Fertility care for young patients newly diagnosed with cancer should be incorporated into routine clinical practice, experts say.
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What Cancer & Infertility Have Taught Me About Womanhood
At 21, I was now faced with the fact that I would probably never experience a pregnancy. One week prior to this, I had been a busy, working, young college graduate. Today, I was a woman whose dreams were getting further out of reach by the minute. My oncologist had sent me to a fertility doctor to see if we could freeze my eggs for future use. The doctor completed an unpleasant vaginal ultrasound, determined that my eggs were safe to harvest, and told me I had to decide what I was going to do with my eggs within the few days that remained before I started chemo.
That Time I Took A “Baby Deadline” Test
It’s less certain what an anti-Müllerian hormone test might offer a woman who’s never tried to get pregnant. Anti-Müllerian hormone levels are a direct measure of the number of eggs a woman has, which is an important part of her fertility. But scientists are just beginning to take a deeper look at whether the results of their anti-Müllerian hormone tests correlate with trouble getting pregnant. Beyond that, doctors must jump through several logical hoops to turn an anti-Müllerian hormone test result into advice for aspiring moms-to-be.
Kids Born Through IVF Show No Higher Risk for Developmental Delays: Study
Preschoolers who were conceived through fertility treatments don’t seem to have any special risk of developmental delays, a new study suggests.
Teen Birth Rate, Multiple Births Reach Historic Low
The number of women who gave birth to triplets, quadruplets or larger sets of babies declined again in 2014, showing a 40 percent decrease since their peak in 1998, according to data released Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number indicates a decline in high-risk pregnancies associated with fertility treatments, though the number of twins born in 2014 increased slightly. The data also show that births to teenage mothers hit yet another historic low, down 52 percent from 1991, and the number of births by cesarean section declined as well.
Some Fertility Doctors Will Use Lottery to Prioritize Ontario IVF Patients
Some fertility doctors in Ontario will use a lottery to determine who gets a coveted spot in the province’s expanded in vitro fertilization funding program.
Cigarette Smoke Might Cause Infertility, Early Menopause, Study Shows
Tobacco smoke might do more than cause cancer, heart disease and lung damage. It might also injure fertility in women, researchers reported Tuesday.
Fertility Boost in Child Cancer Cases
Children needing cancer treatment in England and Wales will be able to have their fertility preserved after a £250,000 donation.
Can Green Tea Cause Infertility
Are you a green tea lover? Read this carefully as the cup packed with anti-oxidants and other health benefits may adversely affect your fertility and development in case of frequent use, warn researchers. In experiments over fruit flies, the team from University of California-Irvine discovered that excessive consumption adversely affected development and reproduction in fruit fly populations.
Parasitic worm “Increases Women’s Fertility”
Infection with a species of parasitic worm increases the fertility of women, say scientists.