http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Ovulation-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:48:40 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/uk-fertility-firm-targets-cambridge-girls-for-eggs-101226-1.htm A fertility firm in UK has been slammed for exploiting 'financially vulnerable' Cambridge University students by offering them up to 750 pounds to egg donors. Leaflets were stuck in the university pigeonholes, making an emotional plea to help a couple unable to have children. It said: "We are looking for a real-life angel to be our egg donor." The leaflets were produced by Altrui, an egg broking company based in Hawes, North Yorkshire, the Daily Mail reported. Critics warned that ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/uk-fertility-firm-targets-cambridge-girls-for-eggs-101226-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/serious-defects-observed-in-fertility-treatment-babies-100974-1.htm A new Oz study has found that children conceived with the aid of fertility treatments are more likely to be born with serious physical defects. Conception using treatments like ovulation induction, in-vitro fertilisation or the injection of sperm directly into an egg, resulted in serious defects in 8.3 percent of cases studied, the research team said. The corresponding ratio in spontaneous conceptions was 5.8 percent -- a "very" significant difference, lead researcher Michael Davies told ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/serious-defects-observed-in-fertility-treatment-babies-100974-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/key-to-fertility-in-mammals-is-gene-involved-in-sperm-to-egg-binding-100781-1.htm Experts from Durham University have identified a new gene that could help the development of fertility treatments in humans in the future. Scientists from Durham University, UK, and Osaka University, Japan have discovered for the first time that a gene which makes a protein called PDILT enables sperm to bind to an egg, a process essential to fertilization. This discovery took place when they were looking at fertility in mice. The team found that when the gene was 'switched off' in male ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/key-to-fertility-in-mammals-is-gene-involved-in-sperm-to-egg-binding-100781-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/fertility-drugs-to-get-pregnant-increase-leukemia-risk-in-children-100526-1.htm French scientists have revealed children born to mothers who took fertility drugs to get pregnant are at increased risk of developing leukaemia. They found that children were 2.6 times more likely to become ill with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), the most common type of childhood leukaemia, if their mothers had been treated with ovary-stimulating drugs. And the risk of suffering the rarer form of the disease, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), increased by 2.3 times. Children conceived ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/fertility-drugs-to-get-pregnant-increase-leukemia-risk-in-children-100526-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/fertility-not-at-risk-by-donating-eggs-to-clinics-100181-1.htm Contrary to the conclusions of previous studies, donating eggs to fertility clinic does not reduce the chances of women becoming pregnant later. Out of a group of 60 women who had donated eggs, 54 later became pregnant within a year of trying to conceive, and three more women became pregnant within 18 months of trying to conceive, all without reproductive assistance, the findings showed. The remaining three women in the study became pregnant with the help of fertility treatments. For two ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/fertility-not-at-risk-by-donating-eggs-to-clinics-100181-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakthrough-in-fertility-treatment-99897-1.htm Lab-grown egg cells help infertile women have babies, say scientists. They are about to request a licence from the UK fertility watchdog to fertilise the first human egg cells, which have been grown entirely in the laboratory from stem cells.his could revolutionise fertility treatment and might even lead to a reversal of the menopause in older women. The eggs could be fertilised later this year as part of a series of tests to generate an unlimited supply of human eggs, the Independent reported....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/breakthrough-in-fertility-treatment-99897-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/older-pregnant-women-on-fertility-treatments-have-increased-birth-of-twins-in-us-99690-1.htm Birth of twins in the US has increased mainly due to the availability of fertility treatments for women conceiving at older ages. In 2009, one in every 30 babies born in the US was a twin compared with one in every 53 in 1980, according to a new finding by Michigan State University researchers. "Prior to 1980, the incidence of US twin births was stable at about two percent of all births, but it has risen dramatically in the past three decades," said Barbara Luke from Michigan state. She ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/older-pregnant-women-on-fertility-treatments-have-increased-birth-of-twins-in-us-99690-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/ovulation-increases-sexual-fantasies-in-women-99266-1.htm A new study has found that single women will experience more sexual fantasies during the fertile periods of the month. The research is one of many studies finding differences in women's sexual interest across the menstrual cycle. For example, a 2007 study found that around ovulation, when pregnancy is possible, women say they prefer macho, masculine guys. An April 2011 study even suggested that women who are in the more fertile phase of the month are more likely to see Georgia O'Keeffe's suggestive paintings as erotic....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/ovulation-increases-sexual-fantasies-in-women-99266-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/fertility-preservation-gives-cancer-patients-hope-for-children-99242-1.htm Life had just begun for 30-year-old Anshul Sharma when was diagnosed with leukemia, a type of blood cancer. Devastated, he saw his dreams crumble. That was when his doctor offered him fertility preservation - with which he could procreate despite his cancer. "I was completely shattered when I came to know that I had cancer. It is the kind of mindset that we live in - that cancer means the end of the world. But thankfully for me, I went to the right doctor who said that my cancer was curable ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/fertility-preservation-gives-cancer-patients-hope-for-children-99242-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/ovulation-and-spotting-snakes-98647-1.htm Researchers at Japan's Kyoto University have conducted an unusual study which has found that women who have just finished ovulating manage to spot snakes quicker than other women. Around 60 women in different stages of their menstrual cycle took part in the study. The participants were shown nine different pictures of flowers, only one of which had a snake in it. The researchers then tabulated how quickly the participants were able to spot the snake. The researchers found that those who had just ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/ovulation-and-spotting-snakes-98647-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/higher-female-fertility-leaves-men-dumbstruck-97266-1.htm A man's words depend on his woman's fertility. Research associates higher female fertility levels with lower levels of linguistic matching from male conversation partners. A study published Feb. 8 in the open access journal iPLoS ONE/i reveals the likelihood that a man will match his language to that of a female conversation partner depending on how fertile she is. Linguistic alignment between conversation partners is well documented, and is often interpreted to reflect affiliation between the speakers....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/higher-female-fertility-leaves-men-dumbstruck-97266-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/spending-time-in-the-sun-linked-to-increased-fertility-96849-1.htm Spending time in sunny climates could be the trick to increasing fertility after researchers found that sunlight increases the vitamin D levels in the body and hence increase the chances of having a baby. In the study published in the European Journal of Endocrinology, researchers at the Medical University of Graz in Austria found that sunlight increased the progesterone and oestrogen levels in women by 13 percent and 21 percent and also helped regulate the menstrual cycle. Sunlight was also ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/spending-time-in-the-sun-linked-to-increased-fertility-96849-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Says-Environmental-Exposure-to-Organochlorines-may-Affect-Male-Fertility-96029-1.htm A recent study reveals that men exposed to organochlorine chemicals in the environment are at an increased risk of sperm abnormalities. Melissa Perry, Sc.D., M.H.S.,professor and chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the GW School of Public Health and Health Services and adjunct associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, led an observational study indicating that environmental exposure to organochlorine chemicals, including Polychlorinated ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Says-Environmental-Exposure-to-Organochlorines-may-Affect-Male-Fertility-96029-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Traditional-Chinese-Remedies-May-Pump-Up-Fertility-Treatments-95982-1.htm Blend of Traditional Chinese Medicine (known as TCM in West) and intrauterine insemination (IUI) develops efficacy of fertility treatments, reveals a new study. Chinese traditional remedies, which have long been used to ease pain, treat disease, boost fertility, and prevent miscarriage, include herbal preparations and acupuncture. In the first study that measures the effectiveness of both herbs and acupuncture in combination with IUI infertility treatment, Dr. Shahar Lev-Ari and Keren Sela ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Traditional-Chinese-Remedies-May-Pump-Up-Fertility-Treatments-95982-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Link-Between-Dietary-DHA-and-Male-Fertility-95905-1.htm In a recent study scientists link dietary docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to male fertility. DHA is essential in fusing the building blocks of the acrosome together. "Without DHA, this vital structure doesn't form and sperm cells don't work," said Timothy Abbott, a doctoral student who co-authored the study. "Normal sperm cells contain an arc-like structure called the acrosome that is critical in fertilization because it houses, organizes, and concentrates a variety of enzymes that sperm use to ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Link-Between-Dietary-DHA-and-Male-Fertility-95905-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Gush-of-Twins-in-US-Owing-to-Fertility-Advances-95734-1.htm Fertility treatment progress and a drift toward later-life childbirth are stimulating birth of twins in the United States, where one in 30 babies is a twin, according to US data released on Wednesday. The number of twins doubled in 2009 compared to 1980, rising from 68,339 to over 137,000 births, said the National Center for Health Statistics' data brief on three decades of twin births in the United States. The overall birth rate of twins surged 76 percent over the last 30 years, going from 1....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Gush-of-Twins-in-US-Owing-to-Fertility-Advances-95734-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Women-Catch-Infections-Easily-During-Ovulation-95661-1.htm Women are vulnerable during ovulation and catch infections easily, new research finds. The new research report in the iJournal of Leukocyte Biology /i(www.jleukbio.org/a) suggests that a woman's ovarian cycle plays an important role in her susceptibility to infection. Specifically, researchers from Spain and Austria found that women are most susceptible to infection, such as Candida albicans or other sexually transmitted diseases, during ovulation than at any other time during the reproductive cycle....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Women-Catch-Infections-Easily-During-Ovulation-95661-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Fertility-Clinic-Over-Charge-Women-95386-1.htm Britain's leading fertility doctor, Lord Robert Winston has accused fertility clinics of exploitation, claiming that women are being charged thrice the actual cost of their treatment.He said, ""The NHS is basing its fees not on what it costs but on what it thinks the market will bear."The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommends that eligible women aged 23-39 should be offered 3-cycles of In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) treatment on the NHS but primary care trusts vary widely in how closely they follow the guidance....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Fertility-Clinic-Over-Charge-Women-95386-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Vitamins-and-Its-Influence-on-Fertility-94218-1.htm A study on fertility has revealed the role played by vitamins in helping woman conceive. The success rate was almost 60% among women who consumed vitamin pills during fertility treatment. This was not the case among those who did not take vitamin supplements. The report underlined that those undergoing fertility treatment had a greater chance of conception if they consumed a daily dose of Pregnacare Conception, made by Vitabiotics, Among women who consumed vitamin pills for four weeks, 60% confirmed ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Vitamins-and-Its-Influence-on-Fertility-94218-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Male-Fertility-Breakthrough-Normal-Sperm-from-Mouse-Cells-93473-1.htm A significant breakthrough in male fertility was achieved by a Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researcher who was able to produce normal sperm from mouse cells. "This study may open new therapeutic strategies for infertile men who cannot generate sperm and/or pre-pubertal cancer patients at risk of infertility due to aggressive chemo- or radiotherapy and cannot cryopreserve sperm as in adult patients," explains Prof. Mahmoud Huleihel, of BGU's Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the Faculty of Health Sciences....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Male-Fertility-Breakthrough-Normal-Sperm-from-Mouse-Cells-93473-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Home-Kit-to-Assess-Male-Fertility-92844-1.htm Soon it would be possible to accurately assess male fertility with the help of an at-home test kit, according to Loes Segerink, researcher at the Universiteit Twente in The Netherlands. This kit can accurately count sperm and measure their motility. The kit consists of a chip that has to be inserted in a compact device for getting the readings. Sperm flows on this chip through a liquid-filled channel, beneath electrode 'bridges'. There is a brief fluctuation in electrical resistance when cells pass beneath these electrodes....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Home-Kit-to-Assess-Male-Fertility-92844-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Bangalore-Population-Increases-by-Nearly-50-Despite-Decline-in-Fertility-Rates-92596-1.htm With the world's population crossing the 7 billion mark on October 31, a Bangalore-based think tank has revealed that the population in the city has increased by nearly 50 percent over the last decade. The Population Research Centre at the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) analyzed the demographic changes over the last decade and found that the fertility of women in Karnataka has declined to 2 children per woman compared to the national average of 2.6 children per woman. In spite ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Bangalore-Population-Increases-by-Nearly-50-Despite-Decline-in-Fertility-Rates-92596-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Young-Boys-Must-Not-Risk-Their-Fertility-by-Eating-Junk-Food-92209-1.htm STRONGThere is one more solid reason for young boys to avoid junk food, apart from keeping lifestyle diseases at bay. Not eating junk food can protect your fertility, researchers have revealed. /STRONGSTRONG/STRONGSTRONGThe trans fat found in junk food is capable of damaging the sperms, experts have cautioned. /STRONGSTRONG/STRONG STRONGMany hundreds of sperms taken from many men between 18 and 22 years of age were analyzed for their quality. /STRONGSTRONG/STRONG STRONGThe ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Young-Boys-Must-Not-Risk-Their-Fertility-by-Eating-Junk-Food-92209-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Hugh-Jackman-Devastated-by-Fertility-Issues-91988-1.htm Australian hunk Hugh Jackman was left heartbroken by his and his wife's inability to have children naturally. Jackman, 43, and wife Deborra, 55, were devastated when they were told they had fertility problems. He admitted it was hard to have to go through IVF treatment and for Deborra to suffer two miscarriages. However, he admitted that the love they have for their adopted children, son Oscar, 11, and daughter Ava, 6, has eased the pain they experienced. "It was painful. We ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Hugh-Jackman-Devastated-by-Fertility-Issues-91988-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cues-About-Ovulation-Timings-Not-Deciphered-by-Womens-Voices-91612-1.htm Studies have previously claimed that women become subtly different when they are ovulating. By talking, dressing, acting and even smelling more alluring, women might increase their chances of having sex when they are most likely to conceive, the reports said. A new study has offered another view. Focusing purely on the way women talk over the course of a month, the researchers found that the female voice is not a reliable predictor of ovulation, reports ABC Science. Those results support ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cues-About-Ovulation-Timings-Not-Deciphered-by-Womens-Voices-91612-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Cancer-Fertility-Problems-Likely-for-DES-Daughters-91590-1.htm A major new study has revealed women whose mothers took a synthetic estrogen called DES before it was discontinued in 1971 are now suffering from a variety of fertility problems and cancers. The study appearing in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine examines the daughters of females exposed in the womb to diethylstilbestrol (DES), which was prescribed in the mistaken belief it could reduce certain complications of pregnancy. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute and several ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Cancer-Fertility-Problems-Likely-for-DES-Daughters-91590-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Do-Men-Detect-Ovulation-From-Womens-Voices-90944-1.htm People's voices can reveal their sex, their age, how they are feeling and recent studies have even suggested that women's voices might also contain hints that men can read about how close they are to ovulation. A new study, however, published today in the journal IPLoS ONE/I, questions the view that women broadcast reproductive information in their voice. Previous studies in this area have typically relied on the comparison of voices recorded in just two phases in the cycle: high conception risk vs....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Do-Men-Detect-Ovulation-From-Womens-Voices-90944-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Molecule-That-Offers-Fertility-Hope-Identified-in-HK-Study-89736-1.htm A molecule that binds human sperm to an egg, in a breakthrough which offers new hope for infertile couples has been discovered by Hong Kong scientists. The study by researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) found a key molecule on the coating of the human egg, called sialyl-LewisX (SLeX), which acts as a binding agent to help the sperm and egg stick together. "This research provides an enlightening answer to a basic important question and human fertilisation -- how does a sperm bind ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Molecule-That-Offers-Fertility-Hope-Identified-in-HK-Study-89736-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Impact-of-Chemotherapy-on-Fertility-89675-1.htm Chemotherapy has greater impact on fertility of women, reveals University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) study. The researchers say their analysis of the age-specific, long-term effects of chemotherapy provides new insights that will help patients and clinicians make more informed decisions about future reproductive options, such as egg harvesting. Previous studies largely have focused on amenorrhea, or the lack of menstruation shortly after treatment, as the primary reproductive side effect of chemotherapy....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Impact-of-Chemotherapy-on-Fertility-89675-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Fertility-Hormone-Chart-to-Determine-Viability-of-Female-Biological-Clock-88888-1.htm In a move that could revolutionize family planning, researchers in Britain have developed a fertility hormone chart that can tell exactly how long a woman has the capability of bearing a child. Researchers from Glasgow and Edinburgh universities analyzed the fertility hormone levels in more than 3,200 women and calculated how the range changed with age. This could then be used as a benchmark to compare with other women and thereby help them not only to know how long they have before they are ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Fertility-Hormone-Chart-to-Determine-Viability-of-Female-Biological-Clock-88888-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Anorexia-and-Bulimia-Linked-to-Fertility-Problems-in-Women-88700-1.htm Women suffering from eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia may take longer to get pregnant, finds a new study. A team at King's College London and UCL investigated a group of 11,088 pregnant women from the Avon area of the UK. Women with lifetime anorexia and bulimia were compared to the group as a whole to assess the impact of their eating disorder on attitudes to fertility and pregnancy. The survey revealed that a higher proportion of women with a history of anorexia and bulimia ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Anorexia-and-Bulimia-Linked-to-Fertility-Problems-in-Women-88700-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Drug-may-Help-Retain-Fertility-in-Young-Breast-Cancer-Patients-88058-1.htm A new study conducted by Italian researchers reveals that it is possible to reduce the risk of premature menopause among women who undergo chemotherapy by including a treatment that involves a drug called triptorelin. The researchers conducted the study on 281 women with breast cancer but had not yet entered menopause. The women were randomly given either triptorelin or placebo before and during chemotherapy and after one year, the researchers found that over 25 percent of women from placebo ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Drug-may-Help-Retain-Fertility-in-Young-Breast-Cancer-Patients-88058-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Quit-Smoking-as-Soon-as-You-Know-Youre-Pregnant-Fertility-Expert-87402-1.htm Even if a woman quits smoking once she finds out she is pregnant, she can give birth to a baby weighing the same as a child born to a non-smoker, a British expert told a European fertility meeting Wednesday. "Once you find you're pregnant, its not too late to do something about your smoking," Nick Macklon, a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Southampton, told AFP. "If you stop smoking, you can have a baby with the same birth weight as if you'd never smoked," he ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Quit-Smoking-as-Soon-as-You-Know-Youre-Pregnant-Fertility-Expert-87402-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Simple-Urine-Test-Gives-Accurate-Prediction-of-Ovulation-87359-1.htm Women trying to conceive should make use of the urine test over the more commonly used calendar method, said the makers of the test. "The calendar method is good to help women to start to understand how their cycle works, but if women are really trying to conceive ... it's not really the best method to use," said Jayne Ellis, head of scientific and medical affairs at SPD Swiss Precision Diagnostics, which makes the Clearblue ovulation test. According to a study conducted by the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Simple-Urine-Test-Gives-Accurate-Prediction-of-Ovulation-87359-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Accurate-Ovulation-Test-to-Help-Women-Become-Pregnant-87343-1.htm The calendar method predicted ovulation correctly in only one in four women, whereas the ClearBlue Digital Ovulation test (20 test pack) predicted correctly in 99% of women over the same period. Dr. Jayne Ellis, Director of Scientific and Medical Affairs at SPD Swiss Precision Diagnostics GmbH, Geneva, Switzerland, makers of the test, explained that it consisted of a digital reader and urine test sticks, which could detect the surge in luteinising hormone (LH) that triggers ovulation. "The test ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Accurate-Ovulation-Test-to-Help-Women-Become-Pregnant-87343-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Global-Economic-Crisis-Brought-Down-Fertility-Rates-in-the-Developed-World-87097-1.htm The global economic recession of 2008-09 has been followed by a decline in fertility rates in Europe and the United States, bringing to an end the first concerted rise in fertility rates in the developed world since the 1960s, according to research published today. "In a new study, scientists from the Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (VID) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) identify that economic recessions tend to be followed ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Global-Economic-Crisis-Brought-Down-Fertility-Rates-in-the-Developed-World-87097-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Link-Between-Ovulation-and-Womens-Ability-to-Identify-Heterosexual-Men-Found-86797-1.htm A woman can more accurately identify a man's sexual orientation when looking at his face, when she is closest to her time of peak ovulation, a new study by psychologists at the University of Toronto and Tufts University has said. Further, having romantic thoughts or a mating goal heightens a woman's ability to discriminate between straight and gay men. "This effect is not apparent when a woman is judging another female's orientation," says Professor Nicholas Rule of the Department of Psychology ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Link-Between-Ovulation-and-Womens-Ability-to-Identify-Heterosexual-Men-Found-86797-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Is-the-Trend-of-Low-Fertility-in-Europe-Worrisome-86577-1.htm A new study has confirmed that the post-war trend of falling birth rates has been reversed across Europe. However, despite an increasing emphasis on family and fertility policies in Europe, this recent development involves social, cultural and economic factors more than individual policy interventions. For some decades, couples have been having children later in life. But birth-rates among younger women have stabilised and the long-term trend towards lower fertility rates has been reversed....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Is-the-Trend-of-Low-Fertility-in-Europe-Worrisome-86577-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Wrong-time-Eating-Affects-Fertility-in-Fruit-Flies-86172-1.htm In a recent study conducted by an Indian-origin researcher it was found that in fruit flies eating at the wrong time reduces fertility. Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania manipulated circadian rhythms in fruit flies and measured the affect on egg-laying capacity. Lead author Amita Sehgal, John Herr Musser Professor of Neuroscience, stressed, though, that what is true in flies grown in a lab does not necessarily hold for humans, and any potential ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Wrong-time-Eating-Affects-Fertility-in-Fruit-Flies-86172-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Male-Fertility-Lowered-by-BPA-86033-1.htm Results of a new study that was presented at The Endocrine Society''s 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston reveal that daily exposure to a chemical that is prevalent in the human environment, bisphenol A (BPA), causes lowered fertility in male mice. Mice that received daily BPA injections for two months had lower sperm counts and testosterone levels than those of mice that received saline injections without BPA, investigators from Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India, found. Compared with untreated ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Male-Fertility-Lowered-by-BPA-86033-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Regular-Coffee-Consumption-Dents-Fertility-in-Women-85518-1.htm Drinking coffee on a regular basis could increase the risk of infertility among women, a new study published in the British Journal of Pharmacology reveals. Researchers from the University of Nevada's School of Medicine conducted the study on a group of mice and found that the presence of caffeine in the body interfered with the working of Fallopian tubes which perform the vital task of transferring the eggs from ovaries to the uterus. Lead researcher Professor Sean Ward said that excess caffeine ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Regular-Coffee-Consumption-Dents-Fertility-in-Women-85518-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Safer-Drug-for-Women-Undergoing-Fertility-Treatment-Leads-to-Same-Live-Birth-Rate-84896-1.htm Authors of a Cochrane Systematic Review have revised their conclusions about the relative effectiveness of two different treatments used to help women become pregnant after the availability of new information. They now conclude that giving women gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists leads to similar live-birth rates compared with GnRH agonists. Previously they had concluded that women who used antagonists tended to have lower birth-rates than those using agonists. This is important ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Safer-Drug-for-Women-Undergoing-Fertility-Treatment-Leads-to-Same-Live-Birth-Rate-84896-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Predictor-for-Male-Fertility-84895-1.htm Checking the distance between a man's scrotum and anus might predict his ability to reproduce, suggests a new study. "We have observed in animal studies that anogenital distance (the distance between the scrotum and anus) is an important measure for genital development and may be shorter in males with abnormal testicular development and function," said lead author Michael Eisenberg, a male reproductive medicine and surgery fellow in the Scott Department of Urology at Baylor College of Medicine....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Predictor-for-Male-Fertility-84895-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Breast-Cancer-Patients-Ignorant-Of-Impact-Of-Treatment-On-Fertility-83933-1.htm Many young breast cancer patients seem to be unaware of the impact of cancer treatment on fertility. An Australian survey further showed that the women were also unaware of the possibility of preserving their fertility. Such a situation could lead to confusion and conflict around planning for a family, researchers point out. In a new study published in the prestigious IJournal of Clinical Oncology/I, a University of New South Wales team has, for the first time, measured fertility-related knowledge ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Breast-Cancer-Patients-Ignorant-Of-Impact-Of-Treatment-On-Fertility-83933-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Leptins-Role-in-Fertility-and-Bone-Health-83312-1.htm Fat hormone leptin restores fertility and reduce the risk of bone fractures in women with low body weight, according to a recent study. Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) offered the first definitive proof that a lack of leptin contributes to hypothalamic amenorrhea (HA) - a condition in which menstrual periods of women cease, triggering serious problems as infertility and osteoporosis. "This condition accounts for over 30 percent of all cases of amenorrhea ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Leptins-Role-in-Fertility-and-Bone-Health-83312-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Flash-Frozen-Eggs-Have-Better-Survival-Rate-for-Fertility-Treatment-83201-1.htm The birth of UK's first baby who has been born from a flash frozen egg is soon set to change the future of fertility treatment for women in UK. Flash frozen eggs are frozen in less than 60seconds. This technique would give women the chance to have a child even at 50-years of age with no greater chance of miscarriage or Down's syndrome than they had when they were 30-years old. Thawing from 'vitrified' or flash frozen eggs the chances of a successful pregnancy increase significantly....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Flash-Frozen-Eggs-Have-Better-Survival-Rate-for-Fertility-Treatment-83201-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Immune-Therapy-can-Control-Fertility-in-Mammals-83180-1.htm Two Indian origin scientists have found that immune therapy could control mammals' fertility. The technique could possibly be used on other mammals - including humans - because fertility hormones and their receptors are species-non-specific and are similar in both females and males. For pets, the technique could be an alternative to castration and adverse effects of hormone administration. The researchers said their newly synthesized novel chimeric genes produce bi-functional recombinant proteins that are antigenic....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Immune-Therapy-can-Control-Fertility-in-Mammals-83180-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Urine-derived-Fertility-Hormones-can-Cause-Brain-wasting-Disorder-82787-1.htm Scientists have stated that women who are injected with certain fertility hormones are at a higher risk of developing the human form of mad cow disease. This treatment is prescribed to stimulate ovulation. Scientists were studying the presence of prions (protein bits) in urine-derived hormones because some of these hormones are extracted and purified from the urine of pregnant or post-menopausal women. They found that the risks of these urine based fertility drugs could outweigh its benefits....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Urine-derived-Fertility-Hormones-can-Cause-Brain-wasting-Disorder-82787-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/First-Gay-Only-Fertility-Clinic-in-England--82639-1.htm Natalie Drew, 35, and partner Ashling Phillips, 32, a lesbian couple have opened a 'gay-only' fertility clinic in England. The Gay Family Web Facility Centre in Birmingham has been started to help same-sex couples have children. The main objective of this centre is to help same-sex couples locate sperm and egg donors or surrogates and offer advice about starting a family. Drew and Smith are parents to a six-year-old daughter and two-year-old son, both by sperm donors. Christian groups have not taken ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/First-Gay-Only-Fertility-Clinic-in-England--82639-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Technique-Helps-Men-Regain-Fertility-After-Cancer-82302-1.htm A new method aids men to become fathers who are once considered sterile due to chemotherapy. The technique involves the removal of individual sperms from testicular tissues. Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center pioneered the technique. Twenty children have been born to the female partners of men who underwent the technique, known as microdissection testicular sperm extraction (TESE), according to the scientists. After the sperm was taken from ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Technique-Helps-Men-Regain-Fertility-After-Cancer-82302-1.htm