European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology

Why females live longer than males: is it due to the father's sperm?

Researchers in Japan have found that female mice produced by using genetic material from two mothers but no father live significantly longer than mice with the normal mix of maternal and paternal genes. Their findings provide ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Stranger homicide by people with schizophrenia is rare -- and unpredictable

International study led by Sydney researchers shows homicides of strangers by people with schizophrenia are exceptionally rare and unpredictable events

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Female human embryos adjust the balance of X chromosomes before implantation

Dutch researchers have found the first evidence that a process of inactivating the X chromosome during embryo development and implantation, which was known to occur in mice but unknown in humans, does, in fact, take place ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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High levels of cycling training damage triathletes' sperm

The high-intensity training undertaken by triathletes has a significant impact on the quality of their sperm, the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today (Monday 29 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Who goes abroad for fertility treatment and why?

A substantial number of European patients travel to other countries for fertility treatment, both because they think that they will receive better quality care abroad and in order to undergo procedures that are banned in ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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Worldwide report shows increase in assisted reproduction: 250,000 babies a year

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is responsible for an estimated 219,000 to 246,000 babies born each year worldwide according to an international study. The study also finds that the number of ART procedures is growing ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Fishing for microdeletions that predispose an embryo to develop cancer syndromes in later life

Researchers have used a common laboratory technique for the first time to detect genetic changes in embryos that could predispose the resulting children to develop certain cancer syndromes. Current preimplantation genetic ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Re-shaping the family: What happens when parents seek siblings of their donor-conceived children

Parents who have conceived children with the help of sperm or egg donors and then try to find the donors and also other children conceived with the donors' help, often end up creating new forms of extended families, according ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

100 million women in the prime of their lives have endometriosis

The World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF) and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) are proud to announce the first ever prospective study to assess the hidden cost of endometriosis to ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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At last -- a quick and accurate way of diagnosing endometriosis

A quick and accurate test for endometriosis that does not require surgery has been developed by researchers from Australia, Jordan and Belgium, according to new research published online today (Wednesday 19 August) in Europe's ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Polycystic ovarian syndrome: New light on its causes and its effect on brothers

Researchers have found evidence that chronic disease in either a mother or father can create unfavourable conditions in the womb that are associated with the development of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in daughters. ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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ICSI or IVF: Babies born from frozen embryos do just as well

Analysis of the longest running ICSI programme in the United States has found reassuring evidence that babies born from frozen embryos fertilised via ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) do just as well as those born from ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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Complications early in pregnancy or in previous pregnancies adversely affect existing or subsequent pregnancies

Complications in early pregnancy or in previous pregnancies can predict the likelihood of further problems in current or subsequent pregnancies, according to research carried out by an international group of experts.

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Will IVF work for a particular patient? The answer may be found in her blood

For the first time, researchers have been able to identify genetic predictors of the potential success or failure of IVF treatment in blood. Dr. Cathy Allen, from the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, told the 25th annual ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Women with endometriosis need special care during pregnancy to avoid risk of premature birth

The largest study to date of endometriosis in pregnant women has found that the condition is a major risk factor for premature birth, the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology ...

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