Young women who regularly use pain-relief medicines called NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) might be seriously undermining their fertility, a new study suggests.
Month: June 2015
Preparing For a Baby After Cancer
When you learn you have cancer, having children might be the last thing on your mind. But with cancer, time is of the essence. The fertility discussion is necessary to safeguard your fertility before you undergo chemotherapy, radiation or surgery.
The Male Pill is Coming – and it’s Going to Change Everything
New forms of male contraception are estimated to hit the market in a few years and – unlike women’s options – most won’t contain hormones.
Supporting Your Fertility in Your 30s
WebMD cites studies showing that caffeine consumption above and beyond 500 mg a day can harm fertility. Staying below 200 to 250 mg a day shouldn’t have an effect.
Scientists Could One Day Create Genetically Modified ‘Designer Babies’ — But Should They?
This week, the Congressional Research and Technology Subcommittee held its first hearing on the science and ethics of genetically modifying human DNA. The main topic up for discussion was CRISPR, the world’s most promising and widely applicable gene-editing technique. So far, CRISPR (pronounced crisper) has been used by multiple labs around the world to modify the genes of organisms as varied as bacteria, plants, mice and some primates. But what lawmakers wanted to talk about with scientists this week is what it will mean when we start making genetic improvements to human beings.
7 Eye-Rollingly Awkward Questions You’ll Get Asked as a Gay Dad
Gay dads get asked a lot of questions. But some of them, although well-intentioned, can cause frustration. That’s why Gays With Kids, an organization set up to help gay dads navigate fatherhood, is taking a lighthearted look at some of the more irritating – and amusing – questions posed to unsuspecting fathers.
Are Car Dashboards, Frying Pans and Sunscreen Devastating Men’s Fertility? Modern Life ‘Poses Threat to Fatherhood for Three Out of Four Males
Sunscreen and other everyday items could be damaging male fertility, a scientist has warned. He claims potentially dangerous chemicals in everything from waterproof jackets to car dashboards and frying pans are poisoning men’s chances of fatherhood. Just one in four men now has good quality sperm and male fertility is declining across Europe, the new analysis shows.
Couples Needing Sperm Donation Favor the Same Donor for All Conceptions
Despite a prevalence of anonymous sperm donation in European countries, the use of the same sperm donor for subsequent conceptions is of paramount importance to those couples needing sperm donation to have children.
IVF in Women Over 38: The Doctor’s Dilemma
It is a biological fact that female fertility declines with age – in assisted conception as in natural. Indeed, findings from a 12-year study reported today at the Annual Meeting of ESHRE by Dr Marta Devesa from the Hospital Universitaro Quiron-Dexeus in Barcelona, Spain, showed that in her own clinic cumulative live birth rates following IVF declined from 23.6% in women aged 38-39 years to 1.3% in those aged 44 and over.
Ectopic Pregnancy From Assisted Reproduction Keeps Falling Also, no association between ART and offspring’s long-term academic performance
Nikolaos Polyzos, MD, PhD, of the Centre for Reproductive Medicine in Belgium, and colleagues found that ectopic pregnancies (EP) declined over a period of 12 years following ART (crude odds ratio 0.96 per year, 95% CI 0.95-0.97), even after adjusting for potential confounders (adjusted OR 0.97 per year, 95% CI 0.95-0.98).