Archive for Fertility

Formaldehyde exposure may affect fertility in men

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Experts identify new gene that could help development of human fertility treatments

Experts from Durham University have identified a new gene that could help the development of fertility treatments in humans in the future. Scientists from Durham University, UK, and Osaka University, Japan, looking at fertility in mice, have discovered for the first time that the gene, which makes a protein called PDILT, enables sperm to bind to an egg, a process essential to fertilisation.

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North Texas Fertility Announces Military Couple as Recipients of Free Infertility Treatment

Dallas-area clinic donates IVF procedure to raise awareness about infertilityDallas, TX (PRWEB) April 30, 2012 North Texas Fertility is proud to announce the recipients of their 2012 “We’re In This Together” in vitro Fertilization (IVF) Donation. Staff Sergeant Martin Bilby and his wife, Nicholl, of Fort Hood, TX, were notified this past Friday that they were the recipients of the fertility …

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Genetic boost for fertility discovered

SCIENTISTS studying mice have identified a gene which could boost human fertility. Experts say the discovery could help people struggling to conceive naturally.

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Gene discovery may boost fertility

Scientists studying mice have identified a gene which could boost human fertility.

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IVF Donation by Sher Fertility Highlights Educational Seminars about Fertility Treatments, Donations Coincide with …

Sher Fertility Institute Central Illinois to donate an IVF cycle at upcoming seminars.

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Gene involved in sperm-to-egg binding is key to fertility in mammals

ScienceDaily (Apr. 30, 2012) Experts from Durham University have identified a new gene that could help the development of fertility treatments in humans in the future

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Positively Tampa Bay: Fertility Experts – Video


26-04-2012 12:40 When is it time to seek the help of a fertility expert? Reproductive Medicine Group shares some insight.

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Catholic school teacher says she was fired over fertility treatments – Video


26-04-2012 14:19 here is the link

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Catholic school teacher was fired for IVF treatments – Video


26-04-2012 13:19 A Catholic school in Indiana fired a teacher for undergoing fertility treatments, calling it a “grave, immoral” sin.

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IVF Donation at Sher Fertility Institute Las Vegas Seminar Makes One Local Couple's Dream Come True. Fertility …

Sher Fertility IVF Donation coincides with Infertility Awareness Week.

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Teacher sues diocese after being fired for fertility treatment

Teacher fired for IVF treatments STORY HIGHLIGHTS (CNN) — A teacher at a Catholic school in Indiana is suing the diocese where she worked after being fired because the in vitro fertilization treatments she received were considered against church teachings. Emily Herx, a former English teacher at St

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Teacher who was fired after fertility treatments sues diocese

Teacher fired for IVF treatments STORY HIGHLIGHTS (CNN) — A teacher at a Catholic school in Indiana is suing the diocese where she worked after being fired because the in vitro fertilization treatments she received were considered against church teachings. Emily Herx, a former English teacher at St. Vincent de Paul School in Fort Wayne, filed a federal lawsuit against the school and the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.

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Fertility treatment bans in Europe draw criticism

Enlarge Photo LONDON More than three decades after Britain produced the worlds first test-tube baby, Europe is a patchwork of restrictions for people who need help having a child. Many countries have strict rules on who is allowed to get fertility treatments

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IVF drugs linked to childhood cancer

The study looked at 764 French children diagnosed with acute leukaemia and 1,681 children who had not. Researchers asked their mothers for details of fertility problems and if they had sought fertility treatment, including whether the women had been treated with specific methods including IVF, artificial insemination or ovarian stimulation drugs

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UK & World News: Fertility drugs linked to leukaemia

Apr 24 2012 Fertility drugs can more than double the chances of children born to mothers who struggle to get pregnant developing leukaemia, a study has shown. Children were 2.6 times more likely to become ill with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), the most common type of childhood leukaemia, if their mothers had been treated with ovary-stimulating drugs. They had a 2.3-fold increased risk of suffering the rarer form of the disease, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)

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Fertility Solutions Honors Members of Military with Special IVF Discount

The IVF Military Advantage Plan represents a significant savings over the standard cost of IVF for active members of the US military stationed around the world.Dedham, Massachusetts (PRWEB) April 24, 2012 In celebration of National Infertility Awareness Week (April 22nd through the 28th) and the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, Fertility Solutions is introducing a very special IVF offer. With …

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Fertility drugs linked to leukaemia in children

Fertility drugs can more than double the chances of children born to mothers who struggle to get pregnant developing leukaemia, a study has shown.

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Focus on fertility at Cobden dairy

ONE Western District dairy herd proves that when it comes to fertility there’s no substitute for bull power. Peter and Anne Rosolin milk 220 cows, calving in the winter and their empty rate is about 5 per cent. “It got to 7 per cent, 14 empties and we thought ‘good Lord, what’s going on here’,” Peter said

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Fertility drugs 'more than double the chances of children developing leukaemia'

By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:25 EST, 23 April 2012 | UPDATED: 01:10 EST, 24 April 2012 Risk: A study has found that fertility drugs can more than double the chances of children born to mothers who struggle to get pregnant developing leukaemia (posed by model) Fertility drugs can more than double the chances of children born to mothers who struggle to get pregnant developing leukaemia, a study has shown. Children were 2.6 times more likely to become ill with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), the most common type of childhood leukaemia, if their mothers had been treated with ovary-stimulating drugs. They had a 2.3-fold increased risk of suffering the rarer form of the disease, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).

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Fertility drugs raise leukaemia baby risk

Kids were 2.6 times more likely to get acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) the most common type. And the risk of getting the rarer form, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), rose 2.3 times

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Fertility drugs linked to leukaemia

PAA Fertility drugs can more than double the chances of children born to mothers who struggle to get pregnant developing leukaemia, a study has shown. Children were 2.6 times more likely to become ill with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), the most common type of childhood leukaemia, if their mothers had been treated with ovary-stimulating drugs.

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Fertility drugs more than double childhood cancer risk, scientists say

Children born to women who took fertility drugs are more than twice as likely to develop leukemia, French scientists announced Tuesday. Researchers from the Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (INSERM), based in a southern suburb of Paris, linked the use of ovarian-stimulating drugs to a 2.6-fold increase in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common type. The risk of developing the rarer acute myeloid leukemia was increased 2.3-fold by the drugs, according to research presented at the Childhood Cancer 2012 conference in London.

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Shady Grove Fertility Center Welcomes New Reproductive Endocrinologist to Frederick Office

Medical Practice Expands to Serve Rising Patient Demand

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Birth defects more common in IVF babies: study

(Reuters) – Babies conceived through certain fertility treatment techniques are about one-third more likely to have a birth defect than babies conceived without any extra help from technology, according to a review of several dozen studies. However, the researchers – whose findings were published in the journal Fertility and Sterility – did not determine why fertility treatments are tied to a …

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