Infertility in Medical News

FREE INFERTILITY SEMINAR: Fertility Options 101

ATLANTA, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- During this free monthly seminar, we cover issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of infertility with ovulation induction and insemination, surgery as well as in vitro fertilization including the emotional, scientific and financial aspect...

Chicago-area Infertility Specialist Richard Sherbahn, MD, Reports a Woman's Age Affects Her Chances of Successful Pregnancy from Egg Donation

Research by board-certified reproductive endocrinologist Richard Sherbahn, MD, at the Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago reveals that the age of a woman receiving donated eggs significantly affects her chances of implantation and successful pregnancy. Gurnee, Ill. (PR...

National Infertility Organization Honors RMA of New York for Community Support

NEW YORK, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- RESOLVE : The National Infertility Association honored Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York (RMA of New York) last night with The 2009 Friends of RESOLVE Award at their Annual Night of Hope Fundraiser, held at Tavern on the Green. This awards program...

Chicago-area Infertility Specialist Richard Sherbahn, MD, Reports a Woman's Body Mass Index Affects Her Success in Infertility Treatment

Research by board-certified reproductive endocrinologist Richard Sherbahn, MD, at the Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago reveals that women with a higher body mass index have more eggs retrieved -- but not a correspondingly higher rate of success -- with in-vitro fertilization. ...

Ferring Pharmaceuticals and RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association Join Together to Launch Nurse Liaison Program

Program to Launch During RESOLVE's National Infertility Awareness Week(R), April 25 - May 2 Across the Country PARSIPPANY, N.J., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Ferring Pharmaceuticals, which offers the broadest portfolio of fertility treatments in the U.S., has partnered with leading patient advo...

RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association Announces Partnership With CutisPharma

Sponsorship Focuses on Website Link to Introduce Consumers to Progesterone Compounding Kits MCLEAN, Va., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- As the leading voice for women and men facing infertility, RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association (RESOLVE) announces their partnership with Woburn, MA-base...

Male Infertility Treatment Boosts Sperm Count

Small Egyptian study uses hormone-antioxidant combo to improve odds of conception MONDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- A hormone-antioxidant combination therapy appears to improve sperm count and motility in infertile men, according to an Egyptian study. The research included 60 m...

Washington DC-area IVF Specialist Suheil Muasher, MD Addresses Fears of Infertility Treatments after Octuplet Mom News

The recent controversy involving a California woman who gave birth to octuplets after fertility treatment has prompted many women considering In Vitro Fertilization to fear they may end up in a similar situation. A top Washington DC-area IVF Specialist says not only is the California case unusual...

Male infertility associated with testicular cancer

Men who are infertile appear to have an increased risk of developing testicular cancer, according to a report in the February 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine , one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Testicular germ cell cancer, the most common cancer among young men in industrialized c...

Male Infertility Tied to Testicular Cancer Risk

A common factor may boost the odds for both, researchers say MONDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Infertile men may be at increased risk for testicular cancer, U.S. researchers report. They analyzed data from more than 22,500 men in couples who sought fertility treatment between 1967...

Local Infertility Specialist, Dr. Rachel Bennett, Westchester Reproductive Medicine, Opens New Office in Mount Kisco

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Rachel Bennett, a noted infertility specialist, has relocated the office of Westchester Reproductive Medicine from Yorktown Heights to Mount Kisco, effective this month. Since 2006, Westchester Reproductive Medicine has provided a full range of infert...

The AFA's Infertility Prevention Series Premieres in NYC

Leading-Edge Program Attracts a Standing-Room-Only Crowd NEW YORK, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Fertility Association launched the much anticipated Manicures & Martinis infertility prevention program Tuesday night at Dashing Diva Nail Salon in Gramercy Park, Manhattan. The event e...

Free Early Education Program to Lower Infertility Rates

FREE Manicures & Martinis at Dashing Diva NEW YORK, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Young women may not be quite ready to have a baby now, but they should be seeking the answers to essential questions that may determine if they'll be able to have a baby when they are ready. The best time to seek t...

Women Unhappy With Disposal Options After Infertility Treatment

Study suggests more choices need to be available to couples THURSDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- A new survey suggests that many American women who have finished fertility treatments aren't happy with the usual options available for the disposal of unused embryos created with their eg...

Father's Age a Factor in Infertility

Being over 35 meant lower pregnancy rates, higher chances of miscarriage for couple, study finds MONDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Among couples with fertility problems, those in which the man is over age 35 have lower pregnancy rates and increased chances of miscarriage, a new study...

Fertility Specialists Decry Men's Reluctance to Seek Infertility Treatment

Most patients assume infertility is female issue, though almost half infertility cases due to male factors or a combination of male and female factors PURCHASE, N.Y., May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Among couples who struggle to achieve pregnancy, the majority assume i...

Reproductive Science Center and Lowell General Hospital Announce Partnership in Infertility Treatment

One of New England's largest fertility clinics expands to 12 locations LEXINGTON, Mass., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Reproductive Science Center (RSC) of New England, the seventh largest medical practice of its kind nationwide, announces a new partnership with Lowell General Hospital with the open...

SLCH Brings Infertility Specialist to Region

Mount Sinai-RMA-NY's Dr. Jeff Klein Renowned for IVF Success NEWBURGH, N.Y., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital, a clinical affiliate of The Mount Sinai Hospital, is proud to introduce premier fertility care to the Mid-Hudson region with the addition of Reproductive En...

Surprise Orgasms Baffle Women Undergoing New Infertility Treatment

GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In a strange turn of events, women who signed up for a new, non-surgical infertility treatment started reporting unusual side-effects: increased or first-time-ever orgasms. The therapy, which addresses reproductive tract adhesions, caused unexpected...

National Institutes of Health funds new center for reproduction and infertility research at Illinois

The Advisory Council of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has approved funding to support a Center for Reproduction and Infertility Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This Center will support research aimed at expanding the science underl...

Northern Fertility & Reproductive Associates Adds Two Local Infertility Specialists to Staff, Opens New Offices In Center City And Blue Bell

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Northern Fertility and Reproductive Associates is pleased to announce the addition of two, local board certified infertility specialists to the staff. Drs. Benjamin Gocial and Jacqueline Gutmann have joined Drs. Martin Freedman and Arthur Castelbaum, and ar...

Lotus Blossom Consulting Announces E-Book on Infertility Treatment Financing

E-Book Offers Options During National Infertility Awareness Week CHICAGO, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Lotus Blossom Consulting, LLC, a Chicago-based infertility consultancy with clients around the world, announces the availability of their free E-Book, Financing Your Infertility Treatment, avai...

Updated: National Infertility Awareness Week Nov. 4-10; Infertility Affects Significant Number of Couples

ATLANTA, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- National Infertility Awareness Week is Nov. 4-10. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, infertility affects one in eight couples in the United States. Infertility is a disease of the reproductive system, in either a male or a female, which ...

National Infertility Awareness Week Nov. 4-10

Infertility Affects Significant Number of Couples ATLANTA, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- National Infertility Awareness Week is Nov. 4-10. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, infertility affects one in eight couples in the United States. Infertility is a disease of ...

Diet, Lifestyle Changes Cut Some Infertility Risk

Food, exercise choices may lower risk by almost 80% for those with ovulatory disorders, study suggests FRIDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Women who followed at least five certain lifestyle and diet behaviors were about 80 percent less likely to have infertility from ovulatory disorders than wome...

Diet and lifestyle changes may help prevent infertility from ovulatory disorders

Boston, MA -- Women who followed a combination of five or more lifestyle factors, including changing specific aspects of their diets, experienced more than 80 percent less relative risk of infertility due to ovulatory disorders compared to women who engaged in none of the factors, according to a p...

The latest about male infertility and testosterone from NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell

NEW YORK (Oct. 17, 2007) -- Two reports from physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center shed new light on male infertility. A first report shows that a common cause of male infertility -- varicoceles, or varicose veins in the scrotum -- also results in a dep...

Gene Mutation Key to Infertility in Male Mice

If same defect exists in men, it could lead to new treatments, study says,,,, WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A defect in a gene that's essential for the formation of functioning sperm cells may cause infertility by preventing the head of sperm from being able to penetrate an eg...

Study sheds new light on link between obesity and infertility

Obese women have alterations in their ovaries which might be responsible for an egg's inability to make an embryo, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Obese women trying to become pregnant experien...

Household chemicals may be linked to infertility

Researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health have found the first evidence that perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs chemicals that are widely used in everyday items such as food packaging, pesticides, clothing, upholstery, carpets and personal care products may be associated with infertility in...

Assisted Fertilization Risks May Be Due to Infertility

Single babies conceived this way have poorer outcomes, but procedure not at fault, study says THURSDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- The increased risk of poor health outcomes among single infants conceived through assisted fertilization (AF) may be due to causes of infertility rathe...

Diabetes, Weight Tied to Male Infertility

Both conditions cause significant decrease in body's ability to repair sperm DNA, studies find WEDNESDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes and being over- or underweight can have a negative effect on male fertility. That's the conclusion of two reports to be presented July 9 at t...

New photo 'op' for ovaries may solve some mysteries of infertility

CHICAGO -- What causes a woman's eggs to deteriorate in quality with age, and can that be reversed? How does the ovary choose an egg -- out of a stash of roughly one million -- to release for ovulation? And can the ovary be influenced to pick a "good" quality egg rather than one with chromoso...

Reproductive Assistance Inc. Gives Back to those Suffering from Infertility

CINCINNATI, April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Reproductive Assistance Inc., the Midwest's premier full service egg donor, surrogate, and gestational carrier agency, awards needy family a free egg donor cycle. The Get a Free Egg Donor contest that begun on January 1 ended March 31, 2008. Hundreds of f...

Penn researchers identify first sex chromosome gene involved in meiosis and male infertility

A team of scientists led by University of Pennsylvania veterinary researchers have identified a gene, TEX11, located on the X chromosome, which when disrupted in mice renders the males sterile and reduces female fecundity. This is the first study of the genetic causes of infertility that links a ...

Study Spots Gene That Plays Role in Infertility

Deleting PTEN in mice led to premature ovarian failure, researchers report THURSDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists think they have discovered a mechanism that prompts early menopause and might account for some infertility problems in women. PTEN -- a gene that's known for s...

Evolutionary phenomenon in mice may explain human infertility

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that field mice have evolved a unique way of ensuring faster fertilisation, a phenomenon which could explain some cases of infertility in humans. The team, in collaboration with Charles University, Prague, found that field mice sacrifice som...

Rogue bacteria involved in both heart disease and infertility

Outside the laboratory, Anthony Azenabor is outgoing and talkative, an extrovert who laughs heartily at his own jokes. But engrossed in his research, Azenabor is a shrewd and serious investigator who coaxes rogue bacteria to give up deadly secrets of how they cause several human illnesses. ...

UVA researchers find important clue to immune infertility

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (Sept. 12, 2007) Most of us have never heard of immune infertility, yet it prevents many prospective parents from conceiving. Immune infertility is one of 80 autoimmune disorders, a group that includes better-known diseases like Multiple Sclerosis and Type 1 Diabetes. This...

Womens Mood Plays a Key Role in Infertility Treatment

A study of womens moods during IVF has found a strong relationship between negative mood and multiple embryo transfer.Dr Christopher Newton of the University Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre , London, Canada, said that his work could lead to better understanding of the importance of couple...