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Could dad-to-be's health affect his newborn's health?
(HealthDay)—The health of both mom and dad are key to a healthy pregnancy and birth, new research finds.
Mar 10, 2020
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Fertility and Sterility
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Better communication about sex is just as effective as 'female Viagra'
A hormone treatment with oxytocin improves the sexual experience of women suffering from sexual dysfunction. This is the finding of a study conducted at MedUni Vienna, which has now been published in the prestigious journal ...
Oct 19, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Researchers shed new light on egg freezing success rates
Researchers from New York Medical College and the University of California Davis have for the first time codified age-specific probabilities of live birth after in vitro fertilization (IVF) with frozen eggs. A team of researchers ...
May 29, 2013
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Study warns about bisphenol A substitutes
Two substitutes for bisphenol A, a plastic ingredient banned in some countries over health fears, are also a source of concern, French researchers warned Thursday.
Jan 15, 2015
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
US infertility rate plateaus
During recent decades, the rate of infertility among women in the United States has remained largely the same, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Their new analysis of data collected from 1995 and 2019, and ...
Jun 16, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Frozen eggs more efficient option than in vitro fertilization for women starting families later
The largest U.S. report of elective fertility preservation outcomes to date found that 70 percent of women who froze eggs when they were younger than 38—and thawed at least 20 eggs at a later date—had a baby.
May 27, 2022
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Health
Stress degrades sperm quality
Psychological stress is harmful to sperm and semen quality, affecting its concentration, appearance, and ability to fertilize an egg, according to a study led by researchers Columbia University's Mailman School of Public ...
May 29, 2014
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Permanent birth control methods for women have up to 6% failure rates
Hysteroscopic sterilization, a non-incisional procedure, has been found to be as effective as minimally invasive laparoscopic sterilization in preventing pregnancy, but both methods had higher than expected failure rates, ...
Apr 12, 2022
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Diet high in fruit and vegetables linked to lower miscarriage risk
A preconception and early-pregnancy diet that contains lots of fruit, vegetables, seafood, dairy, eggs and grain may be associated with reducing risk of miscarriage, a new review of research suggests.
Apr 19, 2023
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Sparse coverage hinders infertility treatment access
Evidence reported in a new review by Brown University researchers suggests that Americans are not using infertility treatments and technologies as much as they could. A major reason, the authors write, is that a lack of public ...
Feb 1, 2016
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