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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,...

Asthma Could Raise Miscarriage, Infertility Risks for Women: Study

TUESDAY, Sept. 10, 2024 – Having asthma appears linked to raised odds for miscarriage and troubles with fertility among women, new Danish research shows. “We found that women fulfilling the d...

Noise, Air Pollution May Impact Fertility

FRIDAY, Sept. 6, 2024 – Air pollution is associated with a higher risk for an infertility diagnosis in men, while road traffic noise pollution is associated with a higher risk for an infertility...

Dirty Air Could Harm Men's Fertility, Noise Could Harm Women's

THURSDAY, Sept. 5, 2024 – City living may be tough on couples wanting to conceive: New data shows that air pollution appears to be linked to lower fertility in men, while noisy traffic could harm...

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