Legislation has been reintroduced in Congress to expand fertility services for severely injured troops and female veterans, to include advanced reproductive health treatments and adoption services for those who can’t have children biologically.
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Fertility Treatments: From Sci-Fi to Reality
Advances in fertility medicine are fast-paced. New ones are hardly out of the lab before they’re offered as “treatments” – one fertility doctor’s “experimental” is another’s “state-of-the-art.”
Buying Time: How Egg Freezing Has Moved Into the Mainstream
As more Canadian women turn to egg freezing to focus on building careers or as they wait for the right partner, The Globe’s Carly Weeks explores the fertility business, its procedures, and promises that might be too good to be true.
Researchers Find Protein Necessary For Fertility Performs Different Roles in Sperm, Eggs
The protein necessary for fertility in both sexes performs distinctly different roles in male and female gametes, according to a groundbreaking study, which included researchers from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. Known as BRWD1, the protein controls gene expression in maturing sperm while promoting chromosome condensation and stability in female cells called oocytes, which become eggs.
Better Outcomes for Children Born With Fertility Treatments
Over the past two decades, the health of children born with the help of fertility treatments has improved substantially, according to a new study.
Politics and Women’s Fertility
We are used to public discussions about contraception and abortion; in those areas, there are strong opinions and often vehement disagreement about women’s decisions. There is, however, much less information and discussion in the public square about declining fertility; in fact, there is appalling ignorance about women’s “window of fertility.”
Modifying Gene May Be Solution to Female Infertility, Study Finds
Stress has been known to prevent fertility and cause miscarriages, but scientists have now shown that knocking down a single gene may be able to offset these effects.
Couples Give Up Frozen Embryos For ‘Adoption’
They weren’t comfortable donating their embryos for scientific research or destroying them; they believe life begins at conception. So the Hendersons legally signed them over to Dan and Kelli Gassman of Salem, Ore. — another Christian couple a lot like them who still struggled with fertility problems.
Fertility Trackers at CES2015
Determining the ideal time to try for a baby can be difficult. But using a fertility tracker can help.
Couple’s Experiences Shed Light on the Modern Era of Fertility in New Book
The unadorned facts of Rhonda and Gerry Wile’s quest for a family cover a lot of ground on the subject of fertility.