A Belgian researcher has found that exposure to sunshine can help women become pregnant through in-vitro fertilization.
Month: June 2015
The Best Way to Stop Men Making Babies
Contraception may traditionally be seen as women’s responsibility, but it may make more sense—financial included—to focus on men.
UK’s National Sperm Bank ‘Recruits Just Five Donors’
Demand from mothers for donors of the same religion adds to fertility crisis in some communities
Lawmakers Move To Ban Funding For Human Embryo Editing
On June 17, the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee released a bill that outlines the funding for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for 2016. But the bill has an unusual caveat: if it passes as it currently stands, it would bar the agency from spending any money to assess research or clinical applications for products that manipulate the human genome. It would also require the agency to set up a committee to review a forthcoming report that considers the ethics of editing human embryos.
Medical Experts Talk Kim Kardashian, Sex Selection, And The Fear Of ‘Designer Babies’
Kim had just announced that she and Kanye were expecting a second child, a boy conceived through In Vitro Fertilization. Kim reportedly had only male embryos implanted; as you may have heard, she and Kanye already have a girl. Now they’re having a boy. (Update: Kardashian has since denied those reports, though she has confirmed she’s expecting a boy.)Steinberg founded The Fertility Institute in 1986. The technology rumored to be utilized by the Kardashian-Wests isn’t brand new, he pointed out — sex-selection is about 20 years old, IVF near 35 — but “people call us up, and they can’t believe it’s available.” After the Kim and Kanye news came out, the center was “blitzed” by calls, Steinberg said.
Fertility Experts Divided Over Benefits of Freezing eggs Cryogenically
Public broadcaster NHK aired a current affairs program on fertility in 2012 that caused a stir nationwide. Titled “The Impact of Aging Eggs,” the program warned viewers that women in their 30s and 40s were flirting with disappointment by delaying any attempt to conceive until they are older.
Ten Things To Know When Your Gay Family And Friends Undergo IVF
Gay couples undergo in vitro fertilization to conceive for infertility, and have for decades. In general the experience is very similar to that of any couple or individual undergoing IVF.
Why Doctors Aren’t Giving You the Fertility Tests They Should Be
For most gynecologists, the lack of communication is due in part to the fact that health insurance doesn’t reimburse doctors for spending more time talking to their patients. Another factor is that most plans only cover the tests for women over 35 (the full battery costs about $1,000).
US Congress Moves to Block Human-Embryo Editing
The US House of Representatives is wading into the debate over whether human embryos should be modified to have heritable changes.
Here’s How Men Make 200 Million Sperm Every Day
Human testes are masters of mass production, spitting out sperm at a rate of 200 million per day. But that doesn’t mean the process is fast–it takes 64 days to make a sperm. The organ keeps the count high with an assembly-line anatomy that scales up sperm development from a trickle to a flood.