Infertility - Page 9

October 8, 2018

Men seeing drastic drop in sperm count, study claims

A new study shows that male infertility has been skyrocketing — with the amount of men seeking treatment going up seven-fold and the quality of semen dropping dramatically over the last 15 years.

September 6, 2018

IVF kids may have higher risk of high blood pressure

Kids born through in vitro fertilization may be more likely to develop high blood pressure, a new study suggests.

August 17, 2018

Photo of newborn surrounded by IVF syringes goes viral

A Glendale, Arizona, photographer’s photo that shows a newborn surrounded by in vitro fertilization syringes has gone viral, detailing the hardship one woman underwent to be able to call herself a mother.

June 18, 2018

US serial sperm donor banned from donating in Israel

Serial sperm donor Ari Nagel, an American who has fathered 33 children, with 10 more on the way, has been banned from donating his sperm in Israel, where he first fathered a child using artificial insemination.

May 27, 2018

Is eating seafood the key to getting pregnant?

Couples may have an easier time conceiving if both the man and the woman eat seafood more frequently, a new study suggests.

May 2, 2018

Woman who was egg donor in college meets 'egg' 18 years later

Elizabeth Gaba had known since she was a young girl that she was born via egg donation and surrogacy, but it wasn’t until she turned 18 that she gained access to the rest of her file.

April 27, 2018

Halsey announces she plans to freeze her eggs due to endometriosis

Halsey announced she plans to freeze her eggs due to her recent diagnosis of endometriosis.

April 10, 2018

Company: Storage tank didn't cause fertility clinic failure

A company that supplied an Ohio fertility clinic's storage tank said its equipment didn't malfunction or cause the loss of more than 4,000 eggs and embryos in early March, blaming the failure on human error.

April 4, 2018

Woman discovers via Ancestry.com that her biological father was her parents' fertility doctor, lawsuit says

The woman claims she was shocked to discover her real dad is her parents’ fertility doctor after taking an Ancestry.com DNA test.

April 2, 2018

Heavily used herbicide tied to shorter pregnancies

More than 90 percent of pregnant women in a small Indiana study had glyphosate in their urine, and higher concentrations were associated with earlier deliveries.