Today, a study presented at the Annual Meeting of ESHRE provides strong evidence that freeze-all protocols are indeed associated with significantly improved IVF outcomes—especially in women over 35, a patient group rapidly becoming the largest and most challenging category of infertility patient. The results of the study were presented in Helsinki by Dr Karen Hunter Cohn from Celmatix, a US company working in fertility and women’s health.
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Scientists Successfully Made Sperm Cells From Human Skin Cells
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 6 percent of married women in the US are unable to get pregnant, and about 12 percent of women have difficulty getting pregnant or carrying a pregnancy to term, regardless of marital status.”What to do when someone who wants to have a child lacks gametes [eggs or sperm]?” one of the researchers in a new study, Carlos Simon from the Valencian Infertility Institute, said in a press statement. “This is the problem we want to address: to be able to create gametes in people who do not have them.”
Evidence Emerges that 45% of Common Sunscreen Ingredients Mess with Sperm Function
Researchers have found that 13 out of 29 UV filters used in sunscreens in the US and Europe can disrupt the function of human sperm cells – with some even mimicking the effect of the female hormone progesterone, and messing with sperm mobility.
Dawn of The Unisex Contraceptive Pill? Scientists Discover What Powers Sperm Towards an Egg, Paving The Way to Cut Off its Energy Supply
A contraceptive pill that could be taken by men as well as women could be on the horizon.A breakthrough in the understanding of the biology of sperm could lead to a unisex version of the Pill, US government-funded scientists said last night.
How Your Diet could Leave You Infertile: High-fat Foods ‘Damage the Ovaries and Reduce Sperm Counts – Even if You’re Slim’
Poor diet is driving increasing fertility problems in Britain, the US and other wealthy countries, a leading expert warned last night.
First In Vitro Baby in US Remembers Dr. Howard Jones
Dr. Howard Jones, who made history by bringing IVF to the US, has died. His courageous and tenacious spirit helped countless couples have children through a then cutting-edge technology. He has been called a pioneer — an innovator — a brilliant scientist.
3 New Fertility Developments That May Make It Easier to Conceive
Fertility procedures have come a long way in the 37 years since Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 percent of babies born each year in the US are conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF), a process in which an egg is fertilized outside the womb and then implanted.
3 Revolutionary Technologies that Could Make it Possible for Women to Have Babies at any Age
Women in the US are having children later in life than ever before.The average age of a mother giving birth to her first child was 26 in 2013 — a record high, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, that includes plenty of women over 35 and even some over 40.
March is Endometriosis Awareness Month
Endometriosis is a painful, chronic condition that affects more than 6 million women and girls in the US, but it’s often very hard to diagnose.
In Vitro Births Continue to Rise in US
More babies in the United States are being conceived by in vitro fertilization, a new report shows. Nearly 2,000 more infants were born with the help of this assisted reproductive technology in 2013, compared with 2012, the researchers reported