The latest in Infertility

Chinese medicine 'no help to get pregnant'

2010-03-10T04:16:14Z

<div><p>Couples who use acupuncture and Chinese medicine to try and increase their chances of having a baby were warned there was no evidence it worked by British fertility experts Wednesday.</p><p>The British Fertility Society (BFS), which represents fertility clinics, issued the guidelines after collecting information from 14 studies involving 2,670 patients.</p><p>Adam Balen, ...

Fertility problems may not affect kids' coordination

2010-02-26T12:30:47Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some concerns to the contrary, parents' fertility problems may have little effect on their children's risk of coordination problems as they reach school age, a new study finds.</p><p>Some past research has found that babies born with the help of fertility treatment may, on average, have a slight delay in reaching some developmental milestones, like sitting up or w...

Home fertility test for men set to arrive in stores

2010-02-25T17:45:30Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Home fertility tests aren't just for women anymore.</p><p>A new device that looks a lot like home ovulation and home pregnancy tests but checks sperm count will soon be available in Europe, and is undergoing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

Test allows men to check their sperm count at home

2010-02-25T12:00:26Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Home fertility tests aren't just for women anymore.</p><p>A new device that looks a lot like those home ovulation and home pregnancy tests but checks sperm count will soon be available in Europe, and is undergoing Food and Drug Administration...

IVF stillbirth risk four times higher, study finds

2010-02-24T00:30:20Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Women who get pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) have a higher risk of stillbirth, scientists have found, although the overall risk is still low.</p><p>Researchers from Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark stud...

IVF babies do fine, but their moms may be at risk

2010-02-23T12:30:29Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies born by in vitro fertilization (IVF) do not face an increased risk of birth defects, nor are they at greater risk of being smaller than normal, according to a study conducted in Japan.</p><p>But the researchers did find that women pregnant via IVF were more likely than those who conceived naturally to develop a pregnancy co...

Researchers: Most `test tube' kids are healthy

2010-02-22T13:17:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Researchers finding few medical differences between `test-tube' kids and other children</div><div><p>More than 30 years after the world greeted its first "test-tube" baby with a mixture of awe, elation and concern, researchers say they are finding only a few medical differences between these children and kids conceived in the traditional way.</p><p>More than 3 million children have been born worldwide as a result of what is called assisted r...

Frozen donor embryos may often go unused: study

2010-02-22T09:47:06Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many women who successfully have a baby using donated eggs do not try to achieve a second pregnancy with the excess embryos they've chosen to store, a study at one fertility clinic suggests.</p><p>The findings, say the researchers, suggest that more fertility treatment centers should consider offering "shared donor" programs - in which eggs...

IVF costs higher for older women: Australian study

2010-02-22T10:01:47Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In Australia, a boom in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproduction techniques prompted a heated debate in 2006 on whether government should subsidize the treatments.</p><p>In a government-funded study just published in the journal Human Reproduction, researchers from Australia...

Flame retardant may affect fertility: study

2010-02-22T12:16:15Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having difficulty getting pregnant? Perhaps your sofa is to blame. Or your stereo or carpet or any of the things in your house that contain common flame-retardant chemicals known as PBDEs that a new study suggests may be associated with decreased fertility.</p><p>PBDEs, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers, are hormone-disrupting pollutants th...

Natural Ways to Increase Sperm Count

2010-02-22T16:09:25Z

Author: dr. sarkozy

However, dermatitis is always the skin's way of reacting to severe dryness, scratching, an irritating substance, or an allergen. classically, that matter comes in straight contact with the skin, but sometimes the substance is swallowed.Low sperm count, reduced sperm motility and malformed sperms are main causes for male infertility. There are various organic and environmental factors which change sperm count, motility and morphology. Many of these facto...

Are You Considering Acupuncture For Fertility - Discover How to Increase Fertility With Acupuncture Treatment

2010-02-22T22:34:56Z

Using <b>acupuncture for fertility</b> and knowing how to increase your chances of conception has proved for many people to be a safe and successful way of getting pregnant. Many women who passed their 40's give birth to healthy babies after just 2-4 months of the acupuncture fertility treatment. Feel free to read, and I hope this article will go some way to answer many queries you have regarding healthy conception.<br><br>I am sure you ...

Acupuncture and Infertility ? Best Treatment For Infertility?

2010-02-22T22:45:59Z

Acupuncture for infertility treatment has proved to be a great infertility option. Before taking the expensive step into modern scientific procedures try acupuncture for infertility as it is recognized worldwide as a miraculous Chinese remedy. Pricking needles on different parts of the body is a procedure that can actually helping remove infertility issues and promoting a healthy pregnancy.<br><br>The concept of acupuncture is based on a belief of promoting the nat...

Male Fertility – 11 Essential Supplements To Increase Male Fertility

2010-02-23T00:16:18Z

Author: saichon sannok

Male Fertility rates have fallen over the last 100 years and one of the most important factors are changes in our diet.

Here we are on diet and lifestyle changes that are made to look like this can increase the male fertility, as well as 11 natural supplements for male reproductive health.

Male infertility, there is no single cause

There is no single cause for the decline in male fertility. Likely causes are a co...

What is Infertility?

2010-02-23T00:34:46Z

Have you and your spouse attempted unprotect sex for over a year and have not been able to get pregnant? If so, then you are one of over 5 million individuals who is experiencing infertility. Some women may be able to get pregnant but are unable to carry the child full term may also be considered infertile.<br><br>Approximately 10 percent of women (6.1 million) in the United States ranging in age from 15-44 ...

Infertility Groups ? How Support Can Help You Cope

2010-02-23T06:57:26Z

It can be extremely difficult to deal with infertility since the problem in itself is both emotionally as well as physically distressing for couples. Reasons for infertility are often considered to be an unknown issue that cannot be predicted. A couple cannot say whether their infertility disorder will last for a year or for your entire life. Although there are many treatments available today, support is essential to keep up the spirits of couples. It isn?t all about hard work or smart work w...

An Explanation of the IVF Procedure

2010-02-23T08:05:15Z

In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a process of assisted reproduction that offers infertile couples a chance to have a child who is biologically related to them.<br><br>With IVF, a man's sperm and the woman's egg are combined in a laboratory dish, where fertilization occurs. The embryo which forms is then put into the woman's uterus (womb) and left to naturally develop. Typically, 2-4 embryos are put in the woman's uterus each time. Each attempt is called a cycle, and...

How to Get Pregnant Immediately - Learn How to Get Pregnant Fast and Naturally Within 2 Months

2010-02-23T11:15:52Z

Would you like to discover <b>how to get pregnant fast</b>? Women who are having a difficulty conceiving will admit that amount of advice can be overwhelming sometimes. The problem that many of them face is they want to conceive more than anything in the world, yet their bodies are not doing their job how they should.<br><br>So, how do we approach this serious issue?<br><br>Generally, we end up turning our att...

What is Low Progesterone Infertility?

2010-02-23T11:38:40Z

One of the most common causes of why many of the modern-day women face problems in conceiving a baby is low progesterone infertility. A low count of progesterone affects the reproductive ability of females on various fronts. Ovulation can become problematic, while miscarriages can also occur ? all due to the presence of inadequate progesterone in the female body system. Progesterone levels go down, and the bodily equilibrium is hampered, generally due to excessive and unnecessary consumption ...

Major Causes of Infertility in Women: Uncovered

2010-02-23T11:38:41Z

There are many major causes of infertility in women and we should go into all of them to understand the subject better, and this is what we are doing here. But perhaps the most common cause of female infertility is the Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, which is also known popularly just as PID. This is nothing but quite a few types of infections caused by bacteria at many organs such as the reproductive organ, the appendix and also the intestine close to the pelvic region. In some cases, PID also ...