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fertility stories: 50 news summaries

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 First Ovary Transplant 
 Mom Gives Birth 


New mother hopes 'little miracle' will give hope to women worldwide

Nov 15, 08 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - The first woman ever to become pregnant after an ovary transplant has given birth to a healthy baby girl, the Daily Mail reports. The formerly infertile London woman described the newborn as her "little miracle," made possible by groundbreaking surgery and an ovary donation from her twin sister.... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • surgery • transplant • birth • infertility

Infertile Woman to Give Birth After Transplant

Twin sister donated ovary in first-of-its-kind procedure

Nov 10, 08 1:09 PM CST
(Newser) - A formerly infertile London woman will give birth this week, the Daily Mail reports, thanks to an ovary transplant from her twin sister. The 38-year-old was declared infertile at age 15 and underwent menopause as a teenager, but became pregnant soon after the first-of-its-kind surgery. The discovery could help... More »

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pregnancy • medical breakthrough • fertility • surgery • infertility

 US Marriage Age Oldest Ever 

Women marrying at 26, men at 28

Nov 10, 08 7:28 AM CST
(Newser) - American couples are waiting longer than ever to get married, reports USA Today. The median age for a first marriage is almost 26 for women and 28 for men—the oldest since the US Census started keeping track in the 1890s. The increase holds true for all racial, ethnic, and... More »

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fertility • marriage • age • sex • family • love • Johns Hopkins University • University of Texas Austin • romance • Census data • matrimony • American Council on Education

 Kidman: 
 Fertile Waters Got Me Preggers

Seven members of film got pregnant after swimming

Sep 24, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicole Kidman thinks water in the Australian Outback may be the reason for her unexpected pregnancy last year, the AP reports. The 41-year-old Aussie, who gave birth to daughter Sunday Rose in July after adopting two children, said she and six other women who swam in a waterfall in Kununurra... More »

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fertility • Nicole Kidman • Australia • celebrity • celebrity pregnancy

New Gizmos Wage War on Sperm Flow

Devices zap testes, block sperm—one by remote control

Sep 20, 08 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Condoms may be reliable, but they’re so last century, prompting scientists to develop a new arsenal of high-tech male contraceptives, the London Times reports. One device, the tiny “fertility control micro-valve,” is injected into a duct to let men control sperm flow using a remote-controlled key fob,... More »

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contraception • fertility • sperm • men • birth control • vasectomy

Would-Be Dads Have Ticking Clock, Too

Men's age can affect ability to conceive earlier than women's

Sep 10, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - When a couple has trouble conceiving, don't necessarily blame the woman and her limited supply of eggs—men's fertility starts dropping even before women's, Time reports. In addition to fecundity issues, older men also risk siring children with higher rates of autism, schizophrenia, Down syndrome and bipolar disorder. Male fertility... More »

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fertility • sperm • autism • schizophrenia • testosterone • bipolar disorder • male fertility • Down Syndrome

Soy-Based Foods Might Be Reducing Sperm Count

Western men consuming more of cheap protein; effect worst on those with low count

Jul 24, 08 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Soy-based foods could be the root of lower sperm counts in men, a new study finds. Men who consumed more than two portions of soy-based foods a week had, on average, 41 million fewer sperm per milliliter of semen than men who avoided such products. The cheap source of protein... More »

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fertility • diet • sperm count • Soy • infertile • soya

Record US Births Top Boomer Peak

Fertility is lower but larger population adds up to baby bumper crop

Jul 18, 08 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - More Americans were born last year than in any other in history, reports ABC News. The 4,315,000 bundles of joy even top the Baby Boom at its peak. The expanding population is expected to put more pressure on scarce resources, but all those new taxpayers will help foot... More »

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baby boomer • fertility • baby • birth rate • birth • demographics • baby boom

 Men Less Fertile After 40: Study 

Biological clock ticking as men age

Jul 7, 08 4:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men apparently have a biological fertility clock that ticks just as inexorably as that of women, reports Agence France Presse. New research reveals that a man's ability to impregnate a partner drops significantly once he reaches 40, regardless of his sperm count. It's the first clinical proof that a man's... More »

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fertility • DNA • miscarriage • sperm count • Eylau Centre for Assisted Reproduction • European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology • Reproductive Biomedicine • IUI • intrauterine insemination

Fertile Women Sound Sexier, Study Says

Voices found
to be most alluring
during ovulation

May 2, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barflies take note: A woman's voice is sexiest when she's most fertile, a new study says. Scientists recorded women counting from 1 to 10 and found that their voices were rated most attractive when they were closest to ovulation, the BBC reports. What gives? Researchers aren't sure, but they speculate... More »

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gender • fertility • women's health • women • hormones • biology

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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fertility • women's health • reproduction • children • fertility treatment • biological clock

China Hangs Onto 1-Child Policy

Country fears growth boom if rule is rescinded

Mar 10, 08 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - China will keep up its one-child policy over the next decade as nearly 200 million citizens reach child-bearing age, CNN reports. "Given such a large population base, there would be major fluctuations in population growth if we abandoned the one-child rule now," said the country's family planning minister,... More »

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China • fertility • population • birth rate • population control • baby boom • one child policy • overpopulation • fines

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

UK Military Wives Freezing Husbands' Sperm

More women planning for kids should husbands die in combat

Feb 17, 08 7:35 PM CST
(Newser) - More UK military wives are freezing their husbands' sperm before the men serve in the Middle East. One London fertility clinic expected interest from soldiers but was surprised by the "wives and girlfriends who want to have children should anything happen," a spokesman said. But servicemen must give... More »

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fertility • sperm • United Kingdom • embryo • soldier • British military • fertility clinic • War Widows Association of Great Britain

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

'06 a Mini Baby Boom for US

4.3M births highest in 45 years, go against trends in industrialized world

Jan 16, 08 10:38 AM CST
(Newser) - The US experienced a mini baby boom in 2006, with the largest number of children born since the 1960s. The AP reports 4.3 million births that year, giving the US a higher birth rate than Europe, Australia, Canada, or Japan. Hispanics accounted for a quarter of all US births,... More »

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fertility • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • birth rate • Johns Hopkins University • teen births • baby boomlet • magic number • Pew Hispanic Center • American Immigration Control Foundation.

Pregnancies Outsourced to India

Western couples 'renting' wombs of Indian women

Dec 31, 07 6:54 AM CST
(Newser) - A town in India, where more than 50 women are currently pregnant with the children of Western couples, has hatched a booming industry in commercial surrogacy, dubbed "wombs for rent." The women in Anand have been impregnated with the sperm and eggs of US, British and other couples... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • India • in vitro fertilization • outsourcing • womb • childbirth

US Fertility Rate Bounces
to Boom Levels

Birth rates up across all age groups

Dec 20, 07 4:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Americans are having more babies than at any time since 1971, USA Today reports. The fertility rate hit an average of 2.1 babies for every woman in 2006, the highest since just before the Baby Boom ended. The rise in fertility puts America apart from other developed countries, many... More »

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fertility • America • baby • population • demographics • baby boom

In Monkey Sex, Screamers Win

Shouting increases chances of fertility, study shows

Dec 19, 07 6:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Exploring why female monkeys shout so much during sex, researchers have found that the shouts actually help their partners to ejaculate, Live Science reports. Researchers from the German Primate Center looked at Barbary macaques and found that males ejaculated 59% of the times their partner yelled, and only 2% of... More »

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fertility • sex • monkey • Barbary macaques • German Primate Center

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

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