Use of hormonal contraceptives and an intensive lifestyle intervention, either alone or in combination, were effective in improving physical and mental domains in relation to quality of life, depressive symptoms and anxiety disorders in women with overweight or obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome.
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The Big O: Physiological Reasons Why You May Have Orgasmic Dysfunction
Climaxing may be the high point of sex for a good portion of the sexually active population, but for about 80 percent of women and 28 percent of men (yes, they can have difficulty too), the orgasm remains elusive. While failing to reach the big “O” is often chalked up to psychological reasons, such as stress or anxiety, a recent study has found that the problem lies more in the body than the mind for some.
Women’s Mental Health Disorders, Like Depression And Anxiety, May Negatively Affect Chances Of IVF Success
New research published in Fertility and Sterility suggests depression and anxiety may reduce a woman’s chance of having a baby through in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Scientists Debate Boundaries, Ethics of Human Gene Editing
Rewriting your DNA is getting closer to reality: A revolutionary technology is opening new frontiers for genetic engineering – a promise of cures for intractable diseases along with anxiety about designer babies.
PCOS: is the Pill the Only Answer?
Many lifestyle changes have been shown to pull someone out of the metabolic chaos of PCOS, therefore decreasing their chances of developing comorbidities such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, sleep apnea, anxiety, depression and infertility.
Why the UK Sperm Bank is Running Short
Why are so few men willing to donate to sperm banks? Some blame changes in anonymity laws, which now allow children to trace their biological fathers at 18, but as a neuroscientist I think one of the reasons might be old-fashioned performance anxiety.
Antidepressants Affect Fertility
More than one quarter of Americans suffer from some form of mental illness and the number of patients treated with antidepressants continues to rise. Additionally, anxiety and depression are becoming more prevalent among couples trying to have children, and so medications prescribed to treat these disorders are also increasingly common. What isn’t clear is the impact mental health and the use of such treatments has on fertility, and whether untreated mental illness is detrimental to fertility.
Infertility: Causes, Remedies and Options
Baby-making seems easy. There is a lot of education, even anxiety, around preventing unwanted pregnancy once we become sexually active. But many couples dealing with infertility would dispute the notion that getting pregnant is as simple as shelving birth control. Dr. Jamie Grifo, program director for NYU’s Fertility Center, sees struggling couples in his clinic every day.
The Latest News About Fertility at Every Age
Just when you’re leaning in to your life, you can start hearing it in the distance: the drumbeat of fertility anxiety. Your drive and ambition could be earning plenty of wins, but people still whisper that your biological clock is ticking and your ovaries are shriveling, so if you don’t lock down a baby daddy and procreate before your early 30s, you might never be able to.
How Long Can You Wait to Have a Baby?
Deep anxiety about the ability to have children later in life plagues many women. But the decline in fertility over the course of a woman’s 30s has been oversold. Here’s what the statistics really tell us—and what they don’t.