Of all the factors that infertile couples worry about, they can now stop worrying about one: worry. It turns out that stress and tension, while detrimental to overall health, may have little impact on couples’ chances of …
Reproductive Health
The Hot Flashes of Menopause May Protect Women’s Hearts
A new study suggests that women who experience intense menopausal symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats may actually have a health advantage — they may be protected from heart disease, stroke and even death years after the Change.
Study: Women With Circumcised Partners May Have Lower HPV Risk
Sexual health specialists have long focused on circumcision as a potential safeguard against acquiring HIV. In fact, a 2006 clinical trial funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that medical circumcision reduced …
Study: BPA Exposure May Reduce Chances of IVF
Toxins love to get you while you’re young. Lead, mercury, secondhand smoke and sundry other environmental nasties do a lot more damage when tissue is immature, vulnerable and growing than when it’s mature and comparatively fixed.
Late-Term Abortions: Q&A With the Last Remaining Doctor Who Performs Them
No doubt, being an abortion doctor is a stressful and dangerous profession. Being an abortion doctor who performs abortions well into the second and third trimesters only ups the ante. Ask Warren Hern, the only doctor in America …
NYC to Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Stop Misleading Pregnant Women
You may have seen billboards or magazine ads for women’s clinics called crisis-pregnancy centers. Riding the F subway train in New York City, I regularly see a poster that features an anxious-looking teenage girl under the …
A New Way to Predict IVF Success: Film the Embryo
With more than four million babies and counting, in vitro fertilization (IVF) is a well-established way for couples who otherwise couldn’t have children to start or expand a family. For some, it’s their only option.
Study: An IUD May Treat Endometrial Cancer and Preserve Fertility in Young Women
A new study finds that intrauterine devices (IUD), which are traditionally used as contraceptives, could help treat early stage endometrial cancer in women who wish to preserve their fertility.
Did Johnson & Johnson Bury Data on Ortho-Evra’s Health Risks?
It’s should be common knowledge that the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Ortho-Evra birth-control patch has more risks than the birth control pill (it’s on the label) — because it exposes women to higher levels of hormone, it carries a …
Teen Girls Should Stick With Pediatrician for Pelvic Exam
Adolescence is awkward, no doubt, and there are few places where that’s as obvious as the pediatrician’s office.
A New Artificial Ovary May Someday Boost Women’s Success with In Vitro
For the first time, human eggs have been matured in a three-dimensional “artificial ovary,” a development that could one day make in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment easier and more effective.
