Just add water and sperm – any romance should be provided separately. In future, women who want to safeguard their fertility may be able to store their eggs at home as a powder. To revive them for an attempt at having a baby, all they would need to do is empty the sachet, add water, fertilize with sperm and implant the embryo.
Month: April 2013
13 Attorneys General Push Obama on Contraception Mandate
Thirteen state attorneys general are urging the federal government to broaden religious exemptions for private businesses under the White House’s contraception mandate, claiming the policy violates religious freedoms.
Science Led to Gay Families: Law Should Follow
Supporters argue that same-sex parents need to provide their children with a stable and supportive family home, complete with the legal protections afforded heterosexual married couples. Opponents claim that children raised by same-sex parents are wounded in some fundamental way by being denied the “normal” benefits of having both a mother and father at home.
Menopausal Women: Exercise, Housework May Help Sleep
Physical activity, including household chores, is associated with reports of a good night’s sleep among menopausal women with vasomotor symptoms, according to results from a study published online March 25 in Menopause.
Don’t Ignore Endometriosis
When radio presenter Pauline Sangham started experiencing unbearable period pain at the age of 36, she had no idea how the problem would change her life.
When radio presenter Pauline Sangham started experiencing unbearable period pain at the age of 36, she had no idea how the problem wo
Protein Study in Oklahoma May Help Treat Infertility
A protein vital to proper cell division could be used to create new tests and treatments for infertility, according to scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
Consensual Sex Typically Doesn’t Begin Before Teen Years, Study Finds
It’s rare for children in the United States aged 10 to 12 to be sexually active, especially on a voluntary basis, a new study finds. However, almost one in five teens has had sex before age 15, and 16,000 girls under 15 get pregnant each year.
How Does Infertility Impact Finances?
Carrie, 33, and her husband, 39, recently started in-vitro fertilization
(IVF) after other reproductive treatments failed. They’ve been
undergoing fertility treatment since March 2011. The process has taken its toll on the couple.
Sperm Donor Sparks Ethical Debate
A Danish sperm donor may have unknowingly passed on a cancer-causing illness to 50 percent of the children created using his sperm.
Another Painful Period…Or A Problem? Understanding Endometriosis
For some women, painful periods are a part of life. But many women experiencing painful periods do not know their pain is signaling a larger health issue.
Approximately 176 million women and girls worldwide are diagnosed with the chronic disease endometriosis. Many women do not know they have endometriosis because some can only be diagnosed through surgery.
In honor of National Endometriosis Awareness Month this March, we are seeking to empower and educate women on this disease.
The cause of endometriosis remains unknown, and a permanent cure may be difficult. Building awareness of this disease is critical in aiding effective diagnoses, pain management and infertility treatment for women.
What is endometriosis?
Every month during menstruation, a woman sheds the endometrial lining in her uterus. When the endometrium tissue normally found in the uterus grows outside the uterus or in other places of the body, it is known as endometriosis.
Each month, endometrial tissue continues to break down and shed as it would during a normal menstrual cycle. Endometrial tissue in other parts of the body follows the same pattern, causing period-like symptoms such as cramps and discomfort. Without the ability to drain through the uterus as it would during menstruation, the endometrial tissue is released into the body, causing pain, inflammation, and scar tissue. Read full article.