http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—Police questioned 30 people on Tuesday and searched the homes of six employees of a private fertility clinic who are suspected of illegally trafficking human eggs and selling them to Israeli couples with fertility problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-romania-alleged-illegal-trafficking-human.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:50:02 EST news280497436 Radiation and chemotherapy can pack a powerful punch against all kinds of cancers. Those who survive, however, are often left with bad news: Their treatments have rendered them infertile. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-stem-cell-infertile-cancer-survivors.html Medical research Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:52:53 EST news274362762 Ninety-six per cent of women who attended a preconception clinic before undergoing IVF had three or more lifestyle problems and risk factors, according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-percent-women-ivf-preconception-multiple.html Health Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:30:01 EST news254049685 Men's diets, in particular the amount and type of different fats they eat, could be associated with their semen quality according to the results of a study published online in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-fatty-diets-semen-quality.html Health Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:00:01 EST news250875714 Scientists at University College Dublin have discovered a new way of measuring the potential success rate of an embryo before it is transferred back into the womb during in vitro fertilisation (IVF). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-successful-ivf-embryos-scientists.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:10:14 EST news249732608 Researchers are developing a new way to test a woman's egg for chromosome abnormalities that avoids the need to manipulate and biopsy the egg itself. The research may also shed light on the crucial role played by certain genes in the development of chromosome abnormalities that are a major cause of miscarriages and conditions such as Down's syndrome. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-chromosome-abnormalities-genetic-faulty-eggs.html Medical research Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:02:21 EST news229111312 Women undergoing fertility treatment are more likely to give birth to a live baby after ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) if they are younger than 38 and 11 or more eggs have been retrieved from their ovaries in one ovarian stimulation cycle, according to analysis of one of the largest and longest-running ICSI programs at a single fertility clinic. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-birth-icsi-trimester-pregnancy-loss.html Medical research Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:20:00 EST news229079990