A new year often gets people in the mood to make changes in their lives to improve their health, reduce stress, and find better balance in their lives. The new year provides hope and a fresh start to reaching these goals. Common new year’s resolutions like “eating better”, “exercising more”, and “losing weight”, may not only help a person improve …
The question about whether or not alcohol consumption affects male fertility is difficult to answer because the medical literature in this area has been mixed. A new study from Italy, published in the journal Andrology, is suggesting that a moderate amount of alcohol by men may actually boost male fertility.
The study looked at the semen analyses of 323 …
A new study being presented at the 2017 American Society of Reproductive Medicine annual Congress is suggesting that drinking red wine may boost fertility. Researchers from Washington University found that women who drank more than 5 glasses of red wine per month had greater ovarian reserve than women who drank less than 5 glasses of red wine per month.
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As reported in the New York Times, male fertility is more sensitive to environmental toxins than female fertility.
To study the impact of everyday chemicals on fertility, federal researchers recently spent four years tracking 501 couples as they tried to have children. One of the findings stood out: while both men and women were exposed to known toxic chemicals, …
Accoring to a study reported at the 2011 American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting a surprising percentage of IVF patients are not following their center's lifestyle behavior recommendations based on their responses to an online Lifestyle and Health Habits Questionaire.
Their center recommended they decrease their exercise regimen. One hundred percent of patients expercised during their cycles. Nearly half …
And you thought it was going to be "and drive." Well, you shouldn't do that either.
In the January 2011 issue of the journal "Obstetrics & Gynecology an article quantitates the effect of drinking alcohol on IVF success. In examining 4729 IVF cycles the authors found that women drinking at least four drinks a week had 16% less odds of a live …
We have counseled our patients that lifestyle issues impact both men and women's reproductive capacity. An article in the September 2010 issue of Ferfility & Sterility defines the impact on semen parameters more clearly.
Thirteen socio-psycho-behavioral factors in 57 cross-sectional studies with 29,914 participants from 26 countries/regions were involved in this review. Six factors (age, body mass index [BMI], psychological …
