Topic: Infertility
AP News | 2010-02-22 20:15:00
Researchers finding few medical differences between `test-tube' kids and other children
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. More than 3 million children have been born worldwide ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-12 21:20:37
<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 ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-11 20:38:50
<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 explored policy options to ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-03 17:22:44
<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 ...
