Obesity and Fertility

Lifestyle issues such as smoking, weight issues on both ends of the spectrum, excessive alcohol consumption and excessive exercise can have an impact on menstrual function and fertility.

Now a study from the University of Utah have achieved an important success in treating obese infertile couples.

Obesity in both men and women can have an adverse effect on fertility. Both …

Link found between high cholesterol and infertility

As reported in the Washington Post, couples with high cholesterol have more difficulty conceiving than those with normal levels of the substance in their blood, researchers reported Tuesday, in what they called the first study to link fertility difficulties to the fat molecule commonly associated with cardiovascular problems.

In a study of 501 couples who were trying to conceive, …

ASRM ABSTRACTS: Moderate exercise improves IVF success rates

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.


In this study reported at ASRM, 87 …

Fathers matter: Epigenetics and Lyfestyle

There is an excellent article in the September 9th edition of The New York Times that every potential father should read on the effect they have on their offspring.

"Biology is making it clearer by the day that a man’s health and well-being have a measurable impact on his future children’s health and happiness. This is not because a strong, resilient …

I don’t believe the findings in a new study on a man’s fertility

Drinking, smoking and using recreational drugs probably will not reduce a man’s fertility, a new study reported in the New York Times suggests — but working on a road crew might.

British researchers studied 2,249 men who visited fertility clinics after a year of trying unsuccessfully to impregnate a partner. The men completed detailed health and behavioral questionnaires and each …

Many IVF patients are not following lifestyle recommendations

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 …