An Australian woman who was told she might never become pregnant says she has given birth to twins conceived 10 days apart. Kate Hill was receiving hormone treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition that meant she was not ovulating. She apparently conceived twins at different times despite only having unprotected sex once during that
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A protein circulating in the blood of pregnant women could be used to develop antenatal tests to determine the health of babies and predict the need for emergency care at birth, based on a study conducted by Queen Mary University London (QMUL). The test conducted in mice and then in a cohort of 129 women,
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A Chinese medicine technique using a smooth-edged instrument to scrape or rub certain areas of the body may relieve troublesome symptoms women experience in the years leading up to menopause, according to a new study. Perimenopause can begin eight to 10 years before menopause, as estrogen levels fluctuate and start declining but menstrual cycles continue.
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The maths of collective behavior has provided a new technique for selecting the best semen for artificial insemination in livestock. In the world of artificial insemination, it is well known that the most active semen samples indicate strongly swimming sperm, and the most fertile males. The activity of the semen is currently ranked on a
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Women are choosing to freeze their eggs to gain time to find the right partner rather than to pursue their careers, new research suggests. Based on interviews with 31 heterosexual women who had frozen their eggs for non-medical reasons, researchers discovered that the greatest motivation was because the women said they had not found the right
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Episona Inc., an epigenetics data company focused on improving outcomes in reproductive health, announced today the launch of Seed, an innovative new male fertility test, at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Scientific Congress& Expo. Seedis the first product on the market to evaluate epigenetic changes on DNA to predict the risk for male factorinfertility
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A 62-year-old woman who announced she was eight months pregnant with her third child last month has given birth to a healthy girl. Lina Alvarez’s daughter – who she has given the same first name – was delivered by Caeserean section yesterday. She was born two weeks ahead of schedule after the Spanish doctor was
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The world’s first baby has been born using a new “three person” fertility technique, New Scientist reveals. The five-month-old boy has the usual DNA from his mum and dad, plus a tiny bit of genetic code from a donor. US doctors took the unprecedented step to ensure the baby boy would be free of a
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