Infertility Treatment Articles & Stories
Male Infertility Cure May Lie in Sperm Proteins
Little is understood about male infertility, but if faulty sperm proteins can be found, the discoveries may lead to new approaches to infertility testing and treatment, according to a paper by two San Francisco State University researchers. Co-authors Diana Chu and Tammy Wu claim that roughly ... Read More
PCOS Patients Benefit From Exercise and Acupuncture
A strange, but disruptive condition plagues as much as 10 percent of the female population and is the most frequent cause of infertility in women. Women suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome usually have excess weight, miss or have irregular periods, have a profusion of small cysts in their... Read More
Diet and Lifestyle Changes May Prevent Infertility
A study published in the latest issue of Obstectrics and Gynecology has found that women who followed a combination of five or more lifestyle factors, including changing specific aspects of their diets, experienced more than 80 percent less relative risk of infertility due to ovulatory disorde... Read More
Protein Boosts Sex Hormones, Suggesting Infertility Therapy
Giving a special hormone to infertile women can dramatically increase their production of sex hormones, which may lead to a new infertility treatment for women with low sex hormone levels, a recent study demonstrated. The work, which was led by Waljit Dhillo of the Departm... Read More
What Do Men Really Want?
Beauty, grace, exotic good looks, youth. What is it that can turn a man's fancy? It's a question that has bedeviled the species for thousands of years. The female half of humankind spends untold billions of dollars each year on clothes, shoes, cosmetics, hair spray and perfumes. All in pursuit... Read More
Expert Commentary: Angeline N. Beltsos, M.D. - 10/28/2009
As mentioned in the Sun Times article, Regular exercise, Relaxation, Novelty, Supplements, and Scents are essential and relatively easy things to try. Getting your groove back or at least maintaining your female desire involves many things: Physical, Hormonal, and Emotional. 1. Identify any ... Read More
Using Frozen Embryos Increases Pregnancy Chances
The regular use of carefully chosen frozen embryos left over from fertility treatments dramatically increases the pregnancy success rate among infertile couples, a British clinic has found. The new regimen holds the promise of sharply reducing the time a couple has to wait... Read More
Equal Access to Fertility Treatment Urged for Obese
Overweight and obese women have the same chance of having a baby through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as normal-weight women, according to a recent study, and therefore shouldn’t be discriminated against at fertility clinics. In Britain, where the study was done, mos... Read More
Acupuncture May Help Some Women Conceive
A study at a Virginia University is giving hope to women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) that they will be able to return to normal fertility and become mothers. Lisa Pastore, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at University of Virginia Health System and the study's princi... Read More
In-vitro Baby Born from Immature Frozen Egg
On June second, the first baby conceived from an egg that was matured in the lab before undergoing in-vitro fertilization was born in Canada and is progressing normally. The mother, as well as three other women, became pregnant through a clinical trial at the McGill Reproductive Center in Mon... Read More
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