It seems so, according to scientists. A study published by the New England Journal of Medicine looked at over 300,000 pregnancies (a mixture of different types such as IVF and natural) and found there was a 28% greater risk of giving birth to a child with a defect when infertility treatments were used. Defects found [...]
A teacher at a Roman Catholic school in Indianapolis was asked to leave her job because she admitted to having infertility treatment. IVF treatment is seemingly against Roman Catholic beliefs, which meant that after telling the principal of the school of what she had her husband had decided to do her job as a teacher [...]
With modern living far more stressful that it was 50 years ago, it is probably not surprising that stress could be a major cause of recent infertility problems. However, it seems that being obese is also a contributory factor, and since obesity is a growing problem worldwide, then it is little wonder it is having [...]
The Papacy is no stranger to courting controversy, and it appears that Pope Benedict XVI has continued that tradition by effectively condemning IVF and all other forms of ‘artificial procreation.’ The comments came at the end of a Vatican conference that discussed infertility – its diagnosis and treatment. The Pope believes that children should only [...]
Women with sexual transmitted diseases (STDs) are doubling their risk of infertility. Apparently, this is the case if women are having repeating episodes of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), which increases inflammation of the sexual organs. What’s more the condition is known to affect more than 800,000 women in the USA each year, with statistics showing [...]
Jean Daguerre and her husband struggled to have a baby. As such, they did what many other couples do – get help in the shape of infertility treatment. Luckily for Jean, the therapy worked and she bore a baby boy. Her joy was compounded when less than 12 months later she fell pregnant again; this [...]
That’s the conclusion of recent research. It seems that men who become a father are less likely to die from heart related diseases than childless fathers. While this is obviously good news for all dads, for men who are unable to father a child due to infertility problems this is just more pressure. Speaking with [...]
An unusual debate in Canada has become extremely heated, concerning whether women should donate their eggs to help couples with infertility problems. However, at a recent meeting of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society, the discussion became argumentative, as the pro and anti factions on the main panel slugged it out. All to the delight, [...]
A study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, has found that a mutated gene may be responsible for the infertility of some men. Researchers have found that the carbohydrate coating on sperm is often removed in some men. This lack of a coating in turn reduces mobility of the sperm and so it cannot [...]
Well, it seems a growing number of people think there is since the number of women opting for weight loss surgery as a cure is growing in the USA. The reasoning behind this is a known fact that overweight women generally struggle to get pregnant, so it stands to reason that if a woman wants [...]