If you follow the biotech industry, you may have noticed the sector has been fielding its share of health concerns lately around genetically-modified crops. Results from a recent study by Friends of the Earth Europe showed that 44 percent of urine taken from European city-dwellers across 18 countries was contaminated with glyphosate.
Month: June 2013
Lesbian Family Building
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by Kelly Baek, M.D.
Getting Started
Deciding to build a family as a single woman or as a …
Getting Men to Want to Use Condoms
The United Nations Population Fund uses hundreds of condoms in its work around the world to curb sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. Officials are interested in condoms in new designs, sizes and materials, and are also trying to package and advertise them in ways that make them more enticing.
Australian Known Sperm Donor Granted Parenthood
An Australian man has been granted shared parental responsibility by a federal judge over a child born through IVF using sperm he had donated to his former partner.
Hormone Therapies Don’t Harm Brain for Younger Menopausal Women
Hormone therapy doesn’t appear to have a harmful effect on cognitive function in younger postmenopausal women, according to a study that also showed the treatment didn’t benefit the brain.
Japanese Scientists to Grow Human Organs in Animals
Japanese scientists have developed a process for forming a chimeric embryo by planting a human stem cell into an animal embryo, usually a pig. The organs would then mature inside the animal until scientists harvest and transplant them into a human body.
Conventional Wisdom on Hot Flashes, Menopause Questioned
Doctors and researchers may reconsider some of what they know about hot flashes and menopause.Researchers at the University of Washington found that more than half of the women they surveyed started having hot flashes and night sweats before menopause.
How Estrogen May Help Prevent UTIs After Menopause
Estrogen treatment delivered vaginally may help prevent repeat urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women, new laboratory research suggests.
With FDA Approval, Fight Ends Over Morning-After Pill
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the emergency contraceptive Plan B One-Step for use without a prescription or age restrictions, effectively ending more than a decade of legal and regulatory wrangling over the controversial morning-after pill.
Some Infertile Men Show Higher Cancer Risk, Study Suggests
Men who are infertile because they produce no sperm may have a higher-than-average risk of developing cancer, a new study finds.