The total fertility rate in the USA is predicted to rise from a 25-year low of 1.89 children per woman in 2012 to 1.90 in 2013, according to the U.S. Fertility Forecast report released today by Demographic Intelligence. Preliminary official fertility estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be released in 2014; final official estimates are expected in 2015, the company says.
Month: August 2013
No Excess Heart Risk with Infertility Tx
Women who had a pregnancy lasting more than 20 weeks after receiving fertility treatments did not have a greater cardiovascular risk over about the next decade compared with women who conceived without assistance, researchers found.
Hot Flashes Likely Not Relieved with Exercise
Researchers in the U.S. randomly assigned 142 women who were either approaching menopause or postmenopausal to continue their usual activities and 106 to do aerobic exercise three times a week for 12 weeks. The women kept diaries to record their hot flashes and night sweats — known as vasomotor symptoms — as well as how well they slept.