COVID-19 may negatively affect sperm quality and reduce fertility in men, according to research published in Reproduction. The study indicates that COVID-19 infection can cause increased sperm cell death, inflammation, and ...
Jan 29, 2021
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Women with breast cancer whose eggs or ovarian tissue were frozen had more children after their diagnosis than did women who did not undergo fertility preservation using those methods before start of cancer treatment. That ...
Nov 19, 2020
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The seeds of a teff plant—which look similar to wheat—are tiny in stature, but they pack a nutritional wallop.
Nov 13, 2020
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Women who stop using some forms of contraception may have to wait up to eight months before their fertility returns, suggests research published online in The BMJ.
Nov 12, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Fertility is lower in women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study published online Sept. 19 in the Journal of Crohn's and Colitis.
Sep 28, 2020
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The suspension of fertility treatments due to the COVID-19 pandemic has had a variety of psychological impacts on women whose treatments were cancelled, but there are several protective factors that can be fostered to help ...
Sep 22, 2020
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Widespread use of contraceptives and, to a lesser extent, girls' education through at least age 14 have the greatest impact in bringing down a country's fertility rate.
Sep 9, 2020
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A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis identifies a specific gene's previously unknown role in fertility. When the gene is missing in fruit flies, roundworms, zebrafish and mice, the animals ...
Aug 31, 2020
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Throughout history, spikes in mortality due to wars and famines were followed by increased births, while the Spanish Flu resulted in a temporary drop in fertility before recovering during a "baby boom." Contrary to this historic ...
Jul 23, 2020
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When the BBC reported on the results of a new study on global population in mid July, the tone was alarmist. "Jaw-dropping" declines in births were foretold, while one of the study's authors revealed worries about his daughter's ...
Jul 21, 2020
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