October 25, 2015 Britain's national sperm bank has just 9 donors Fast-forward 18 years and it shouldn't be too hard for children born out of Britain's national sperm bank to identity their biological father.
October 25, 2015 Cellphones may damage sperm quality, new study suggests Keeping your cellphone in your pants pocket may help you quickly answer a call, but new research suggests this habit may have some damaging health effects for men – notably wannabe fathers.
October 25, 2015 Britain votes to allow world's first 'three-parent' IVF babies Britain voted on Tuesday to become the first country to allow a "three-parent" IVF technique which doctors say will prevent some inherited incurable diseases but which critics see as a step towards creating designer babies.
October 24, 2015 Hospital performs vasectomy on patient by accident Imagine going into the hospital for a minor operation – only to get a much more serious one instead. That’s what happened in February to a man from Liverpool, England, who had gone into surgery at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.
October 24, 2015 Court rules a Chicago woman can use embryos over ex's objections A woman has won the right in court to have a baby using embryos created with her boyfriend, who now happens to be her ex-boyfriend and wants no part of it.
October 24, 2015 Tainted drugs suspected in Indian sterilization surgery deaths Tainted or sub-standard drugs probably led to the deaths of 13 Indian women after sterilization surgery at a family-planning "camp", and owners of the factories that produced them have been summoned for questioning, a senior official said on Thursday.
October 24, 2015 Texas mom explains why she adopted a frozen embryo Liz Krainman calls her 4-month-old baby girl a "snowflake," but not because she looks so cute.
October 24, 2015 Higher use of male IVF procedure not linked with increased birth rate, study says The use of a popular assisted reproduction technique for male infertility has doubled in the past 16 years, but a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds the procedure wasn’t linked to improved reproductive outcomes.
October 24, 2015 Sunscreen may be tied to male fertility issues In the latest study proving everything in the world is dangerous, researchers are warning about a possible link between sunscreen and male fertility problems.
October 24, 2015 Regular exercise before pregnancy may help stave off pelvic pains Regular exercise before pregnancy may protect against so-called pelvic girdle pain as the fetus grows, according to a new study from Norway.