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In Vitro Fertilization Leads to More Baby Boys, Study Finds

By David KnowlesSep 28th 2010 – 9:22PM

(Sept. 28) -- Test-tube babies are more likely to be boys, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of New South Wales reviewed the records of approximately 13,400 babies born in Australia and New Zealand since 2006 whose parents used in vitro fertilization and found that 56.1 percent of the children were...

Sperm Count Down: What's Killing Off America's Semen?

By Katie DrummondAug 11th 2010 – 4:48PM

(Aug. 11) -- Young men of America: Your semen is dying off. That's the ongoing warning from researchers across the country, as science continues to pile new studies onto a growing heap of evidence counting against the reproductive potential of today's 20-somethings. Obesity is the latest health woe being blamed for low...

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BritChick Paris: I'm 38 and Want a Baby - Is it Too Late?

May 23rd 2012 - 12:56PM

Some of you may have read by blog about having a miscarriage and then being too scared to try again.

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Vitamin C Improves Lung Function In Unborn Babies Of Pregnant Women Who Carry On Smoking

By Kyrsty Jade Hazell May 23rd 2012 - 11:23AM

IVF babies born from frozen embryos are heavier and healthier than those born from fresh embryos, new fertility research has discovered. Read the full story here.

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Cambridge Students Offered £750 For Egg Donation To Help Couple With 'Genetic Disease'

May 12th 2012 - 08:21AM

Female students at Cambridge University have been targeted as potential egg donors after leaflets urging women to help an infertile couple were discovered on campus.

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Common Fertility Treatment Tied To Birth Defect Risk [STUDY]

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 06th 2012 - 04:49PM

Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility itself?

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Breakthrough Gene Discovery 'Could Boost Fertility' Claim Scientists

By Kyrsty Jade Hazell May 01st 2012 - 05:29AM

Babies with three biological parents could soon be a reality after a new £6m laboratory has been given the go ahead and funding to develop a unique IVF technique which uses DNA from a third party. Read the full story here.

InfertilityTreatments News From the Web

  • 05/28/12 Actor's egg donor part of family Source: The Daily Telegraph - Australia Actor Jason Durr , best known as PC/DC Mike Bradley in TV series Heartbeat , his wife Kate and their three young children.
  • 05/27/12 Fertility clinic importing sperm Source: The Kimberley Echo - Kununurra - WA - Australia A Perth fertility clinic has resorted to importing sperm because of a severe shortage of WA donors.
  • 05/26/12 China's One-Child Policy's Unexpected Issue:... Source: Forbes - Asia Chen Guangcheng , the blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tug of war between Beijing and Washington , arrived in the United States last Saturday on the United Airlines flight from Beijing to Newark.
  • 05/24/12 Genetic Find Could Open Door for New Male... Source: U.S. News & World Report Scientists have found a gene that plays an integral part in male fertility, giving researchers hope for the future development of hormone-free male birth control and perhaps solving some men's infertility woes within the next five years.
  • 05/24/12 Supreme Court Rules Against Benefits for Posthumously... Source: Time Thanks to fertility treatment, babies are conceived these days in so many different ways that it can be hard to keep track.

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