A new study, published in the journal BMJ Open, suggests that high caffeine intake during pregnancy may be linked to childhood weight gain. Caffeine intake during pregnancy was associated with increased growth during the infant’s first year of life and an increased risk of the child being overweight at 8 years old. These are important findings to consider since …
A new study is showing that excessive caffeine intake may affect male fertility. The study by Italian researchers, published in Nutrition Journal, showed that increased caffeine intake may affect male reproductive function, possibly through sperm DNA damage.
The study compiled data from approximately 20,000 males involved in 28 previous research studies that looked at the relationship between male coffee/caffeine …
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 …
This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
We advise all couples trying to …
