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.
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Three Generations of Swedish Family Linked by Same Womb After Pioneering Surgery: ‘I Am a Part of History’
One woman’s womb has linked three generations in Sweden thanks to a progressive surgery being hailed as the most important breakthrough in fertility treatments since in vitro fertilization.
China Bans Egg Freezing in Single Women to Preserve Fertility
China has banned single women using “assisted reproductive technology” to preserve their fertility for future following reports of its misuse.
New Data Shows Young Cancer Patients Uninformed Of Infertility
Data suggests that many young cancer patients are completely unaware that treatment for their condition may result in fertility.
Study: Men Also Have Biological Clock When it Comes to Fertility
The belief that women’s age is the only thing that matters when it comes to fertility might be wrong. A study from the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine finds men have a biological clock too.
iSperm Turns Your iPad into a Home Fertility Test for Men
Taiwanese start-up Aidmics is hoping to cash in on the $US40 billion global human fertility market with an iPad-compatible gadget it calls iSperm.
Effect of Fertility on Perinatal Outcomes
The impact of ART in a fertile setting cannot be studied because otherwise fertile women cannot be randomly assigned to IVF treatment due to ethical concerns. Recent advances in technology, however, could present an opportunity. Couples with proven fertility may elect to undergo preimplantation genetic testing, and the perinatal outcome of these pregnancies could be used to evaluate an unstudied group: fertile women utilizing ART. An adverse impact observed among them could represent the adverse impact of ART itself.
UK’s National Sperm Bank ‘Recruits Just Five Donors’
Demand from mothers for donors of the same religion adds to fertility crisis in some communities
Fertility Experts Divided Over Benefits of Freezing eggs Cryogenically
Public broadcaster NHK aired a current affairs program on fertility in 2012 that caused a stir nationwide. Titled “The Impact of Aging Eggs,” the program warned viewers that women in their 30s and 40s were flirting with disappointment by delaying any attempt to conceive until they are older.
This Common Medicine-Cabinet Drug Could Hurt Your Fertility
A small, new study shows that taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can temporarily harm women’s fertility.