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Reliable Home Fertility Test In Sight
Categorie : FertilityA new 'fertility chip', developed by researchers at the University of Twente's MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, can accurately count spermatozoa in sperm. This is an important step towards the development of a compact device for reliable 'pre-scanning' of male fertility. The researchers are publi ...
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Fri Mar 2010
What Is An Ovarian Cyst? What Causes Ovarian Cysts?
Categorie : FertilityAn ovarian cyst is an accumulation of fluid within an ovary that is surrounded by a very thin wall. Any ovarian follicle that is larger than approximately two centimeters is an ovarian cyst. Ovarian cysts can range widely in size; from being as small as a pea to larger than an orange - in rare case ...
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North Carolina Couple Finds Hope For A Healthy Baby Through Technology That Screens Embryos For Genetic Disorders
Categorie : FertilityAfter a devastating loss of their five month old son to a genetically linked disease, a North Carolina couple finds hope for a healthy baby through an innovative technology called Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)... ...
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Children Of Assisted Reproductive Technology Face Genetic Health Risks
Categorie : FertilityMore than three million children have been born as a result of assisted reproductive technologies since the birth of the first "test tube baby" in 1978. While the majority of these children are healthy and normal, as a group they are at greater risk of certain kinds of birth defects and being low bi ...
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According To UCSF Team, NIH Stem Cell Guidelines Should Be Modified
Categorie : FertilityA UCSF team, led by bioethicist Bernard Lo, MD, recommends that the National Institutes of Health ethics guidelines for embryonic stem cell research be modified to better protect the rights of individuals donating egg or sperm to patients undergoing in vitro fertilization. The recommendation is repo ...
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Fertility Centers Of Illinois Launches In House Egg Donor Program Providing One Stop Shop For Couples
Categorie : FertilityFertility Centers of Illinois (FCI) has officially launched their Egg Donor Program, making them the only in house program in Chicago offering third party reproduction options, fertility treatment, fertility counseling and more in one place. Dr. Jane Nani, Director of the FCI Egg Donor Program, is ...
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Risk Of Stillbirth Is Four Times Higher After IVF/ICSI Compared To Spontaneous Pregnancies
Categorie : FertilityWomen who become pregnant with a single foetus after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) have an increased risk of a stillbirth, according to new research out today (Wednesday)... ...
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Children Conceived Through Assisted Reproduction Show Few Medical Differences, Researchers Say
Categorie : FertilityFew medical differences exist between children conceived using assisted reproductive technology and those who were naturally conceived, researchers reported on Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the AP/Chicago Tribune reports... ...
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Catholic Bishops Work To Clarify Church Teachings On Assisted Reproductive Technology
Categorie : FertilityAs assisted reproductive technologies advance and become more widely used, Roman Catholic bishops in the U.S. are working to clarify options for infertile Catholics, the Religion News Service/Washington Post reports. During a November 2009 meeting of the U.S... ...
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BJOG Release: IVF Twins Face Greater Risk Of Neonatal Complications
Categorie : FertilityNew research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has found that dizygotic1 (non-identical) twins conceived through IVF face an increased risk of neonatal complications, as compared to spontaneously conceived (non-IVF) dizygotic twins. One of the most reco ...
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Woman Gives Birth To Two Healthy Babies In Separate Pregnancies After Ovarian Transplant
Categorie : FertilityFor the first time, a woman has given birth to two children after her fertility was restored using transplants of ovarian tissue that had been removed and frozen during her cancer treatment and then restored once she was cured. Following her ovarian transplant, Mrs Stinne Holm Bergholdt gave birth ...
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Leading U.S. Infertility Practice Opens Boston IVF The Maine Center In Portland, Helping Build Families In Maine
Categorie : FertilityBoston IVF, a leading medical practice providing specialized infertility treatment since 1986, is expanding its patient care services in Maine and has opened Boston IVF The Maine Center, offering local patients state-of-the-art care closer to home... ...
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Assisted Reproduction Has No Effect On Birthing Process Or The Baby's Outcome
Categorie : FertilityWhether a women gets pregnant the "traditional" way or by assisted reproduction has no effect on the birthing process itself or the baby, researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have found. Gynaecologist and medical researcher Liv Bente Romundstad and colleagues fr ...
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How Bisphenol A Induces Epigenetic Changes In Pregnant Mice That Cause Hormonal Imbalance In The Later Life Of Female Progeny
Categorie : FertilityHere's more evidence that "safe" plastics are not as safe as once presumed: New research published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) suggests that exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy leads to epigenetic changes that may cause permanent reproduction problems for female of ...
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Ferring Pharmaceuticals And Gene Security Network Partner To Test Advanced Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) Technology
Categorie : FertilityFerring Pharmaceuticals and Gene Security Network (GSN) announced that they have signed an agreement to conduct a clinical trial of GSN's advanced preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) technology, Parental Support™. The 11-center U.S... ...
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Research Suggests Female Fertility Declines More Rapidly Than Previously Thought, Washington Post Column Says
Categorie : FertilityIt is well-documented that female fertility decreases as age advances, but new research suggests that the decline might begin much earlier and progress much faster than previously thought, Carolyn Butler writes in a Washington Post column... ...
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Women 40 And Under Can Now Freeze Their Eggs At Genetics & IVF Institute For Use In The Future
Categorie : FertilityGenetics & IVF Institute (GIVF) is launching a Personal Egg Banking service in the Washington, DC area to help women 40 and under who want to cryopreserve (freeze) their eggs now for use in the future when they wish to become pregnant. The age of a woman's eggs dramatically affects her ability to ...
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IVF Should Be Available To All, But Need Is Greatest In Developing Countries, Say Experts
Categorie : FertilityInfertility is rising faster in developing countries than in developed nations and has a much more devastating impact, experts warned this week... ...
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What Is Pelvic Inflammatory Disease? What Causes Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?
Categorie : FertilityPelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a bacterial infection of the female reproductive organs, including the womb, fallopian tubes and ovaries. It usually occurs when sexually transmitted bacteria spread from the vagina to the uterus and upper genital tract. PID is a general term and can refer to vi ...
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Merck Receives European Approval For ELONVA® (corifollitropin Alfa Injection), A New Fertility Treatment
Categorie : FertilityMerck & Co., Inc., which operates outside the U.S. and Canada as MSD, announced the European Commission (EC) approval of ELONVA® (corifollitropin alfa injection). ELONVA is indicated for controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) in combination with a GnRH antagonist for the development of multiple folli ...
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