There are more than 600,000 embryos frozen solid in clinics and labs across the United States, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. These excess embryos are a necessary byproduct of in vitro fertilization. For people who believe that life begins at conception, these embryos raise complex questions of logistics, priorities, and ethical consistency.
Month: January 2016
Fertility Consult in Cancer Care: Now a Routine Referral
Fertility care for young patients newly diagnosed with cancer should be incorporated into routine clinical practice, experts say.
Military Fertility: It’s Complicated
While all couples can struggle to balance careers and kids, family planning for women in the military can be more complicated because they’re frequently deployed during their most fertile years.
Pentagon Extends Maternity and Paternity Leave for Military Families
Defense Sec. Ashton B. Carter announced a series of initiatives on Thursday designed to make the military a more family-friendly employer, extending maternity leave across the force and expanding access to child care and expensive reproductive technologies.
Make Surrogacy Legal in New York
If you live in New York and were born without a uterus, or you may have a medical condition that makes pregnancy life-threatening, or your cancer has rendered you sterile, or you are a man with a male partner or your medical condition causes miscarriage after miscarriage, you are out of luck. New York is about the worst place for you to be. Your only hope is to build your family, at far greater expense and emotional burden, with the help of carrier in surrogacy-friendly state live Connecticut, Massachusetts, or even Georgia or Texas.
Soy May Counter BPA Effects in Women Having IVF
Soy-rich diet combats harmful chemical in those undergoing in-vitro fertilization, researchers report
New WHO Tool Helps Guide Contraception Choices Following Childbirth
Postpartum women are among those with the greatest unmet need for family planning, yet they often do not receive the services they need to support longer birth intervals or reduce unintended pregnancies and their consequences. Analysis of data from 57 countries in 2005-2013 estimates 32 – 62% of postpartum women had an unmet need for family planning.
Couples Who Use Contraception Have More Sex
There’s an obvious reason, Bell says, why couples using contraception would be spending more time in the bedroom: “It can separate sex from unwanted pregnancy.”
Anatomy And Physiology: Human Body Becomes Asymmetrical After Embryo Develops Differences
Most of us have noticed the inevitable with our bodies — one foot, one hand, or one eye is bigger than the other. These differences may be due to a variety of factors, like handedness or injuries, but it’s important to remember we’re not symmetrical beings. In TED-Ed’s latest video, “Why are human bodies asymmetrical?” host Leo Q. Wan explains that although the human body looks symmetrical on the outside, most of our vital organs are arranged asymmetrically.
To Burn Sugar or Not to Burn Sugar: How Eggs Store Fuel for Embryo Development
Reproduction is highly dependent on diet and the ability to use nutrients to grow and generate energy. This is clearly seen in women, who must provide all the nutritional building blocks required to support a growing embryo. As a result, metabolic diseases like diabetes and obesity are closely linked with several female reproductive disorders such as: Infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome, and ovarian cancer. However, the precise links between reproductive processes and metabolism remains poorly understood.