Fertility

Mediterranean Diet Triples Chances Of IVF Success

The Huffington Post | Sarah O'Meara | Posted 08.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Women who cut back on their saturated fat intake may have a better chance of having a baby via IVF, suggest researchers from the Harvard School of Pub...

Frozen Ovarian Tissue Could 'Preserve Fertility' Of Older Women

The Huffington Post | Sarah O'Meara | Posted 04.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle

An Italian woman has given birth after being transplanted with ovarian tissue that had been frozen for seven years. Italian scientists told the ann...

Ovary Transplant Could Help Delay Menopause

The Telegraph | Posted 05.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Women may be able to remain fertile for their entire life and delay the menopause with ovarian transplants surgery, doctors have told a conference. ...

Fertility: Famous IVF Babies

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 02.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle

IVF has come a long way since the first ‘test tube baby’ (Louise Joy Brown) was born on July 25, 1978. According to figures released today, ove...

Five Million IVF Babies Born Since 1978

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 02.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Five million IVF babies have been born since the era of assisted reproduction dawned in 1978, it has been calculated. Experts based the estimate on...

Perks Of Delayed Fatherhood? Your Children May Live Longer

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 12.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Men who have delayed fatherhood may finally have some good news, after a recent study suggests that children of older men may live longer as a result....

Scientists ‘On The Verge’ Of Developing Male Contraceptive Pill – Would He Try It?

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 25.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Since the development of the contraceptive pill for women in 1960, scientists have so far failed to create the equivalent for men – until now. ...

Why Men Are Swapping Tight Y-Fronts For Boxer Shorts To Increase Fertility

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

British men are swapping briefs for boxers to better their chances when trying for a baby with their partner, according to new research released today...

Same-Sex Couples And Women In 40s 'Should Be Entitled To IVF On NHS'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Women struggling to conceive should be offered IVF treatment into their early 40s, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) ha...

Cambridge Women Offered £750 For Egg Donation

Posted 12.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Female students at Cambridge University have been targeted as potential egg donors after leaflets urging women to help an infertile couple were discov...

Could This Gene Help You Get Pregnant?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Scientists studying mice have identified a gene which could boost human fertility. Experts say the discovery, announced in a journal today, could h...

Common Fertility Drugs Linked To Leukaemia

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Fertility drugs can more than double the chances of children born to mothers who struggle to get pregnant developing leukaemia, a study has shown. ...

Women Need to Speak Up About Health Taboos

Liz Campbell | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Liz Campbell

Statistics show that one in three women over the age of 30 will suffer with some kind of incontinence. This is not a condition of the elderly; it is something that will probably affect you or the woman sitting next to you at some time in your life.

An Idea Fit for a Golden Jubilee

Lorna Fitzsimons | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Politics
Lorna Fitzsimons

Like most parents I worry about what the world will be like for my son when he is older and I am gone.

Could His Love Of Junk Food Be Making Him Infertile?

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 14.03.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Men who love eating junk food could be slowly killing their sperm count with every bite, research has revealed. A study by Harvard Medical School, ...

Baby Born Using 25-Year-Old Sperm

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 07.02.2012 | UK Lifestyle

A baby girl was born after being conceived using sperm that has been kept frozen for 25 years – the longest that sperm has been kept frozen and then...

The Vitamin That Could Help You To Conceive

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.03.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Going on holiday to sunnier climes could help boost your chances of having a baby, a study has revealed. Researchers discovered that sunlight boost...

Abortion Is 'Safer Than Giving Birth' Claim Experts

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 24.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Having a legal abortion is up to 14 times safer than giving birth, a controversial new study claims. American researchers from the Columbia Univer...

Controversial ‘Three Parent IVF’ Treatment Could Soon Be A Reality

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 20.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Babies with three biological parents could soon be a reality after a new £6m laboratory has been given the go ahead and funding to develop a unique I...

IVF Study Brings Fresh Hope For Older Women

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 12.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Fertility experts are appealing for a U-turn in the current rules against multiple embryo IVF implantations, after a new study has revealed that two e...

Why IVF Babies From Frozen Embryos Are Bigger And Healthier

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 06.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

IVF babies born from frozen embryos are heavier and healthier than those born from fresh embryos, new fertility research has discovered. The resea...

Twins Beat The Odds To Be Born Five Years Apart

PA | Posted 04.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Reception class pupil Reuben Blake went back to school today, but his twin sister will have to wait another five years until she is old enough. Tha...

Sperm Grown In Laboratory In Landmark Study

The Huffington Post UK | Georgia James | Posted 03.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Scientists have made a breakthrough that could enable infertile men to father children with their own sperm. Researchers at Muenster University in ...

'A Scandal': Lord Winston On IVF Costs

PA | Posted 26.12.2011 | UK Lifestyle

An IVF pioneer has accused fertility clinics of exploitation, claiming women are being charged three times the actual cost of their treatment. In a...

Could A Magic Wand Be The Key To Getting Pregnant?

The Huffington Post UK | Georgia James | Posted 20.12.2011 | UK Lifestyle

A ‘fertility wand’ that could double the chances of women getting pregnant, has been developed by scientists. The new treatment, which works by...