News: Anti-depressants linked to plummeting sperm count
Researchers at Cornell Medical Center in New York have discovered that commonly prescribed anti-depressants may have the unwanted side effect of drastically lowering male sperm count.
Heidi Nicholl 31 October 2006
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News: Mobile phone use linked to decreased sperm count
A new study has reported its findings that heavy mobile phone use is correlated to a decline in male fertility.
Heidi Nicholl 31 October 2006
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News: Twins more likely to have early menopause
Female twins are up to five times more likely to be affected by premature ovarian failure (early menopause) than other women, say US scientists.
Laura Bell 31 October 2006
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News: Vitamin supplements help fertility in women
A Harvard Medical school study involving 18,000 women has shown that taking multivitamins, particularly folic acid, can improve chances of pregnancy in couples having difficulty conceiving.
Laura Bell 31 October 2006
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News: Daughters of older mothers may have fertility problems
Research presented at the annual conference of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) in New Orleans last week suggests that women who have children at an advanced age may pass fertility problems on to their daughters.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 31 October 2006
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News: Study looks at reasons for egg freezing
A study presented at the annual American Society of Reproductive Medicine conference, which looked into the psychological motivations of women choosing to freeze their eggs for social reasons, showed that 40 per cent were prepared to be single mothers using their frozen eggs.
Antony Blackburn-Starza 31 October 2006
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News: US guidelines restrict number of embryos transferred during IVF
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and the US Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) have issued new guidelines limiting embryo transfer during IVF procedures to reduce the occurrence of multiple births.
Antony Blackburn-Starza 29 October 2006
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Announcement: SYMPOSIUM ON HAZARDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION & CHANGING LIFESTYLE ON HUMAN REPRODUCTION
Date: December 2 - 3, 2006
Venue: JNC Auditorium, IISC Campus, Bangalore, INDIA
Rajvi H Mehta 29 October 2006
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News: UK expert group recommends one embryo at a time
An expert panel commissioned by the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has issued a report recommending that new guidelines should be introduced to limit the number of embryos which can be implanted during in vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 22 October 2006
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News: HFEA head speaks out on older mums and SET
The interim chairman of the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), Lord Harries of Pentregrath, has said that there should be no upper age limit for women seeking IVF treatment.
Dr Jess Buxton 19 October 2006
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News: New Australian survey of fertility views
Australians will find it much harder to have children than they expect, according to the results of a new report by the Fertility Society of Australia (FSA).
Dr Jess Buxton 19 October 2006
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News: Finland passes new fertility legislation
The Finnish Parliament has voted in favour of new fertility legislation, after years of debate and delays. Until now, fertility treatment in Finland has been practised without a background of regulation, although many aspects have been self-regulated by treatment providers.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 19 October 2006
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Announcement: Early announcement course in Argentina
2007 BOR course to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Vanesa Rawe, PhD. 10 October 2006
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News: NHS Trusts fail to deliver IVF pledge
A survey conducted by a UK newspaper, The Independent, has revealed that nine out of ten NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) have failed to deliver their pledge of three free IVF treatments for infertile couples, as recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
Antony Blackburn-Starza 09 October 2006
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News: California restricts egg donor payments
The Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law a bill that prevents both private and state-funded laboratories from paying women to donate eggs for human embryonic stem (ES) cell research.
Dr Jess Buxton 08 October 2006
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News: Strenuous exercise may affect IVF outcomes
Researchers have found that women who continue to exercise while they are trying to conceive using IVF may reduce their chances of conception.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 01 October 2006
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News: Single embryo transfer likely to be recommended in UK
The UK's fertility treatment regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), is likely to recommend that women undergoing IVF treatment should only be allowed to have one embryo transferred at a time.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 26 September 2006
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News: Free fertility treatment offered in trial
A UK fertility clinic has offered fifty couples the chance to take part in a trial of a 'modified form of IVF'. Following strict assessments, eligible patients will receive the treatment - including all drugs and 'the unique embryology and genetic testing' - for free. CARE Fertility centre in Nottingham says that the trial, if successful, could 'revolutionise' fertility treatment.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 26 September 2006
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News: Sperm donor 'crisis' in UK
Sperm banks in the UK are in the midst of a 'crisis' because of a lack of sperm donors, a BBC investigation has found.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 19 September 2006
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News: Women recommended to freeze eggs
Two fertility experts have told the annual British Fertilisation Society (BFS) conference in Glasgow that women in their 30s should consider freezing their eggs if they wish to have children in the future.
Antony Blackburn-Starza 12 September 2006
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Article: Delayed motherhood: putting eggs on ice
There is a steady and continuing trend towards later childbearing in all Western European countries.
Melanie Davies, Consultant Gynaecologist and Subspecialist in Reproductive Medicine 12 September 2006
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News: HFEA consults on eggs for research
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has launched a public consultation on the donation of eggs for scientific research purposes.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 12 September 2006
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News: Japanese man not father of child born after his death
The supreme Court of Japan has overturned an earlier ruling that a child born after IVF using a dead man's sperm is legally the man's child. The child was conceived after the man's death from leukaemia in 1999, using his frozen sperm, and born in 2001.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 12 September 2006
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News: Doctors two years away from successful womb transplants
Doctors at Hammersmith Hospital, London, aim to carry out the first successful womb transplant within two years, reported the Evening Standard.
Antony Blackburn-Starza 12 September 2006
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Announcement: Abstracts Alpha Meeting Lucern 15th-17th September 2006
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Marc Van den Bergh 06 September 2006
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