Pregnancy :: Miscarriage risk climbs with dad’s age
A couple’s risk of having a pregnancy end in miscarriage appears to rise along with the father’s age, regardless of how old the mother is, researchers reported Monday.
A couple’s risk of having a pregnancy end in miscarriage appears to rise along with the father’s age, regardless of how old the mother is, researchers reported Monday.
Offering a new ray of hope to infertile couples, researchers have now coaxed stem cells, from a mouse embryo, to produce both eggs and sperm in the same dish.
Women who are hypnotized before undergoing the transfer of an embryo created by in vitro fertilization (IVF) may be more likely to become pregnant, Israeli researchers report.
African American women who require assisted reproductive technologies (ART), such as in vitro fertilization, to become pregnant are more likely to experience a miscarriage than are their white counterparts, new research shows.
Even as fertility procedures such as in-vitro fertilization and donor insemination become more commonplace day-by-day, a new study has researchers warning people that even after thorough screenings of sperm donors, genetic disorders can be transmitted to the child conceived through such procedures.
Azoospermia is the medical condition of a man not having any measurable level of sperm in his semen. It is, unsurprisingly, associated with very low levels of fertility.
The fertility problems and hormone irregularities that plague women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) may improve on a low-carbohydrate diet, according to a new study.
Genistein, a major component of soy, was found to disrupt the development of the ovaries in newborn female mice that were given the product. This study adds to a growing body of literature demonstrating the potentially adverse consequences of genistein on the reproductive system.
Up to 10 million female fetuses may have been aborted in India over the past two decades following prenatal gender checks, according to a study published in a leading British medical journal.
Scientists in Britain have developed the world’s first fertility test kit for men.