in China.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the $200,000 settlement with Premom owner Easy Healthcare.
"Premom broke its promises and compromised consumers' privacy," said
Infertility can be a heartbreaking experience for couples who are desperate to have children, but doctors can help them figure out why they can't conceive and then treat the problem.
Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after 12 months of unprotected intercourse. If the woman is 35 or older, then she is considered infertile after six months of trying without getting pregnan...
Men who were overweight as boys may have infertility issues in adulthood, according to new research.
Researchers studying the issue of male infertility, often a mystery, looked at health data from 268 young people between 2 and 18 years of age. They had been referred to the University of Catania in Sicily for weight control.
“Although the prevalence of childhood obesity is increas...
The kids, no matter how they are conceived, are all right.
That is the main takeaway from a new study by British researchers that found no real differences in the psychological well-being of kids who were born via sperm/egg donation or surrogacy and those born naturally by the time they reached the age of 20.
"Children born through third-party reproductive donation -- egg donat...
Pregnancy rates in the United States suffered a steep decline during the last decade, new government data shows.
The overall U.S. pregnancy rate fell by 12% between 2010 and 2019, according to figures released Wednesday by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
The pregnancy rate among women aged 15 to 44 was 85.6 per 1,000 in 2019, down from 97.3 per 1,000 in 2010, ...
The "baby bust" that hit the United States during the first year of the COVID pandemic did not affect all states equally — with states that were more racially diverse or more "blue" seeing bigger drops in their birth rates.
Scientists have created an embryo-like structure using monkey embryonic stem cells for the first time, part of an effort to better understand early human development and organ formation.
The researchers created the structures in a lab in China and then transferred them into the uteruses of female monkeys, according to a report published April 6 in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
<...New research finds that children born after fertility treatments have no increased risk of complications when they themselves later become pregnant.
Norwegian researchers found that while the individuals who were conceived through assisted reproductive technology (ART) in 1984 or later have fewer children than their peers so far, their babies do not have significant differences in birth ...
It's a controversial notion, but couples undergoing fertility treatments may soon be able to select the sex of their baby — with an 80% chance of success, doctors say.
Sperm-sorting techniques have been tried and offered before, but the new procedure — which separates sperm cells based on weight — appears much more accurate and safe, according to a new study.
In the study...
Women with multiple sclerosis who want to undergo fertility treatment can do so without worry, according to a new study.
Participants who had MS were no more likely to have a flare-up of the disease after receiving fertility treatments than they were before their treatments, researchers found.
The study also found a link between MS medication and lack of an increase in relapses d...
The naked mole-rat is unusual among mammals for many reasons, not least because these rodents remain fertile throughout their decades-long life span.
Researchers think the reasons behind that lifelong fertility could eventually point the way to new therapies for human couples struggling to have a baby.
“Naked mole-rats are the weirdest mammals,†said lead researcher
The heart health of children conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) is similar to that of their naturally conceived peers, researchers have found.
The large study found no robust difference in blood pressure, heart rate, cholesterol and glucose mea...
Continuing a decades-long trend, the percentage of American women who've ever had a child declined again in the latest figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"A lower percentage of women aged 15 to 44 in 2015--2019 had ever had a biological child (52.1%) compared with women aged 15 to 44 in 2011--2015 (54.9%)," concluded a report issued Jan. 10 by the CDC's Nati...
Sperm donation is apparently a grueling and exacting process through which not many men emerge.
Fewer than four out of every 100 men who apply to be sperm donors actually wind up providing a sample that's used in fertility treatment, a new study reports.
The rest either give up or wash out, according to findings reported Jan. 9 in the journal Human Reproduction.
For t...
Add better chances of conceiving a baby to the list of health benefits linked to the much-touted Mediterranean diet.
The Mediterranean diet -- which is rich in fresh fruits and veggies, healthy fats like olive oil, whole grains, legumes, nuts and fish -- has been shown to boost brain health, and reduce the risk for heart disease, diabetes and certain cancers. Now, researchers in Australia...
Shehzin Tietjen was 27 years old when she felt a lump in one of her breasts while in the shower.
That discovery led to a confirmation of breast cancer, an unexpected jolt at her age. "I was really shocked," said Tietjen, who lives in Atlanta.
Though breast cancer is more ...
Intermittent fasting has taken off as a way to lose weight without having to limit types of a food a person eats.
But there was little research on how eating only during a few hours of the day and then only drinking water might affect female reproductive hormones.
A new study shows that while hormon...
It's well known that Black women in the United States have an increased risk of childbirth complications. Now, a large new study finds even larger racial disparities when women conceive through infertility treatments.
Researchers found that among U.S. women who'd undergone various
While an increasing number of women are freezing their eggs with the hope of having a baby later, a new study shows there are no guarantees.
Being younger when having the egg retrieval procedure and freezing more...
Frozen embryos appear to be linked with a significantly higher risk of dangerously high blood pressure for the woman in pregnancies achieved through in vitro fertilization, a major new study reports.
Expectant moms were 74% more likely to develop high blood pressure if her pregnancy resulted from a frozen embryo, as opposed to a fresh embryo or natural conception, according to analysis of...
Women can suffer for years with the debilitating pain and medical complications of endometriosis without a diagnosis.
Now, researchers believe they may be able to diagnose the condition using just menstrual blood, which has distinct characteristics in patients who have endometriosis...
Stories about their difficult birth or their parents' fertility challenges can give adult children a more grateful, upbeat attitude towards their lives, British researchers suggest.
They studied the messages as well as how they were delivered, interviewing people about the stor...
Children born as a result of a common fertility procedure involving frozen embryos may have higher risk of cancer, Swedish researchers report.
In frozen-thawed embryo transfer, an embryo is created in a laboratory from an egg and sperm, frozen and later thawed before implant...
Fertility preservation procedures for women with breast cancer won't raise the risk of their cancer returning later, a new Swedish study shows.
Women who had eggs or embryos frozen before going through chemotherapy did not have any increased risk of cancer recurrence or de...
Where you live may affect your fertility, a new study suggests.
People who live in economically deprived neighborhoods are about 20% less likely to conceive, compared to people from areas with more resources, researchers said.
Investments in deprived neighbo...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows states to ban abortion isn't expected to have an immediate effect on in vitro fertilization, according to an analysis by the nation's leading reproductive health society.
However, the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade opens up a host of knotty moral and ethical questions regarding the storage and disposal of unused embryos, leaving fertility doctor...
For women who can't get pregnant because they don't have a uterus or the one they have no longer works properly, uterine transplants can indeed help these women become mothers, new research shows.
Of 33 women who received a uterus transplant...
After years of decline, infertility rates among U.S. women have held steady in the past decade or so, a new study finds.
The reasons behind the stall are unclear. But researchers said rising rates of sexually transmitted diseases, and unequal access to reproductive health care could be factors.
It may not qualify as a baby boom, but U.S. births were up in 2021 for the first time in years.
New federal government data show a 1% increase in births from 2020, with more than 3.6 million births last year. It was the first increase in seven years.
The
In a finding that offers hope to childhood cancer survivors who may want to have children after they beat their disease, research in rodents shows that testicular tissue frozen for more than 20 years can still produce viable sperm.
However, the tissue is less fertile than samples frozen for only a few months.<...
Ultrasound guidance and soft catheters are among the measures that can be used during embryo transfer to help improve the chances of successful in-vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a British study.
"It is reassuring to see that some of the interventions that are used regularly in the U.K. … appear to increase the likelihood of pregnancy," said lead author Dr. Bassel Al Wattar, of Un...
If you are obese and you want to try to lose some weight to boost your chances of getting pregnant, a new study suggests it might not help.
What did the researchers find? There was no significant difference in rates of healthy births among obese women with unexplained
Health and fitness apps are growing in popularity, but not among the people who might benefit most from them - seniors and people with chronic health conditions.
Nearly two out of three American adults are living with a chronic health problem like heart disease, diabetes or asthma, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll survey found.
The coronavirus infects the genitals of male monkeys, claims a small study that may shed some light on symptoms such as erectile dysfunction that have been reported by some men with COVID-19.
Special whole body scans were used to detect sites of coronavirus infection in three male rhesus maca...
They've gotten some media headlines recently, but potential menstrual changes associated with getting a COVID vaccine are typically minor and temporary, two new international studies confirm.
That's great news for women, said an expert in fertility and reproductive health.
"The studies coming from the UK, US and Norway provide us with significance reassurance that the COVID vaccine ...
COVID-19 vaccines don't affect the outcomes of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a new study. It's more evidence that the shots won't harm fertility, researchers said.
The results "will give people comfort to know that the COVID-19 vaccine does not affect their reproductive potential," said senior study...
Losing weight before beginning fertility treatment doesn't boost the odds that a woman who is obese will have a successful pregnancy, a new study shows.
Obesity has been linked with difficulty conceiving, as well as pregnancy complications and loss. Many women who are obese and want to get pregnant...
One less excuse to avoid that COVID vaccine: The shots don't affect fertility in either men or women, new research shows, but coronavirus infection could cause short-term fertility problems in men.
"Many reproductive-aged individuals have cited concerns about fertility as a reason for remaining unvaccinated," said lead study author Amelia Wesselink. She is research assistant professor of ...
Babies conceived through infertility treatment are more likely to be born early and small.
But there are reasons other than medically assisted reproduction to explain this difference, a
There is no increased risk of mental health problems in teens and young adults who were conceived through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), Swedish researchers report.
Although those born after assisted reproductive techniques did have a slightly higher risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), it owed to parental background factors, they said.
Since 1978, more than 9 million childre...
Couples struggling to conceive a child through in vitro fertilization (IVF) sometimes are offered an often-painful procedure known as "scratching the womb" as a desperate last hope to get pregnant.
As many as one-third of IVF clinics offer the practice in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, a new survey reports. It's very likely some U.S. clinics also offer the procedure, altho...
Misinformation and medical mistrust are major drivers of vaccine hesitancy among U.S. Hispanics, new research shows.
The researchers also found that protecting other family members is an important factor in convincing Hispanics to get vaccinated.
The small study included 22 Hispanic mothers in Oregon and 24 of their children who were in grades 9 to 12. At the time of the study, Hisp...
Obese boys who lose weight may avoid fertility problems in adulthood, a preliminary study suggests.
Even short-term weight loss might partially reverse weight-related alterations in reproductive function, the researchers said.
Childhood obesity can have serious effects on adulthood health, including a risk of cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Obesity has also been linked to...
Treating polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) -- the most common hormone disorder in women of child-bearing age -- is costly.
In 2020, diagnosing and treating this disorder cost an estimated $8 billion in the United States, according to a new economic ana...
It's no surprise to hear that women's fertility wanes as their biological clock ticks away.
But do men have a biological clock, too?
New research shows it's not exactly the same, but their likelihood of fathering a child does appear to decline, even with assisted reproductive technology, once they're past age 50.
Research completed among potential fathers both above and...
The notion of parents picking out genetically perfect babies may seem like science fiction, but bioethicists warn in a new report that some companies have already started to offer couples going through in vitro fertilization (IVF) the means to pick better embryos through polygenic scoring.
Polygenic scores are a "weighted average of the contributions of all of the genes we have informatio...
Good news for couples considering fertility treatments: Children born through assisted reproductive technology (ART) don't have an increased risk of cancer, researchers say.
In the new study, kids born through high-tech fertility treatments -- such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and frozen embryo transfer (FET) -- were followed for 18 years on average.
The results should be "quite ...
COVID-19 infection doesn't reduce the chances of successful fertility treatment in women, a small new study suggests.
Concerns have been raised about how the virus affects women's fertility because it invades its target cells by binding to the ACE2 receptor, which is widely expressed in the ovaries, uterus, vagina and placenta, the Spanish researchers explained.
Their study followed...