Within a year, maybe in just a few months, a young soldier with a horrific injury from a bomb blast in Afghanistan will have an operation that has never been performed in the United States: a penis transplant.
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The Science Behind the Recent Surge in Twins and Triplets
The rate of twin births in the United States has increased nearly 80% since 1980, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
China’s Retro In Vitro Rules Spark Debate
In China, as elsewhere, celebrity gossip and public policy tend not to intersect. The boundary dissolved late last month, however, when Xu Jinglei, a popular (and single) 41-year-old actress, explained in an interview that she had traveled to the United States in 2013 to freeze nine of her eggs. Although she could have had that procedure performed in China, she wouldn’t have been permitted, as long as she wasn’t married, to have those eggs implanted for a pregnancy.
How One Doctor Tried for 30 Years to Bring Clarity to the Abortion Conversation
Howard W. Jones Jr. was expecting controversy.But not this controversy.Jones was pioneering the developing science of in vitro fertilization in the United States. He and his wife, Georgeanna Jones, one of the nation’s first specialists in reproductive hormones, had retired from Johns Hopkins University in 1978. They moved to Norfolk, Va., the next year and were trying to start a clinic at Eastern Virginia Medical School to help couples struggling to conceive.
Where Does Your State Rank on The Fertility Friendly Spectrum
As it turns out, the United States isn’t necessarily the land of equal opportunity when it comes to fertility—but we’re making strides to get there. For the third year in a row, RESOLVE released their annual “Fertility Scorecard” in partnership with EMD Serono, and the results may surprise you, depending on where you live.
Howard W, Jones Jr,. A Pioneer of Reproductive Medicine, Dies at 104
Howard W. Jones Jr., a physician who pushed the boundaries of gynecologic surgery, opened the first sex-change clinic in an American hospital and helped achieve the first birth through in vitro fertilization in the United States, died on Friday in Norfolk, Va. He was 104.
Kids Conceived With Assisted Reproductive Technology, Including IVF, Receive Equal Test Scores As Peers
Assisted reproductive techniques, such as artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization, have been used in the United States since 1981. A new study undoubtedly will assuage the fears of parents who have used (or hope to use) a birth technology to conceive a child. In ninth grade, the researchers found, academic performance of kids (including twins) conceived by assisted reproductive techniques is no better or worse than their peers.
Auburn-based Company Works to Encourage Those Struggling with Infertility
According to the CDC, 6.7 million women in the United States are currently undergoing treatment for infertility. It’s something that affects about 1 in 8 couples, but it’s often a silent struggle. One company in Auburn is working to change that by opening up the conversation and providing an encouraging message of hope.
What the Kardashian-Jenner Family Can Teach Us About Another Political Health Issue: Infertility
Back in January 2014, the National Center for Health Statistics published a report detailing most of the three-plus decades that assisted reproductive technologies have been available in the United States. What the team found is that, despite ample evidence that reproductive challenges occur across the population at equal rates, assisted reproductive technology is overwhelmingly the territory of the well-off, the wealthy, the utterly rich and mostly, those who are white.
The Promise of Extending IUD Access to All Women Pacific Standard
Half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended. What would happen to this number if most American women had access to a form of birth control that was over 99 percent effective? From 2007-11, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis embarked on a groundbreaking study, the Contraceptive CHOICE project. The study’s goal was to examine what would happen to unintended pregnancy rates in the St. Louis area if clinical providers educated women about all of their birth control options, and offered such options for free.