News tagged with fertility treatment

Blood group may affect woman's fertility

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the US have for the first time demonstrated that having type O blood may have a negative effect on fertility through a lower egg count and poor egg quality. Women with type A blood appeared ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

In vitro UK pioneer Edwards wins medicine Nobel (Update 4)

The Nobel Prize in medicine went to a man whose work led to the first test tube baby, an achievement that helped bring 4 million infants into the world and raised challenging new questions about human reproduction.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1

The green machine: Algae clean wastewater, convert to biodiesel

Let algae do the dirty work. Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are developing biodiesel from microalgae grown in wastewater. The project is doubly "green" because algae consume nitrates and phosphates and reduce ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Clowning helps IVF patients become pregnant: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Infertility researchers in Israel have found a 15-minute encounter with a clown immediately after fertility treatment dramatically increased the chances of a successful pregnancy.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 14, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Wastewater treatment lowers pathogen levels

A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Arizona has tracked the incident of pathogens in biosolids over a 19 year period in one major U.S. city. In the same study, the researchers also analyzed pathogen ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 03, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

What makes a good egg and healthy embryo?

Scientists as well as fertility doctors have long tried to figure out what makes a good egg that will produce a healthy embryo. It's a particularly critical question for fertility doctors deciding which eggs ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Autism in a test tube? Research suggests link between IVF treatments and autism

The first "test tube baby" was born in 1978. With advances in reproductive science, an estimated one percent of all American babies are now born each year through in vitro fertilization (IVF). But IVF and other assisted fertility ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Single embryo implants work better: study

Implanting single embryos into the wombs of women seeking to boost fertility is more effective and less costly than placing two embryos at a time, a pair of studies released Wednesday found.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Swedish model slashes multiple-birth risk in IVF pregnancies

Swedish doctors on Monday presented a new method they said dramatically reduces the risk of multiple births from in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) without affecting chances of having a baby.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgical technique helps adult male survivors of childhood cancer regain fertility

A new study has shown that a surgical technique called microdissection testicular sperm extraction (TESE) can effectively locate and extract viable sperm in more than one-third of adult male childhood cancer survivors who ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stress and tension do not stop fertility treatment from working

Women undergoing IVF or other assisted reproduction therapy can be reassured that emotional distress caused by their infertility or other life events will not prevent the treatment from working.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many male cancer patients are missing out on sperm banking

whose fertility may be at risk from cancer treatment – are not being offered the chance to store their sperm according to new research published today in the Annals of Oncology.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More not always better with in vitro fertilization

(AP) -- More tries aren't necessarily better when it comes to in vitro fertilization.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cyprus clinic at centre of human egg trafficking probe

They may never see the light of day but Maria is not abandoning her Cypriot "children", embryos that were seized after the fertility clinic where they were conceived in vitro was closed on suspicion of human egg trafficking.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Increasing fertility threefold

According to the American Pregnancy Association, six million women a year deal with infertility. Now, a Tel Aviv University study is giving new hope to women who want to conceive ― in the form of a pill they can find ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Assisted reproductive technology

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is a general term referring to methods used to achieve pregnancy by artificial or partially artificial means. It is reproductive technology used primarily in infertility treatments. Some forms of ART are also used in fertile couples for genetic reasons. ART is also used in couples who are discordant for certain communicable diseases, i.e. Aids, to reduce the risk of infection when a pregnancy is desired. The term also includes any reproductive technique involving a third party e.g a sperm donor. There is yet no strict definition of the term.

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