A new study, published in the journal Human Reproduction, found that one in six women who had failed in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment were able to conceive on their own.
The study was conducted by researchers from the University of Aberdeen. They studied data from 2,133 women who underwent IVF treatment between 1998 and 2011 at a fertility clinic …
There are many lifestyle factors that can affect male fertility, including smoking and drinking. Identifying some of these modifiable risk factors can be important for couples, since male infertility plays a role for over one-third of couples who are struggling to conceive.
A review of how smoking and drinking can affect male fertility was recently presented online at UrologyTimes.com by …
The world’s first in vitro fertilization (IVF) baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born in 1978 in the U.K. Since then, approximately 8 million babies have been born world-wide as a result of IVF. In the United States alone, approximately 1.5-2 percent of all babies born these days are conceived via IVF.
In the past 40 years, since the conception and …
Many women who have had tubal ligation surgery regret the decision and desire future fertility. Women who have had this surgery can often still conceive a pregnancy either through in vitro fertilization or after tubal reversal surgery. The decision about which of these options to choose needs to be based on each woman’s particular situation.
Factors that need to be …
A new study presented at ENDO 2018, the Endocrine Society’s 100th annual meeting in Chicago, IL, found that low sperm count may not only be a problem for fertility, but is also a marker for a man’s general health.
The study looked at 5,177 male partners of infertile couples in Italy and found that low sperm counts were associated with …
An Argentinian review of multiple animal studies is suggesting that antihistamines, found in common allergy medications, may affect male fertility. The study, published in the journal Reproduction, found that antihistamine use could decrease sperm motility and alter sperm morphology.
The study found several papers that reported impaired testicular function in animal studies after antihistamine exposure. These papers found that …
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is a very specialized technique performed by embryologists that involves injecting a single sperm into each egg retrieved from an IVF cycle. It was first introduced in the early 1990s to help fertilize eggs for couples with male factor infertility. Since the 1990s, the use of ICSI with IVF cycles has substantially increased. In fact, ICSI …
A new analysis published in the journal, Human Reproduction Update, is showing that the sperm counts of men in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand have markedly declined in the past 40 years.
Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusulem conducted a meta-analysis of 185 studies. The studies included data from sperm samples from almost 43,000 men from …
