A medical team in Greece claims to have found a way to reverse menopause, by “rejuvenating” the ovaries, thereby extending the window in which a woman can have kids. The reproductive period normally ends at menopause, which in Canada hits on average at age 51. This is the time when a woman stops menstruating (i.e. releasing an
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What many have long suspected, has been scientifically confirmed — women’s high stress reduces their probability of conception. Scientists found that women who reported feeling more stressed during their ovulatory window were approximately 40-percent less likely to conceive during that month than other less stressful months. Similarly, women who generally reported feeling more stressed than
Read moreA growing number of single Chinese women going abroad for their eggs frozen to keep their options open and control their pace of life, reported Wednesday an article in the New York Times . Over the last three years, demand for such services has recorded an annual growth of 10-15% in the US. Most clients
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Although it’s long been known that fraternal twins run in families, researchers say they’ve just pinpointed two genes that seem to be associated with having such twins. Fraternal twins occur when two separate eggs are fertilized with two separate sperm, creating two genetically unique children in the same pregnancy. One gene variant — called FSHB
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According to a study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, consuming soy may be beneficial to improve metabolic and cardiovascular health in women who have polycystic ovary syndrome. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common condition that affects how a woman’s ovaries work. Woman with PCOS experience irregular periods, high levels of
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Nowadays using of assisted reproductive technologies has become so popular and widespread around the world that infertility clinics literally grow like a house on fire. Egg donation, surrogacy, IVF and ICSI programs solve the infertility problem of any genesis. Sometimes infertility couples are ready to pay any money in order to see two cherished bars.
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An international team of researchers assembled by David Olson, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, has developed a blood test to identify pregnant women at risk of delivering babies prematurely—before the usual 40 weeks of gestation. The study was published in the journal PLOS One. Premature birth remains the
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At 62 years old, a woman from Tasmania made Australian record by being the oldest woman to give birth in the country. It is the first baby for the woman and her 78-year-old partner. She delivered by cesarean section on Monday at the Frances Perry House, a private hospital in Melbourne. She broke the record
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