Miscarriage Myths

I recently blogged here about new information related to miscarriage: that smog can increase the risk of miscarriage and that it is no longer generally thought that one needs to wait to try to conceive after a miscarriage. This is a policy that we have followed for some time; not new to us.

Now in an article in Self, …

Some Antibiotics Linked to Miscarriage

Taking certain types of antibiotics during early pregnancy may lead to an increased risk of miscarriage, according to a new study from Canada.

The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that certain types of antibiotics such as macrolides, quinolones, tetracyclines, sulfonamides and metronidazole led to a “60% to two-fold” increase in the risk of miscarriage. The study …

ASRM ABSTRACTS: Male partner DNA damage associated with unexplained infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss

This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, former partner and Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.


In an abstract …

The quality of sperm may be more than meets the eye

For a long time we have been able to assess a man's sperm quality by looking at the number of sperm, the effective motility of the sperm and the shape of the sperm to evaluate a man's fertility potential. But we now know that what we can see only tells us part of the story. In recent years a lot …