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NEWS ABOUT: fertility treatment

fertility treatment stories: 28 news summaries

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Test Counts 'Good Eggs'
to Track Fertility

Offers $350 check-up
of biological clock; some docs skeptical

Apr 24, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women wondering how much time is left on their biological clocks have a new option, the Chicago Tribune reports. A new test called Plan Ahead, on the market for $350, claims to measure how many high-quality eggs a woman has remaining and thus some indication of childbearing potential. But some... More »

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And Baby Makes ... Too Many?

Docs want to cut number of multiple births from fertility treatment

Feb 19, 08 12:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Fertility doctors are beginning to wonder whether they're too successful. With in vitro fertilization prompting a 70% increase in the rate of multiple births since 1980, some are espousing a switch to single-embryo transfer. The procedure lowers the success rate but also lowers the rate of multiple births, with their... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • twins • in vitro fertilization • baby • embryo • fertility treatment • multiple births

Sperm Donation Not
'Taxable Labor' for Danes

Sperm banks warned identity disclosure would kill the thriving exports

Feb 6, 08 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The Danish government has thought better of a plan to tax earnings from sperm donation just as it taxes any other job, Der Spiegel reports. The catch is that it would have required donors to disclose their identities, which sperm banks said would drive away 93% of their business.... More »

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fertility • sperm • in vitro fertilization • Denmark • donor • fertility treatment • sperm bank • sperm donors

Dark Bread, Beans Make Babies

Time to celebrate! High-fat ice cream increases fertility

Dec 2, 07 7:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Brown rice, dark bread, high-fat ice cream, and beans increase fertility, according to a recent Harvard study on diet. Foods not so great for making babies include breakfast cereal, potatoes, trans fats, and frozen yogurt, the researchers report in Newsweek. The study of 18,000 nurses' eating habits linked success... More »

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fertility • milk • fat • diet • fertility treatment • carbs

Chlamydia Makes Men Infertile

Antibiotics treatment helps 86% of couples conceive

Oct 15, 07 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chlamydia makes men infertile too, a new study finds. Spanish scientists say that infected sperm has three times more damage, or DNA fragmentation, as healthy sperm. Its density, shape and swimming ability also decline. But an antibiotics treatment repaired the damage by 36% over 4 months, and almost 90% of... More »

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STD • fertility treatment • chlamydia • male fertility

We Can Grow Human Eggs in the Lab: Docs

New procedure safer, avoids hormone risks and invasive surgery

Sep 22, 07 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors in England have developed a new method for growing human eggs in the lab that would allow busy women to delay motherhood for years, the Daily Telegraph reports. The procedure, announced today, involves extracting and treating a tiny piece of a woman's ovary. It improves on current in-vitro fertilization... More »

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in vitro fertilization • fertility treatment

Cancer Patients Gain Fertility Hope

Eggs from girls as young as 5 can be frozen before chemotherapy

Jul 2, 07 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prepubescent girls with cancer do not have to give up the prospect of parenthood because of the effects of chemotherapy. Cancer patients as young as 5 can have their eggs removed and frozen before treatment, preserving their fertility, according to research by Israeli scientists. With childhood cancer survival rates climbing,... More »

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cancer • pregnancy • fertility • chemotherapy • children • parents • eggs • puberty • ovarian tissue • embryo • fertility treatment

UK Women Limited to
One Embryo

Agency will ration IVF to stem problematic multiple births

Apr 2, 07 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - British women trying to get pregnant via In Vitro Fertilization will be limited to having one embryo implanted at a time, in a move by the government to stem the surge of problematic multiple births, the Guardian reports. Only women with particularly low chances of conception will still be allowed... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • health • reproduction • United Kingdom • in vitro fertilization • Britain • fertility treatment • multiple births

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