The scurrilous attacks on Planned Parenthood — based on hidden-camera videos falsely purporting to show that it illegally sells fetal issue — have turned into attacks on fetal tissue research in Congress and in several state legislatures.Various bills now threaten to curtail or eliminate research that has already benefited millions of Americans and is poised to benefit many more.
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Weight Gain in Adulthood Linked to Lower Fertility in Women
Audrey J. Gaskins, Sc.D., from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, and colleagues examined whether BMI at age 18 and change in weight since 18 years correlated with fecundity. Data were included for 1,950 women in the Nurses’ Health Study 3 currently attempting pregnancy.
What Young Women Can Do About Infertility
“I say it’s fantastic if you want to focus on your career, but if you think you want kids, do something to deal with this now,” said Kiernan, 41. “I tell people to go get their eggs frozen and to be pro-active about it because if you’re not, you don’t know what will happen.”
Tricare Help: Coverage for infertility
Tricare covers what it calls “assisted reproductive services” only if such services are deemed medically necessary and are combined with natural conception. Prior authorization from a military hospital or clinic, or the beneficiary’s Tricare regional contractor, is required.
Lighting Up Endometriosis
Doctors are now shining a light on a new diagnostic method, for endometriosis, a common condition that can lead to chronic pain and infertility.
Frozen Embryos As Successful As Fresh Embryos In IVF
IVF cycles using embryos that have been frozen and thawed are just as successful as fresh embryos according to a new UNSW report.
Human Embryo Gene Modification ‘Essential’ For Research, Expert Group Says
It is “essential” to allow genetic modification of human embryos as the research can provide much needed answers to several important scientific questions, the Hinxton Group, an international group of scientists and policy experts, said, in a statement released Thursday. The statement comes in the wake of a gene modifying experiment recently conducted by Chinese scientists, which triggered a debate over the ethics of genetic therapies.
What Happens When Your Sperm Goes to Pot?
Even if you don’t want to be a dad, the fact that marijuana has an adverse effect on the behavior of your sperm is no reason to light up.
Why Do Men Have Nipples? ‘Female Blueprint’ During Embryonic Development Gives Men Breast Tissue, Milk Lines
Every day we are clouded with life’s imponderables, such as “Why do men have nipples?” In women, the purpose of nipples is to deliver infant milk produced in the female mammary glands during lactation, but what is the purpose of nipples on men if they can’t breastfeed infants? In BrainStuff’s YouTube video, “Why Do Men Have Nipples?” host Cristen explains the reason why breast tissue develops in human embryos of both sexes and why mice are much more advanced, evolution-wise.
Male Seahorses Act Like Pregnant Mammals, Study Suggests
Pregnant male seahorses tend to develop embryos similarly to the way mammals do, new research shows.