June 23, 2016 When parents use egg donors, telling kids early may be best When children learn at an early age that their parents used an egg donor, the disclosure process is easier than when the kids don't hear the facts until they're older, a recent study suggests.
June 22, 2016 Trying to conceive? Do this workout to strengthen sperm Mental stress can torpedo your sperm quality.
June 20, 2016 US to help fund technology to eliminate Zika in blood supply The U.S. government said on Monday it has agreed to help fund two pathogen reduction technologies to help reduce the risk of Zika virus and other infections from being transmitted through the blood supply.
June 20, 2016 Factbox: Why the Zika virus is causing alarm Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has spread to many countries in the Americas.
June 17, 2016 Apps perform poorly to find best time for conceiving Women who turn to the internet and mobile apps to sort out the best time of the month to try getting pregnant may receive bad advice, a study suggests.
June 17, 2016 WHO says $122M needed for global response to Zika virus Almost $122 million is needed to prevent and manage the medical complications of the Zika virus spreading throughout the Americas and causing birth defects in babies, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
June 16, 2016 Japanese city offering public funds to freeze women's eggs A Tokyo suburb will help women cover the cost of freezing their eggs in a pilot program aimed at tackling the nation's declining birth rate.
June 10, 2016 How accurate are fertility tracking apps? Fertility-focused apps and websites that aim to figure out which days a woman is most likely to conceive may not be very accurate, according to a new study.
June 8, 2016 UK scientists find new 3-parent IVF technique safe in lab tests A study of a new 3-parent IVF technique designed to reduce the risk of mothers passing hereditary diseases to their babies has found it is likely to work well and lead to normal pregnancies, British scientists said.
June 6, 2016 Kids born 'late' perform better in elementary and middle school Children born in the 41st week of pregnancy - which is considered "late-term" - have better test scores and are more likely to be classified as gifted in elementary and middle school, compared with children born "full-term," that is, at 39 or 40 weeks.
