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Month: August 2013
Menopause And Worrying About Birth Control
A woman may think she’s infertile or mistake missed periods for menopause when she’s actually pregnant.
The Man With the 132 Pound Scrotum: Unraveling The Medical Mystery
Imagine carrying a bowling ball between your legs that weighs close to 200 pounds. If that image is too much to stomach, continue reading with caution.
The Delicate Balance of Infertility Treatment and Work
by Iris Waichler, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
One of the toughest challenges women experiencing infertility have to face is how to manage treatment and not let it impact upon their work lives. Infertility treatment is …
Study: HPV Found in Sperm; polyDNA Recommends Gene-Eden-VIR Against the Latent HPV
HPV has been found in the sperm of infected men. This can harm a man’s ability to have children. This is particularly true in those who have both HPV (human papillomavirus), which is the most common sexually transmitted viral disease (STD), and Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct), which is the most common bacterial STD.
Genital TB in Women Can Cause Devastating Damage: Experts
In contrast to pulmonary TB that affects lungs, genital TB in women is a stealthy invader and when it strikes, it apparently causes devastating damage to the reproductive organs, even before the condition is suspected. Various studies have shown that 5% to 20 % infertile couples in India have genital tuberculosis as their cause for infertility.
Gene Affects Sperm’s Ability
A gene known to affect hormone action in breast and prostate cancer cells has now been proven to have an impact on male fertility, according to research by a team including cancer specialists from The University of Western Australia.
Fastest Sperm May Not Be The Best
For sea squirts the key to a long and happy life is to be fertilised not by a fast sperm, but by one that stands the test of time, a study has revealed.The research by Dr Angalea Crean, of the UNSW School of Biological, Earth and Environmnetal Sciences also shows for the first time that the influence of sperm extends well beyond the moment of conception. If further studies demonstrate the same effects occur with human sperm, the finding will change some of the assumptions used in IVF practice.
Abortion Viewed in Moral Terms: Fewer See Stem Cell Research and IVF as Moral Issues
Regardless of their views about the legality of abortion, most Americans think that having an abortion is a moral issue. By contrast, the public is much less likely to see other issues involving human embryos – such as stem cell research or in vitro fertilization – as a matter of morality.
1 in 3 Doctors Still Needlessly Removing Healthy Ovaries, Study Finds
A new study from Baystate Medical Center found that one-third of gynecologists continue to recommend removal of healthy ovaries from women undergoing hysterectomies who haven’t yet entered menopause. This goes against recommendations of their own medical society, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which advises against ovary removal in pre-menopausal women undergoing hysterectomies who aren’t at increased risk of ovarian cancer.