Editor’s Choice Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Fertility;Public Health Article Date: 16 May 2012 – 10:00 PDT Current ratings for: ‘Rising Infertility And Cancer Rates Possibly Linked To Pharmaceuticals And Household Chemicals’ 5 (2 votes) 4 (1 votes) In recent decades, the incidence of many human diseases and disorders including diabetes, breast and prostate cancer, and male infertility has increased significantly and many scientists believe this is due to increasing levels of exposure to mixtures of some chemicals in widespread use. The report also highlights that EDCs negatively effect early development of the brain, immune, reproduction and metabolic systems
Very interesting article today on the NYT. It’s a case of birth of a child affected with cystic fibrosis from sperm donation. It appears that the sperm sample was 20 years old and was not appropriately tested. As usual the NYT article is very sensationalistic. I consider this failure of appropriately testing the sperm donor [...]
A large Australian study has reviewed the birth outcomes in babies conceived with assisted reproductive technologies.Contrary to the sensationalistic article in the New York Times the study found no increase in risk for conventional IVF. Some increased risk was associated with ICSI but the risk was not present when frozen embryos generated with ICSI were [...]
Joe Cassar and Giovanna Debono have repackaged natural family planning into a ‘science’ that does not offend any religious faith. Matthew Vella It is tagged as “an emerging science” because it tackles women’s infertility problems by treating gynaecological health problems.
By CHARLES WILSON Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – An Indiana diocese asked a federal court on Monday to reject a lawsuit by a former parochial school teacher who claims she was fired for violating Roman Catholic doctrine by using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant. The Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and St. Vincent de Paul school in Fort Wayne argued in court documents that Emily Herx’s lawsuit should be barred by a federal law that prevents religious workers from suing their employers for job discrimination.
Medications used to treat male baldness or an enlarged prostate that contain the active ingredient finasteride have been linked to sexual dysfunction and infertility, according to a notice about changes to the drugs’ labels from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Study Finds Certain Kinds of Assisted Reproduction Are Linked to Higher Rates of Birth Defects By Brenda Goodman, MA WebMD Health News Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD May 5, 2012 — Babies born after the use of certain infertility treatments have a higher risk of birth defects than babies born to couples with no history of infertility, a large new study shows. But experts say it’s still not clear whether fertility treatments or the underlying medical problems that cause infertility are behind the increased risk
America has been marking National Infertility Awareness Week, with more than two million US couples suffering this plight, but few able to afford the $15k a cycle needed for IVF treatment. National infertility charity Resolve has termed this financially infertile, but says the answer may lie with a Cambridge company, Cambridge Temperature Concepts and DuoFertility, already much in the press here
Hello everyone. I will start today with a story that at first is not related to infertility, but in the end will provide a discussion that will be relevant. Here we go. Well here you see it, the spoils of a surfing accident that in 2007 changed my face just a bit just forever. I [...]
I didn’t always want children. I know that’s not the typical confession from someone who has dealt with infertility, but I married young, and resisted and resented the almost immediate pressure I felt to have children
Giuliana Rancic, the bubbly E! host whose struggles with infertility, miscarriage and, most recently, breast cancer, have played out publicly thanks to the Style network reality show that chronicles her marriage, will welcome a child later this summer via a gestational carrier, she announced on the “Today” show Monday morning. “To finally get that call from the doctor that you’re pregnant and you’re having a baby …,” Rancic says. “It was just another world.” The baby has the couple’s DNA but will be carried to term by the surrogate, who lives out of state but whom Rancic and husband Bill have been accompanying to doctor’s visits, she says.
In a 1932 painting called “Henry Ford Hospital,” Mexican artist Frida Kahlo offers a self-portrait of herself bleeding on a hospital bed, grieving after a miscarriage. Surrounding her image are pictures of an unborn fetus, a pelvic bone, a female abdomen and three other images that symbolize her pain, confusion and intense desire to understand why her body could not carry a baby to term. A new study offers an explanation for at least some of Kahlo’s many health woes.
ATLANTA, GA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire -04/24/12)- In support of the estimated 10 million Americans affected by infertility, SharecareNow, powered by WCG, today announced “SharecareNow 10 – Infertility,” a list of the most prominent experts and patients driving online conversation around infertility and helping to educate individuals about this medical condition. The release of the SharecareNow 10 – Infertility list coincides with National Infertility Awareness Week, a nationwide campaign led by RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, in an effort to raise awareness about the possible causes for infertility, enhance public knowledge about various treatment options and educate legislators about the severity of the disease. “Infertility is a condition affecting millions of people in America and while it is most often associated with women, many people don’t know that men are also at an equal risk,” said Jeff Arnold, chairman and CEO of Sharecare.
GTEBORG, Sweden–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Regulatory News: Vitrolife (STO:VITR.ST – News): First quarter in brief April 19, 2012 Gothenburg, Sweden VITROLIFE AB (publ) Thomas Axelsson CEO Vitrolife is required to publish the information in this press release in accordance with the Swedish Securities Market Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was submitted for publication on April 19, 2012 at 3 p.m.
Last spring, I found out I had leukemia. Before the horror of the news even had time to sink in, I had to absorb a second shock: The chemotherapy treatments that could save my life would also make me infertile, writes Suleika Jaouad.
CALGARY A tweet that questioned Alberta Wildrose Alliance leader Danielle Smiths childlessness has forced the 40-year-old to disclose her family struggles with infertility. The posting from Progressive Conservative staffer Amanda Wilkie suggests Smiths political promises to Alberta families are insincere because if she really liked children, she would have some of her own. The controversy erupted on Twitter on Friday night when Wilkie posted the tweet, which has since been removed.
OWINGS MILLS, Md., March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –Chesapeake Urology Associates (CUA) is pleased to announce the creation of the Vasectomy Reversal Center of America (VRCA), the first dedicated program in the mid-Atlantic region to offer the expertise of fellowship-trained male infertility specialists who are dedicated to helping couples conceive children naturally. A new website, www.vasectomyreversalcenterofamerica.com, was launched simultaneously with the center.