Researchers at the University of Kansas have found that zero gravity situations in the space can affect male as well as female reproductive organs. Space radiation is also believed to damage sperm in male astronauts and ovaries in female astronauts. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) also freeze the sperm and ovaries of its astronauts in case if they need it in future.
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Should You Freeze Your Eggs?
The cocktail party at the trendy Crosby Street Hotel in SoHo could have been a networking event for a hip New York investment bank or publishing house—a swarm of young women in their late 20s and 30s, mostly in business attire. But the attendees weren’t thinking about their careers. They were thinking about their ovaries. The event was hosted by a company called EggBanxx, and the women had come to drink free wine and learn about egg freezing, something their hosts were promoting as a way to stop the biological clock so they can have their babies later, whenever they damn well please.
The Deadliest Below-the-Belt Disease You Need to Know About
You’re a grown women who takes charge of her sexual health and sees her gyno regularly, but you may still be forgetting one crucial part of the picture: your ovaries. We get it–they’re out of sight and out of mind, right? But did you know that ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecological disease and that there’s no real early screening tool available?
Fetuses in Artificial Wombs: Medical Marvel or Misogynist Malpractice?
Women no longer give birth in Aldous Huxley’s classic Brave New World. Instead, surgically removed ovaries are fertilized then bred in artificial receptacles. That was all pulled out of Huxley’s imagination with the help of LSD, but he might have accurately predicted our impending brave new future regarding birth.
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.
Drug ‘Freezes’ Fertility of Breast Cancer Patients, Keeps Hopes of Having Baby After Chemo
Women diagnosed with breast cancer who undergo treatment may lose their ability to have a child in the future as chemotherapy can damage the ovaries and cause sterility. A drug that can temporarily freeze fertility, however, brings hope to breast cancer patients who are still eager to have a child after their treatment.
Endometriosis, Fibroids, and Diet
Endometriosis is a condition where tissues similar to those lining the cavity of the uterus are present outside the actual lining of the uterus. It may be found in the muscles of the uterus (Adenomyosis) around the Fallopian tubes, on the surface of the bowel, bladder, peritoneal surfaces in the abdomen and pelvis and sometimes rarely in the vagina and lungs. These deposits shed under the influence of the hormones produced by the ovaries (oestrogen and progesterone) in a similar fashion to the shedding of the lining of the uterus during the menstrual period. This results in bleeding at the various sites, causing scarring or adhesions to form.
Ovary Removal Might Raise Odds For Bone Loss, Heart Disease
Older women who had their ovaries removed before menopause are at increased risk for bone loss and cardiovascular disease, according to a new study.
Couples Welcome Babies Born From Embryos Saved During Sandy
They were some of Sandy’s smallest survivors: embryos trapped in a flooded fertility clinic and eggs ready to burst from the bloated ovaries of 21 worried women.
Next From Science’s Aladdin’s Lamp? Reversible Menopause
The 27 women who went through the study all had their menopause before they were 30. Researchers, having fragmented their ovaries, managed to switch off the trigger that made the eggs dormant. The first baby to result from the treatment was born in Japan this week.