Culturally speaking, infertile men are invisible. That’s the finding of Cambridge University medical sociologist Liberty Walther Barnes, who spent six years tracking patients of five U.S. male fertility clinics and found that more than half of the men she tracked did not consider themselves infertile— despite trying to impregnate their wives for more than a year and having a low or zero sperm count.
Month: May 2014
Older Infertile Couples Should Try In Vitro Fertilization First: Study
Middle-aged couples who want to have a baby but are having trouble conceiving should go straight to in vitro fertilization (IVF), skipping other types of fertility treatment, a new clinical trial recommends.
Study: Heavy Bleeding Very Common As Women Approach Menopause
As women get older, their periods can begin to change. This perimenopausal time typically starts when a woman is in her 40s and lasts about four years. (The average age of menopause, when periods stop, is 51.) For some women, the transition means unpredictable, prolonged or heavy bleeding, and that can be frightening. Now new research shows that these changes may be quite normal.
Endometriosis, Fibroids, and Diet
Endometriosis is a condition where tissues similar to those lining the cavity of the uterus are present outside the actual lining of the uterus. It may be found in the muscles of the uterus (Adenomyosis) around the Fallopian tubes, on the surface of the bowel, bladder, peritoneal surfaces in the abdomen and pelvis and sometimes rarely in the vagina and lungs. These deposits shed under the influence of the hormones produced by the ovaries (oestrogen and progesterone) in a similar fashion to the shedding of the lining of the uterus during the menstrual period. This results in bleeding at the various sites, causing scarring or adhesions to form.
Hurt Before Birth
It was long assumed that brain injuries in newborns resulted from insufficient oxygen during labor or delivery. Distressed parents often blamed doctors, a belief that spawned countless malpractice suits and prompted many obstetrician-gynecologists to abandon the delivery room.
Hormone Boost ‘May Help Infertility’
A study shedding light on the way key hormones affect the brain could pave the way for new fertility treatments, researchers say.
Fertility Treatments ‘Threaten Our Humanity’, Warns Robert Winston
IVF pioneer Lord Winston has warned that a growing market for fertility treatments could “threaten our humanity”, including if the rich were able to pay for so-called “designer babies”.
State Denies Fertility Help for Singles
Do you want to get fertility treatments in Hawaii? If you’re married, there’s a good chance that the treatments will be covered by insurance.