Fertility

A study of women who experienced mental ill-health from a hormonal contraception indicates they value their mental well-being higher than a satisfactory sex life. Their experiences can influence their choice of contraception. This is one…

Credit: Human Reproduction Women who suffer from psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, mania and schizophrenia following the live birth of their first child are less likely to go on to have more children, according to…

The protein, SKP1, drives a key transition step in male meiosis, the type of cell division process that results in sperm, School of Veterinary Medicine researchers found.Credit: Courtesy of the Wang laboratory While some of our body's…

Study identifies biological mechanism by which stress alters sperm and impacts brain development in next generation Prolonged fear and anxiety brought on by major stressors, like the coronavirus pandemic, can not only take a toll on a…

New study links childhood adversity with a woman's increased risk of executive dysfunction and mood symptoms after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in women with high-risk mutations CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 18, 2020)--Nearly one-third of…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 16, 2020--A new study of 1,365 racially/ethnically diverse, low-income pregnant women found that 4% reported e-cigarette use. White non-Hispanic women were more likely to…

UC San Diego researchers discover the enzyme SPRK1's role in reorganizing the paternal genome during the first moments of fertilization -- a finding that might help explain infertility cases of unknown causeCredit: Lan-Tao Gou A sperm…

Award for research on the correct passage of chromosomesCredit: Paola Bertucci, Heidelberg FRANKFURT am MAIN. Tomorrow, Dr. Judith Reichmann is receiving the €60,000 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers 2020.…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 9, 2020--A new study found that two-thirds of female adolescents ages 16-21 seen in a pediatric Emergency Department (ED) were interested in discussing contraception,…

Researchers at the University of Göttingen investigate the effects of women's cycle on preferences for men's behaviorCredit: Julia Stern, University of Göttingen In the past, there has been much excitement over research that…

Credit: Image credit: sathyatripodi from Pixabay. Becoming pregnant can be a lengthy and stressful process for one in every six couples. As fertility treatment protocols are based on the "average woman", approximately 30 per cent of…

An improved mobile phone app will help identify women who need special treatments at the right time and reduce emotional and financial burden on families and the NHS. A team of researchers from the Department of Women & Children's…

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have analysed all cell types in the human ovary and found that the hotly debated so-called egg stem cells do not exist. The results, published in Nature Communications, open the way for…

WHAT: Antioxidant supplements do not improve semen quality among men with infertility, according to a new study supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the…

Although quitting smoking during the 1st trimester of pregnancy reduces the risk of low birth weight, it isn't enough to protect the unborn child from being born shorter and with smaller brain size, a new study from the University of…

The hotter the temperature and the longer the heatwave, the greater the risk More than just causing discomfort, regional heatwaves have been associated with a number of health risks, particularly for children and the elderly. A new…

Large study in Biological Psychiatry strengthens evidence and suggests a potential therapeutic target in pregnancy to give children a healthier start in life Philadelphia, February 25, 2020 - In pregnant women, obesity, diabetes,…

Credit: Adapted from Analytical Chemistry 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05183 Current tests for male fertility include measuring the concentration and motility of spermatozoa. However, other characteristics of sperm, such as…

Fertility doctors in France have announced the birth of the first baby to be born to a cancer patient from an immature egg that was matured in the laboratory, frozen, then thawed and fertilised five years later. A letter in the leading…

First-of-its-kind study accounts for when couples are most likely to start trying to conceive, finding couples conceive quicker in late fall and early winter, especially in southern states. In the US, birthdays peak in early September,…