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More Abortions Tied to Natural Family Planning or Fertility Awareness Methods
TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 – Relying on natural and fertility awareness methods to prevent pregnancy might be linked to an increase in abortions, a new study suggests. Use of hormonal birth control...
Can AI Help Make IVF More Successful?
THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – AI might be able to boost the success rates of in vitro fertilization among hopeful families. An AI program can help doctors analyze ultrasound scans to determine the best...
Are Microplastics In the Air Putting Your Fertility At Risk?
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 – Microscopic plastic particles in the air could be contributing to a wide variety of health problems, including lung and colon cancers. Tires and degrading garbage shed...
Recommendations Updated on Diagnosis, Management of Premature/Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
MONDAY, Dec. 16, 2024 – In an evidence-based guideline issued by the Centre for Research Excellence in Women's Health in Reproductive Life and published online Dec. 8 in Climacteric, updated ...
Infertility Without Treatment Linked to Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease After Childbirth
TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 – For women who give birth, infertility without fertility treatment is associated with an increased risk for incident systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease (SARD), according...
Scientists Spot Gene That Could Help Cause Miscarriages
TUESDAY, Nov. 26, 2024 – A gene that causes accelerated reproductive aging is directly tied to the risk of miscarriage in younger women, a new study says. A mutation of the gene KIF18A speeds up the...
Half of Young Cancer Patients Report Fertility Preservation Discussion With Provider
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 – Many young patients with early-onset cancer report having a fertility preservation (FP) discussion with their health care professional prior to treatment, according to a...
ASH: Complications Common With Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation in Sickle Cell Anemia
THURSDAY, Nov. 14, 2024 – Many individuals with sickle cell anemia undergoing controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) with oocyte cryopreservation (OC) have complications, according to a study...
1998 to 2023 Saw Decline in Triplet, Higher-Order Birth Rate
FRIDAY, Nov. 1, 2024 – From 1998 to 2023, there was a decline in the triplet and higher-order birth rate, according to an October data brief published by the National Center for Health Statistics....
More Congenital Heart Defects Seen in Babies Born Via Fertility Treatment
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2, 2024 – Congenital heart defects (CHDs) occur more often in children born after assisted reproductive technology (ART) than after spontaneous conception, according to a study...
Could Fertility Treatments Raise Heart Defect Risks in Babies?
FRIDAY, September 27, 2024 – Babies conceived through assisted reproductive technology are more likely to be born with a major heart defect, new research shows. That risk was 36% higher in babies...
BMI Outside of Normal Category Linked to Lower Fecundability
TUESDAY, Sept. 24, 2024 – For women and men, body mass index (BMI) outside of the normal range is associated with increased time to pregnancy and odds of miscarriage, according to a study published...
Live Birth Rate Similar With Blastocyst, Cleavage Stage Embryo Transfer
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – For women with at least four embryos available during in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, blastocyst embryo transfers result in a similar cumulative live birth rate to...
Senate to Vote on Nationwide Protections for IVF
TUESDAY, Sept. 17, 2024 – For the second time this year, the Senate plans to vote Tuesday on a law that would create a nationwide right to IVF. The bill was already blocked by Republicans earlier...
Fertility Treatment Use Higher for Women With Asthma
THURSDAY, Sept. 12, 2024 – Women with asthma have an increased risk for fetal loss and higher use of fertility treatment, according to a study presented at the European Respiratory Society Congress,...