Miscarriage is a heartbreakingly common experience, ending 15 percent to 20 percent of confirmed pregnancies. Although many women experience miscarriage, this loss has often been shrouded in secrecy, and couples often grieve alone.
Month: August 2015
Are Vasectomies Reversible? 5 Facts You Should Know About The Form of Male Birth Control
It is true that a vasectomy procedure is simpler than female sterilization surgery. It’s an outpatient surgery where a doctor blocks the vas deferens — the tubes that carry sperm from the testicles to other glands, where the sperm mixes with other fluids and become semen, the stuff that comes out when a man ejaculates. A man who has had a vasectomy still ejaculates, but because his vas deferens are blocked, his semen no longer contains sperm, and thus he can no longer get a partner pregnant. And vasectomies are indeed very effective — they have a failure rate of less than one percent.
CT Removes Age Limit for Infertility Treatment Coverage Mandate
Health insurance plans sold in Connecticut will no longer be allowed to limit coverage of medically necessary infertility treatment to people under 40, according to new guidance issued by the Connecticut Insurance Department Thursday.
Parents Sue Doctors for Deciding Their Kid is A Girl
In a first of its kind lawsuit, Greenville, S.C., residents Pam and Mark Crawford are suing the doctors who gave their adopted son sex assignment surgery while in foster care. MC, who had been deemed a female by doctors, had surgery at 16 months to “correct” his status as intersex (having both male and female genitalia), but is struggling with this assigned identity now at 10 years old. His parents are grieving that such a decision was made for him before he was able to make it himself.
Early Egg Harvest May Up Pregnancy Odds for Some
Collecting eggs from older women at an earlier stage for vitro fertilization could improve the chances of pregnancy, researchers report.
Everything We Still Don’t Know About Freezing Human Eggs
In an Era of egg freezing cocktail parties, it’s easy to forget that cryopreservation is, well, a little lacking in the science department.
Trial Over Misappropriated Sperm Begins in Texas
A trial began in Texas Tuesday in which a former couple alleged that a sperm bank illegally gave the man’s sperm to another woman who then had a baby with the sperm.
Defective Sperm ‘Rescued’ in Fertility Treatment Study
Researchers from Cardiff University have successfully demonstrated that a previously identified ‘kick-starter’ protein can ‘rescue’ defective sperm and be used to create healthy embryos in animal models.
Kids with cancer get Futuristic Chance at Saving Fertility
To battle infertility sometimes caused by cancer treatment, some children’s hospitals are trying a futuristic approach: removing and freezing immature ovary and testes tissue, with hopes of being able to put it back when patients reach adulthood and want to start families.
Pelvic Pain May Be Common Among Reproductive-age Women, Study Finds
A high proportion of reproductive-age women may be experiencing pelvic pain that goes untreated, according to a study by researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.