Obesity affects over 35 percent of American public. It is associated with many health problems such as heart disease, diabetes and other conditions. Obesity is also associated with infertility and with infertility affecting one in seven couples, many obese women find themselves requiring fertility treatments.
Month: March 2014
Million Women March for Endometriosis on National Mall
Women and girls will takeover the National Mall on Thursday. They will be joining their sisters worldwide for the first synchronized Million Women March For Endometriosis.
IVF: Some Doctors Suggest a Milder, Cheaper Form for Some Women
With the number of babies born through in vitro fertilization at an all-time high, some doctors are trying an alternative that potentially could be less expensive and less taxing on a woman’s body.
Endometriosis Cause And Development Linked To Unstudied Genes
A study from Northwestern Medicine has led to a new theory regarding the development and cause of endometriosis. The chronically painful disease, which affects 1 in 10 women, has been linked to two previously unstudied genes.
Woman’s Low Birth Weight May Lead to Fertility Woes Later
Girls born with a low birth weight may be at increased risk for fertility problems as adults, a new study from Sweden suggests.
New Device Provides Long-lasting Protection Against HIV and Pregnancy
An intravaginal ring that slowly releases an antiretroviral drug and a contraceptive has the potential to protect women from HIV, herpes and unwanted pregnancy.
Male Hormones Play Vital Role in Female Fertility
The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry announced on March 3 that a team from the school has published a groundbreaking study revealing the importance of male hormones in female fertility. The study is titled “Androgens regulate ovarian follicular development by increasing follicle stimulating hormone receptor and microRNA-125b expression” and was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Male Hormones Play Vital Role in Female Fertility
The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry announced on March 3 that a team from the school has published a groundbreaking study revealing the importance of male hormones in female fertility. The study is titled “Androgens regulate ovarian follicular development by increasing follicle stimulating hormone receptor and microRNA-125b expression” and was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Genetic Cause Found for Premature Ovarian Failure
The results, published in The New England Journal of Medicine and Human and Molecular Genetics journals, demonstrate for the first time that mutation in STAG3 gene is the major cause of human fertility disorders as it provokes a loss of function of the protein it encodes.
When Scientists Believed There was a Little Man Inside Every Sperm Cell
Preformationism was a popular theory in the 17th and 18th centuries. It allowed people to believe in a clockwork world, where there were tiny people running around in sperm. And those tiny people also had tiny people in their sperm. But there was a peculiar kind of logic to it all.