• 2016/08/23
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    Soy may prevent diabetes, heart disease for women with PCOS

    Soy may prevent diabetes, heart disease for women with PCOS

    According to a study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, consuming soy may be beneficial to improve metabolic and cardiovascular health in women who have polycystic ovary syndrome. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common condition that affects how a woman’s ovaries work. Woman with PCOS experience irregular periods, high levels of

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    • 2016/08/16
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    Beware of clinics that gain their reputation on slander

    Beware of clinics that gain their reputation on slander

    Nowadays using of assisted reproductive technologies has become so popular and widespread around the world that infertility clinics literally grow like a house on fire. Egg donation, surrogacy, IVF and ICSI programs solve the infertility problem of any genesis. Sometimes infertility couples are ready to pay any money in order to see two cherished bars.

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    • 2016/08/12
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    New blood test identifies women at risk of preterm delivery as early as 17 weeks of pregnancy

    New blood test identifies women at risk of preterm delivery as early as 17 weeks of pregnancy

    An international team of researchers assembled by David Olson, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, has developed a blood test to identify pregnant women at risk of delivering babies prematurely—before the usual 40 weeks of gestation. The study was published in the journal PLOS One. Premature birth remains the

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    • 2016/08/08
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    62-year-old Tasmanian woman is oldest Australian to give birth

    62-year-old Tasmanian woman is oldest Australian to give birth

    At 62 years old, a woman from Tasmania made Australian record by being the oldest woman to give birth in the country. It is the first baby for the woman and her 78-year-old partner. She delivered by cesarean section on Monday at the Frances Perry House, a private hospital in Melbourne. She broke the record

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    • 2016/08/02
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    OVARIAN TISSUE CRYOPRESERVATION TESTED OUT IN A YOUNG 2 YEAR-OLD GIRL

    OVARIAN TISSUE CRYOPRESERVATION TESTED OUT IN A YOUNG 2 YEAR-OLD GIRL

    The results of a study focusing on samples of immature ovarian and ovum tissue taken from young cancer patients were presented in Helsinki during the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. The youngest patient whose specimens were collected prior to the introduction of chemotherapy (which can cause infertility), was a two

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    • 2016/07/18
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    More British women giving birth after age 40

    More British women giving birth after age 40

    As the average age American women give birth has risen in recent years, new data suggest a similar trend in the United Kingdom. For the first time since the post-World War II baby boom, British women over age 40 are having more babies than women under 20, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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    • 2016/07/13
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    AT 60 YEARS OLD, A MOTHER HAS JUST BEEN GRANTED THE RIGHT TO USE HER DECEASED DAUGHTER’S OOCYTES

    AT 60 YEARS OLD, A MOTHER HAS JUST BEEN GRANTED THE RIGHT TO USE HER DECEASED DAUGHTER’S OOCYTES

    After a 5-year judicial battle, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has just lost its trial against a 60-year-old woman, who wished to use the frozen oocytes of her daughter who died of cancer in 2011 Hoping to become a mother by IVF, the young woman had frozen 3 oocytes while she was receiving

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    • 2016/07/07
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    When parents use egg donors, telling kids early may be best

    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. Researchers surveyed 72 parents of 66 children who had been conceived using donor eggs. The children, from 46 families, ranged in

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