Study of link between chemicals and rise in number of women unable to bear children.
Month: September 2013
Former Capital Dave Steckel Opens Up About Fertility Struggles
Dave Steckel spent parts of six seasons with the Capitals organization, and many fans remember him for his heroic overtime game-winning goal in the 2009 playoffs to force a Game 7 against the Penguins. But while he was dominating faceoffs and killing penalties, he was also dealing with something far more important than hockey.
How to Begin to Heal from Infertility: Coping With Grief
I have been a licensed clinical social worker for 35 years and have found myself always interested in how people experience and cope with loss and grief. I have helped people deal with many …
Emergency Contraception Shock: 355 Percent Rise in Demand for Morning After Pill in Scotland
No prescription is needed to get the pill for free in Scotland. Charges for the emergency contraception were scrapped in 2008 in a bid to cut the number of teenage pregnancies.
The Truth About the Pill
A new book argues that hormonal birth control is sexist and dangerous. Don’t believe it.
Promiscuity and Sperm Selection Improves Genetic Quality in Birds
New research from the University of East Anglia has shown that females can maximise the genetic quality of their offspring by being promiscuous. Researchers studied red junglefowl (the wild ancestor of the domestic chicken) in a collaborative project with the University of Oxford, Stockholm University and Linköping University.
Fertility Treatments Produce Heirs Their Parents Never Knew
The number of children conceived through in vitro fertilization has doubled over the last decade. The technology that has made these children possible has also challenged inheritance laws, especially in circumstances when a child is conceived after the death of a parent.
Higher Cancer Risk for Slim Women During HRT Menopause Medication
Women of a healthy weight are more likely than obese women to get breast cancer when using hormone replacement therapy to alleviate menopause symptoms, a study claims.
Finding the Super Sperm in Infertile Men
A NEW technique to identify “super sperm swimmers” has given couples struggling to fall pregnant an Olympic-sized boost. The number of couples resorting to donor sperm has dropped around 30 per cent over the last seven years as a result of the technique, a fertility clinic has claimed.
New Procedures Help Pediatric Cancer Patients With Future Fertility
With survival rates rising, more kids with cancer are undergoing fertility-preservation procedures.