Copyright 2010 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/fertility/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xp2http://mnt.to/f/3xp2 Researchers who studied records of all births occurring in California in the 1990s found that the risk of having a child with autism was significantly higher when the mother was older, regardless of the father's age, except when the mother was younger, the risk was also higher if the father were older...Autism Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xnJhttp://mnt.to/f/3xnJBiocell Center announced its further commitment to working with maternal-fetal-medicine doctors by attending the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting. "Biocell Center has been working with perinatologists and Ob/Gyn doctors worldwide for several years," said Kate Torchilin, CEO of Biocell Center Corporation...Pregnancy / Obstetrics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xqDhttp://mnt.to/f/3xqDOligomenorrhea is a medical term which generally refers to irregular or infrequent menstrual periods with intervals of more than 35 days - however, the duration may vary. A period, or menstruation, is the shedding of the endometrium - the lining of the uterus. Menstruation is also called menses...Women's Health / Gynecology Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xjyhttp://mnt.to/f/3xjyMen with no sperm in their ejaculate-a condition known as azoospermia- may no longer need invasive procedures to determine if they have sperm in their testes according to a new study published in Human Reproduction...Fertility Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xhkhttp://mnt.to/f/3xhkMost of us probably think of sperm as rather active little cells, swimming with quick movements of their "tail" or flagella. But actually sperm's motility is in fact short lived. When in the male reproductive tract they have to rest easy, lest they wear themselves out prematurely and give up any chance of ever finding an egg...Fertility Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x9Mhttp://mnt.to/f/3x9MGail Donnelly's classmates nicknamed her "Knobby" because she was so skinny all her bones seemed to poke out from under her skin. But when Donnelly turned 27, that once knobby frame disappeared under mysteriously ballooning weight. Her diet hadn't changed, she was still walking several miles a day, but she gained 50 pounds in just six months. Her doctor thought the cause was ovarian cysts...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3xbyhttp://mnt.to/f/3xbyObese women who undergo rapid weight loss to get pregnant may harm rather than improve their chances of having a healthy baby, a leading researcher suggested this week. Professor Richard Legro of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA, said the subject was under-researched and outcomes unknown...Fertility Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x6hhttp://mnt.to/f/3x6h Fat tissue in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome produces an inadequate amount of the hormone that regulates how fats and glucose are processed, promoting increased insulin resistance and inflammation, glucose intolerance, and greater risk of diabetes and heart disease, according to a study conducted at the Center for Androgen-Related Research and Discovery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center...Women's Health / Gynecology Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x75http://mnt.to/f/3x75Infertility is rising faster in developing countries than in developed nations and has a much more devastating impact, experts warned this week...Fertility Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3x76http://mnt.to/f/3x76 Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a bacterial infection of the female reproductive organs, including the womb, fallopian tubes and ovaries. It usually occurs when sexually transmitted bacteria spread from the vagina to the uterus and upper genital tract. PID is a general term and can refer to viral, fungal, parasitic, though most often bacterial infections...Women's Health / Gynecology Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wZPhttp://mnt.to/f/3wZPMerck & Co., Inc., which operates outside the U.S. and Canada as MSD, announced the European Commission (EC) approval of ELONVA® (corifollitropin alfa injection). ELONVA is indicated for controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) in combination with a GnRH antagonist for the development of multiple follicles in women participating in an assisted reproductive technology (ART) program...Fertility Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wXshttp://mnt.to/f/3wXsCommon flame-retardant chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, appear to be linked to reduced fertility in women, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, the Los Angeles Times reports. The chemicals, which have been used for more than four decades, are found in foam furniture, electronics, fabrics, carpets and plastics...Fertility Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wT5http://mnt.to/f/3wT5New scientific advances in the field of assisted reproduction "could add a futuristic twist to an area where the law already is a mess: the question of who, in this age of artificial insemination and surrogacy, should be considered the legal parents of a baby," columnist Adam Cohen writes in the New York Times...Pregnancy / Obstetrics Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wQyhttp://mnt.to/f/3wQyWomen with higher blood levels of PBDEs, a type of flame retardant commonly found in household consumer products, took longer to become pregnant compared with women who have lower PBDE levels, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The study, to be published Jan...Fertility Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wFnhttp://mnt.to/f/3wFnIn a paper published in The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (TOG), Dr Allan Pacey, Senior Lecturer in Andrology at Sheffield University Medical School says that the sperm donation levels in the UK are so woefully low that clinics and women are resorting to other means to obtain donor sperm. A previous audit showed that 85% of applicants of sperm donation were rejected because of poor semen quality...Fertility Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wwphttp://mnt.to/f/3wwpESHRE invites you to attend its campus symposium on 'Prevention and treatment of infertility in modern society'...Fertility Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wwchttp://mnt.to/f/3wwcThe European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) has published a position statement on the impact of the life style factors obesity, smoking and alcohol consumption on natural and medically assisted reproduction...Fertility Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wtGhttp://mnt.to/f/3wtGGently rocking embryos while they grow during in vitro fertilization (IVF) improves pregnancy rates in mice by 22 percent, new University of Michigan research shows. The procedure could one day lead to significantly higher IVF success rates in humans...Fertility Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wqMhttp://mnt.to/f/3wqMThe widespread use of so-called fertility drugs, not just high-tech laboratory procedures, likely plays a larger role than previously realized in the growing problem of premature births in the United States, because these drugs cause a high percentage of multiple births, the March of Dimes said today...Fertility Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3wkHhttp://mnt.to/f/3wkHMen who were previously deemed sterile due to aggressive cancer treatments may still be able to biologically father children according to a new study published in the journal, Bone Marrow Transplantation...Fertility Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3w6whttp://mnt.to/f/3w6w Aneeve Nanotechnologies LLC has been selected to work in the UCLA on-campus Technology Incubator Program at the California NanoSystems Institute. The startup company will conduct early-stage research for the development of a novel hormone sensor/meter for biomedical applications in the areas of infertility and menopause...Endocrinology Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3w5Fhttp://mnt.to/f/3w5F University of Florida urologists have used robot-assisted surgery to cut about 20 minutes off average surgery time for conventional vasectomy reversal using a microscope. Sperm count after surgery is comparable over a year for the two procedures, but the robotic procedure appears to result in a quicker return of sperm count...Fertility Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3w2yhttp://mnt.to/f/3w2yThe Medical Board of California has accused fertility doctor Michael Kamrava -- who performed an in vitro fertilization procedure that led to the birth of octuplets in January 2009 -- of a pattern of gross negligence and of creating a "stockpile" of unused embryos that serve "no clinical purpose," the Los Angeles Times reports...Primary Care / General Practice Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vGLhttp://mnt.to/f/3vGL UroToday.com - The incidence of testicular cancer (TC) and Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) has increased recently. Although improved chemotherapeutic regimens have augmented survival in men with these malignancies, they are associated with a negative impact on reproductive health, including a decrease in fertilization rate and an increase in embryo loss...Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:00:00 PSThttp://mnt.to/f/3vNBhttp://mnt.to/f/3vNB Nearly 10 years after the discovery that birds make a hormone that suppresses reproduction, University of California, Berkeley, neuroscientists have established that humans make it too, opening the door to development of a new class of contraceptive and possible treatments for cancer or other diseases...Fertility