http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology Women with a lean body shape have a greater risk of developing endometriosis than women who are morbidly obese, according to the largest prospective study to investigate the link. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-slim-women-greater-endometriosis-obese.html Health Tue, 14 May 2013 19:00:01 EST news287773777 The first randomised trial to compare treatments for ectopic pregnancies has found no significant differences in subsequent fertility between medical treatment and conservative surgery on one hand, and conservative or radical surgery on the other. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-fertility-ectopic-pregnancy-reassuring-evidence.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:00:01 EST news282333072 Asthma is more common among children born after infertility treatment than among children who have been planned and conceived naturally, according to findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study published online today (Thursday) in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-children-born-infertility-treatment-asthma.html Inflammatory disorders Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:00:01 EST news273948377 New research shows that the concentration of sperm in men's semen has been in steady decline between 1989 and 2005 in France. In addition, there has been a decrease in the number of normally formed sperm. The study is published online today (Wednesday) in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-semen-quality-fell-french-men.html Medical research Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:00:01 EST news273863489 A mother's age at menopause may predict her daughter's fertility in terms of the numbers of eggs remaining in her ovaries, according to the new research published online in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-mothers-age-menopause-daughters-ovarian.html Medical research Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:00:01 EST news271417770 Women whose first pregnancy is ectopic are likely to have fewer children in the following 20-30 years than women whose first pregnancy ends in a delivery, miscarriage or abortion, according to results from a study of nearly 3,000 women in Denmark. In addition, these women have a five-fold increased risk of a subsequent ectopic pregnancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-women-pregnancy-ectopic-children.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:00:01 EST news269712142 One of the largest studies to look at the effect of induced abortions on a subsequent first birth has found that women who have had three or more abortions have a higher risk of some adverse birth outcomes, such as delivering a baby prematurely and with a low birth weight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-prematurity-birth-weight-babies-born.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:00:10 EST news265479876 A policy of single embryo transfer (SET) reduces the risk of perinatal mortality in infants born as a result of IVF and ICSI. The conclusion emerged from an analysis of more than 50,000 births recorded in the Australian and New Zealand Assisted Reproduction Technology Database between 2004 and 2008, where the introduction of an SET policy has been associated with a reduction in overall perinatal mortality for IVF and ICSI babies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-embryo-perinatal-mortality-ivf.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:47:27 EST news260592441 There is growing interest in a "freeze-all" embryo policy in IVF. Such an approach, which cryopreserves all embryos generated in a stimulated IVF cycle for later transfer in a non-stimulated natural cycle, would avoid any of the adverse effects which ovarian stimulation might have on endometrial receptivity during the treatment cycle. Ovarian stimulation has been shown to have adverse effects on endometrial receptivity and the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is also increased when embryo transfer is performed in the stimulated cycle. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-embryos-ivf-non-stimulated-outcome.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:36:14 EST news260591738 Although the first successful preservation of fertility from the freezing, thawing and grafting of ovarian tissue was reported eight years ago,(1) the technique has remained experimental and confined to a few specialist centres. Now, with the announcement of a first pregnancy (and subsequent live birth) in Italy following the transplantation of ovarian tissue, there are indications that fertility preservation is moving into the mainstream of reproductive medicine and into a greater number of centres.(2) http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-fertility-cryopreservation-ovarian-tissue-experimental.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 04 Jul 2012 03:35:02 EST news260591695 Women who drink five or more cups of coffee a day severely reduce their chance of success from IVF treatment. Indeed, Danish investigators who followed up almost 4000 IVF and ICSI patients described the adverse impact as "comparable to the detrimental effect of smoking". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-cups-coffee-day-chance-ivf.html Health Tue, 03 Jul 2012 04:30:03 EST news260507763 Women with a higher intake of dietary saturated fats have fewer mature oocytes available for collection in IVF, according to results of a study from the Harvard School of Public Health funded by the US National Institutes of Health. The study investigated the effect of dietary fat (classified as total, saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, omega 6, omega 3 and trans) on a range of preclinical and clinical outcomes in women having IVF. Results showed that the intake of saturated fat was inversely related to the number of mature oocytes retrieved, while polyunsaturated fat consumption was inversely associated with early embryo quality.(1) http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-high-intake-dietary-fats-birth.html Other Tue, 03 Jul 2012 04:20:01 EST news260507187 Cigarette smoke reduces the production of a Fallopian tube gene known as "BAD", which helps explain the link between smoking and ectopic pregnancy. The finding, from scientists led by Drs Andrew Horne and Colin Duncan at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Reproductive Health in Edinburgh, UK, was described today at the annual meting of ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) in Istanbul. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-bad-fallopian-tube-ectopic.html Health Tue, 03 Jul 2012 04:08:02 EST news260507260 The state funding of fertility treatment through public reimbursement policies has a direct influence on national birth rates. Lower levels of reimbursement are correlated with higher unmet needs for treatment, while more generous reimbursement policies increase access to treatment and may even make a measurable contribution to national birth rates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-higher-reimbursement-positively-national-birth.html Other Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:32:25 EST news260422336 While many small studies have shown a relationship between infertility and psychological distress, reporting a high prevalence of anxiety, mood disorders and depressive symptoms, few have studied the psychological effect of childlessness on a large population basis. Now, based on the largest cohort of women with fertility problems compiled to date, Danish investigators have shown that women who remained childless after their first investigation for infertility had more hospitalisations for psychiatric disorders than women who had at least one child following their investigation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-childless-women-fertility-problems-higher.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 02 Jul 2012 04:28:15 EST news260422061