More women developing early menopause

(April 18, 2011) - A study of the early menopause has revealed that a greater number of women have developed the condition. The study attributed the rise in cases of premature ovarian failure to a boost in the number of people surviving childhood cancer over the past couple of decades.                
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Honey, I doubled the kids

(April 13, 2011) - Miranda and Josh Crawford just wanted another baby. How they ended up with four is a story of science and serendipity.                
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Slim chance at pregnancy worth it for woman fighting breast cancer

(April 12, 2011) - Being diagnosed with breast cancer was hard enough for Tiffany Majors. Then the 29-year-old Chicago woman found out that the treatment that might save her life could also leave her infertile.                
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Tick tock goes the biological clock

(April 12, 2011) - The growing role of women in the workplace and the rise of the two-income household have couples marrying later and delaying childbearing often into their 40s. Unfortunately, many of them realize all too late the impact of such choices on their fertility.                
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Fertility: will we ever win the egg race?

(April 10, 2011) - As the UK's first baby conceived from a 'flash frozen' egg is born, health corresponent Laura Donnelly looks at the revolutionary treatment that is giving hope to a growing number of women who want to postpone having a child - and the drawbacks for those trying to slow their biological clock.               
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IVF not a universal solution to infertility

(April 10, 2011) - There is no universal approach and no single answer for infertility — not even with in vitro fertilization.               
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Women use egg timer test to find out               how long is left on their biological clock

(April 9, 2011) - A woman's fertility future has long been the great unknown, reports Elisa Black. First you're not even sure you want kids then, when you finally decide it's time, you have no idea how long it might take to fall pregnant.                 
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4% drop in U.S. birth rate is largest in 3 decades

(April 8, 2011) - Birth rates nationwide declined by 4% on average between 2007 and 2009, reaching 66.7 births per 1,000 women age 15 to 44, according to a federal report. This is the biggest decrease in more than 30 years.                
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The #1 pregnancy risk

(April 5, 2011) - What’s the leading threat to a healthy pregnancy? Most doctors automatically classify a pregnancy as “high risk” if the woman is over 35—even if she’s in perfect health. However, the risk of most complications only increases slightly with age. A new study suggests that the number ob/gyns should be looking at to gauge risk isn’t age, but a woman’s weight.                
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STLMoms: latest infertility treatment trends

(March 30, 2011) - Fertility Partnership's Dr. Elan Simckes discusses the results of the latest SART statistics regarding Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) with KTVI's Margie Ellisor.               
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Infertility: do you wear a scarlet letter?

(March 28, 2011) - We may remember Hester Prynne whose scarlet "A," sewn to the front of her dress, branded her as an adulteress. But, for those of us with infertility, the letter "I" can be a prominent symbol in our lives, sometime public sometimes not. And we have some choices about how to "wear" that symbol.              
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Sperm grown in laboratory raise hopes of      male infertility treatments

(March 23, 2011) - Scientists have grown sperm in the laboratory in a landmark study that could help preserve the fertility of cancer patients and shed fresh light on male reproductive problems.             
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In vitro fertilization, 1974

(March 22, 2011) - When The New York Times first mentioned in vitro fertilization, the paper might have been reporting on a casually uttered lie.             
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What's a guy to expect when she's not expecting?

(March 16, 2011) - Marc Sedaka stood by while he and his wife endured endless rounds of drug therapies, 16 artificial inseminations, 10 in-vitro fertilizations, three miscarriages and, finally, a gestational surrogate who carried their twin girls to term. With the help of his own infertility doctor, Dr. Gregory Rosen, Sedaka has crafted the book “What He Can Expect When She’s Not Expecting: How to Support Your Wife, Save Your Marriage, and Conquer Infertility.”             
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Surgery helps men regain fertility after cancer 

(March 15, 2011) - New research shows a painstaking surgical technique can help some men deemed infertile because of childhood cancer treatment to become fathers after all.            
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Embryo donation: an initiative to give home      to Canada's frozen "orphans"

(March 14, 2011) - Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital, which is famous for its fertility and obstetrics programs, is planning and looking forward to launch an embryo donation program.            
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In vitro fertilization with 3 parents could      prevent inherited disease

(March 11, 2011) - In vitro fertilization using DNA from three parents could be newest way to prevent inherited disease. Britain is considering whether to approve a new fertility treatment that swaps DNA between two fertilized human eggs. British scientists from Newcastle University say they have mastered the technique with cloning technology.          
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Your smart phone can help you get pregnant

(March 9, 2011) - The sound of a lullaby is music all people wanting to be parents hope to hear. And it's the ring tone alert you will hear when using Apple's In Vitro App called "IVF-Baby in the Making".          
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IVF odds of success are decent; twin births still common

(March 7, 2011) - IVF treatment continues to be a popular choice for making babies. The treatment, known formally as in vitro fertilization, is successful in producing a live birth in 41.4% of treatment cycles for women under age 35, according to information released Monday by the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology.         
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Giving birth to a costly quandary

(March 6, 2011) - It is a topic few couples discuss when undertaking fertility treatment but one that is increasingly occupying the thoughts of academics, scientists and ethicists. What happens to surplus frozen embryos once in vitro fertilisation treatment is complete?          
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Can crotch length predict sperm strength?

(March 4, 2011) - New research contends that the distance between the posterior base of the scrotum and the anus can predict the strength of a man's sperm population.          
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The truth about infertility

(March 1, 2011) - At age 32, Kasey Edwards was told she would probably be infertile within a year. After more than a decade of trying not to conceive, she was faced with the possibility that she may never be able to.          
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Oz women warned not to put motherhood on ice

(Feb. 27, 2011) - An increasing number of women are choosing to freeze their eggs for social reasons in the hope they will be able to have a child when they are older. Now, experts in Australia have slammed fertility clinics in the country for giving false hopes to women whose fertility is declining, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.         
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TV anchor reveals heartbreak of infertility

(Feb. 25, 2011) - National news anchor Alisyn Camerota talks about her infertility experience and the importance of emotional support on the Today show.          
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Nicole Kidman dishes on fertility woes

(Feb. 22, 2011) - Last December Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban surprised fans when they announced the birth of their daughter Faith, their child born via a gestational carrier. Kidman has since spoken openly about her ups and downs with fertility, most recently on last Sunday's Australian "60 Minutes." Kidman's willingness to discuss her fertility woes is a refreshing change from all the secrecy that typically surrounds late blooming celebu-moms.          
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Could more IVF attempts really mean more success?

(Feb. 21, 2011) - Researchers say couples trying to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF) could up their chances of success if they just keep trying. But according to data in the researchers' study from several fertility clinics in Western Australia, many don't end up pregnant.          
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Low sperm count? Your bones might be to blame

(Feb. 17, 2011) - Sex hormones are already known to play an important role in maintaining healthy bones – but the relationship may be a two-way street. New evidence suggests that bones are important for controlling testosterone levels.         
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STLMoms: Infertility & African-Americans

(Feb. 17, 2011) - African American women are 1.5 times more likely to suffer from infertility than the population as a whole. Dr. Elan Simckes with the Fertility Partnership in St. Peters, Mo. talks about why they're more likely to face problems.         
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Miscarriages caused by autoimmune      disorders may appear genetic in nature,      warns new research

(Feb. 16, 2011) - New research by a New York fertility center discovered a correlation between maternal autoimmunity and miscarriages apparently caused by the embryos' genetic abnormalities. The finding suggests that when a woman miscarries, her autoimmunity (immunity against herself) may be the culprit, even when there are signs of genetic abnormalities in miscarried embryos.    
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Taboo or not? Reproductive technology and the changing family

(Feb. 13, 2011) - What does it mean for members of our society to practice technology-assisted reproduction, like in vitro fertilization, asked a Stanford panel Saturday afternoon in Cubberley Auditorium.        
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Woman, 61, gives birth to her own grandson in Illinois

(Feb. 12, 2011) - A Virginia woman has given birth to her own grandson at an Illinois hospital. Kristine Casey, 61, agreed to act as a surrogate for daughter Sara Connell after Connell spent years trying to have a baby without success, The Chicago Tribune reported.        
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Reassurance for parents of IVF babies

(Feb. 10, 2011) - Dr. Gwendolyn H. Woldringh and her colleagues at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center in the Netherlands found that by age four, these infants caught up with similar children who were conceived spontaneously.         
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Infertility: the disease we need to start talking about

(Feb. 9, 2011) - Silence might be golden in some circumstances, but in the case of infertility it has been downright destructive. Recently RESOLVE, one of the only organizations dedicated to infertility, made a bold announcement on its website: "People with infertility are being ignored."          
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First IVF babies born using new chromosome counting technique

(Feb. 4, 2011) - The first babies have now been born in the UK using a new technique pioneered at Oxford University to select the best embryos for IVF. The advance could bring hope to many British couples struggling to have a child and going through many cycles of IVF treatment.         
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FDA approval of progesterone injections

(Feb. 4, 2011) - The first-ever drug known to prevent some preterm births, which won market approval today from the Food and Drug Administration, was welcomed by the March of Dimes.         
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Can infertility be prevented?

(Feb. 3, 2011) - What impact can infertility doctors and fertility advocates make in educating the public about a ticking biological clock, especially as the age rises for when men and women marry and start families? How should sex education be revised to meet these changing realities of contemporary life and to include frank discussions about sexually transmitted diseases and environmental factors? And is egg freezing a viable option for young women? Dr. Elan Simckes discusses these and other issues on The Surrogacy Lawyer radio show.       
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Uterine health more important than egg quality

(Feb. 2, 2011) - For women seeking pregnancy by assisted reproductive technologies, such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a new study shows that the health of the uterus is more relevant than egg quality for a newborn to achieve normal birth weight and full gestation.          
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The effects of diabetes on male fertility

(Feb. 2, 2011) - There are many direct and indirect reasons why diabetes can lead to male infertility.  Diabetes is caused when the cells of the pancreas do not make enough insulin, or when the insulin that is made is not received by the target cells.   This results in the amount of sugar in the bloodstream to be elevated, which in turn causes many problems throughout the body.  Some of these problems are directly related to infertility including diminished sperm quality.         
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Good for skin, bad for fertility?

(Jan. 27, 2011) - Consumers have been told for years that antioxidants added to food, drink and facial cosmetics are a natural way to combat cell damage and slow down the aging process. But according to a study by Prof. Nava Dekel of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, these additives could be causing female fertility problems.        
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STLMoms: triumph over infertility

(Jan. 27, 2011) - Infertility affects more than six million couples. About 25-percent of those couples have more than one factor that contributes to their infertility. One woman who knows about this is Kate Strobl - as does her physician,Dr. Elan Simckes with Fertility Partnership.        
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Experts disagree on findings suggesting antioxidants decrease male subfertility

(Jan. 21, 2011) - Taking antioxidant supplements may help fertility-challenged couples conceive, according to a new review published this week in The Cochrane Library. The findings suggest that men experiencing subfertility can help their partners become pregnant by taking antioxidants while their partners are undergoing in vitro fertilization.        
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Could you ever be an egg donor?

(Jan. 17, 2011) - Becoming a parent is sometimes not easy. Nature and science even when combined with all the technology of IVF still sometimes fails and thats when people have to resort to the generosity of strangers.        
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Human egg-banking raises sticky social questions

(Jan. 15, 2011) - Forty-three of Mamta Shah’s eggs hang in suspended animation at a fertility clinic in Montreal. The eggs were extracted from Shah’s ovaries when she was 36 and single, flash frozen using a Canadian-pioneered egg freezing technique and sunk in liquid nitrogen at -196 C. Now, 41 and married, Shah is ready to have a baby.        
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Fertile ground: the business of baby-making

(Jan. 15, 2011) - As more Canadians are turning to science to help start a family, the country’s fertility laws have fallen behind the times, with few rules governing what’s legal or morally acceptable when it comes to artificially making babies — and what’s not.           
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Smoking is found to be more dangerous to women

(Jan. 12, 2011) - Perhaps you or a loved one has resolved to quit smoking this year, and maybe the ban on smoking in most public places in St. Louis and St. Louis County is reinforcing that commitment to quit. If you or someone you know needs more motivation, a recent report from the U.S. surgeon general provides some eye-opening information about the serious health hazards of tobacco smoke.           
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Send in the clowns to boost IVF success

(Jan. 12, 2011) - Laughter may not be the best medicine, but it might help women who are trying to become pregnant through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a small study suggests.          
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Working with plasticizers, pesticides may reduce fertility

(Jan. 12, 2011) - Women exposed to plasticizers and pesticides at work are more likely to suffer fertility problems and to have lower birth-weight babies, according to a new study.          
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Advancements in fertility preservation provide oncology patients new options

(Jan. 8, 2011) - Many young people who’ve just learned that they have cancer also are told that the therapies that may save their lives could rob them of their ability ever to have children. Infertility caused by chemotherapy and radiation affects a sizable population: Of the 1.5 million people diagnosed with cancer in 2009, nearly 10 percent were still in their reproductive years.          
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New product gives IVF a boost, researchers say

(Jan. 7, 2011) - Announced January 6, researchers in Australia claim to have achieved a "major breakthrough" in in-vitro fertilization (IVF) technology, expected to give millions of women who have suffered miscarriages after IVF treatment a second chance.          
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Soya-based fertility treatment may hold key to cutting number of miscarriages

(Jan. 6, 2011) - An experimental fertility treatment increases the odds of an IVF pregnancy up to six times while also inhibiting chemicals which cause miscarriages, a study has found.         
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Mushrooms may fight polycystic ovary syndrome

(Jan. 5, 2011) - Maitake may help treat polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), suggests a new study from the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.         
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Long-term space flight a problem for human reproduction

(Jan. 4, 2011) - Ever dream about a honeymoon in space? You may want to think twice after you hear about Joe Tash’s research. The near-zero gravity of Earth orbit may do serious harm to the male and female reproductive systems, the University of Kansas Medical Center biologist has discovered.          
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Meet the mice with two dads

(Dec. 30, 2010) - The problem with the mice with two fathers is that they're distractingly adorable. Sure, they're a mean feat of genetic engineering and a possible first step on the long road toward gay couples creating biological children. But with their tiny bewhiskered faces and itty-bitty paws, it's hard to ignore: This is scientific progress at its cutest.         
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STLMoms: sports infertility

(Dec. 29, 2010) - When you think of infertility you probably aren't worried about teenage boys. You also may not think anything about them playing sports. So, can playing sports affect your sons future fertility? Dr. Elan Simckes with Fertility Partnership in St. Peters joined STLMoms to talk about it.        
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Eleven years later, triplet no. 3 arrives

(Dec. 28, 2010) - Ryleigh Shepherd was conceived in 1998, the same year as her 11-year-old twin sisters, but she wasn't born until 2010. The three girls from Walsall, in Great Britain, who were born more than a decade apart in two different centuries, are actually fraternal triplets born through in vitro fertilization (IVF).        
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Vaginal steaming: just a bunch of hot air?

(Dec. 22, 2010) - Some American women are turning to vaginal steam baths to treat a variety of health problems including stress, infections, hemorrhoids, regulating menstrual cycles and aiding fertility, The Los Angeles Times reported.         
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Food in first years may affect fertility

(Dec. 21, 2010) - British and Finnish researchers suggest reproductive success in both men and women is affected by the food they eat early in life.        
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The soaring rate of "no father" families

(Dec. 20, 2010) - The number of lesbian couples and single women seeking to start a family through IVF has rocketed since the law in Britain governing a child’s need for a father was relaxed.        
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Seven surprising sperm killers that can leave men shooting blanks

(Dec. 16, 2010) - Sperm killers are everywhere. They saturate you in the shower, seep into your skin in the checkout line, and even ooze into the convenience food you grab on the fly. No matter the point of entry, many everyday chemicals are zapping sperm counts and even silently scrambling DNA sperm data for men all over the world.       
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BPA can damage fertility, egg quality in women

(Dec. 15, 2010) - On the heels of research showing that bisphenol A (BPA) can harm male fertility, a new study finds evidence that the chemical can damage egg quality and fertility in women. As the level of BPA in women rises, the percentage of eggs capable of being fertilized declines.       
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Gene variations linked to higher endometriosis risk

(Dec. 14, 2010) - Researchers in Queensland have identified two variations in genes that increase the risk of a woman getting endometriosis.       
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Desperate Canadians resort to world's baby farms

(Dec. 13, 2010) - Inside two special houses in the Indian state of Gujarat, the women spend their time waiting. They live together, eat meals together and take sewing, cooking and English classes together: 67 surrogates whose bellies bulge with the babies of foreign couples, including Canadians.       
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Most exercise not linked to sperm health

(Dec. 9, 2010) - For most men, exercise appears to have no relationship to either the quality or quantity of sperm, according to U.S. researchers. But they found one exception: Men who biked for at least five hours per week had fewer and less active sperm than couch potatoes.      
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Encouraging results for rocking the cradle after 45

(Dec. 9, 2010) - Career women who put babies on hold until after 40, or even 45, will be reassured by new research from Tel Aviv University. Even though there are associated risks for babies when postponing child-bearing, the neonates can overcome them, says Prof. Yariv Yogev of Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine and the Hospital for Women at Rabin Medical Center.       
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The cost of being born

(Dec. 7, 2010) - More than 4 million babies are born in the U.S. each year, which not only means a lot of diapers, but also that there is a huge chunk of change being paid out for medical expenses even before the big delivery. The cost is even higher for those battling infertility. Fertility Partnership Medical Director Dr. Elan Simckes breaks down the costs involved with assisted reproductive technology (ART).       
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IVF study casts light on role of parenting

(Dec. 3, 2010) - A unique long-term study of "test-tube babies" has confirmed that parenting styles as well as genes have major effects on how children turn out.      
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Busting five myths about egg donation

(Dec. 1, 2010) - The steady increase in recession-spurred egg donor prospects has not resulted in a larger pool of qualified candidates, a leading agency that matches egg donors and gestational surrogates with intended parents said today.     
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STL Moms: Handling nosy relatives at the holidays

(Dec. 1, 2010) - The holidays are a time for happiness and giving. For most, that's true - but for couples struggling with infertility the season can be difficult. Celebrations often focus on children and the question, "Are you pregnant yet?" Dr. Elan Simckes with Fertility Partnership explains the need for a game plan in getting through the holidays.    
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Report says male infertility on the rise

(Nov. 30, 2010) - A new report from the European Science Foundation says that male infertility is on the rise. Over the last 50 years, sperm counts have dropped significantly. Surprisingly, the report says that 20 percent of men ages 18-25 have sperm in the "subfertile" range.    
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Fibroids more common after child abuse

(Nov. 29, 2010) - Women who were abused as children are more likely to develop uterine fibroids as adults, a new study finds.     
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Teenage testicular condition may lead to infertility

(Nov. 26, 2010) - Infertility is probably the last thing on teenage boys' minds. However, a new study out of Brazil suggests that early treatment of a common testicular condition could preserve future fatherhood potential for some adolescents.      
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Fertilized eggs get microscopic bar codes

(Nov. 23, 2010) - Researchers at the Autonomous University of Barcelona have come up with an ingenious solution for keeping track of embryos and egg cells during in vitro fertililzation procedures: microscopic bar codes.      
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How to answer that awkward holiday         question "Are you pregnant yet?"

(Nov. 19, 2010) - Ah, the holidays! Time of happiness and cheer and family togetherness. And who knows better how to ask the most awkward and embarrassing questions than your family?     
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The IVF two week wait: early pregnancy symptoms

(Nov. 18, 2010) - The two week wait (2WW) is agonizing for most of us; there is not a whole lot we can do to improve our odds of success. So we wait and worry, pray and cry, read everything we can about the 2WW and obsess about every possible twinge we feel in our bodies.      
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New study sheds light on maternal age and infertility

(Nov. 18, 2010) - A new study led by reproductive biologist Dr. Mary Herbert at Newcastle University's Institute for Aging and Health was recently released, offering groundbreaking new information on older women and their fertility potential.     
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"Who made me?" The ethical issues that IVF families face

(Nov. 16, 2010) - The recent award of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Medicine to Dr. Robert Edwards recognizes important research that led to the development of in vitro fertilization (IVF). But the work that he, along with his late colleague, Dr. Patrick Steptoe, conducted at Cambridge University raises profound questions that, with the evolving modern family, many doctors, patients and potential parents continue to struggle with decades later.    
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Over 40 mother shares her egg donation          IVF story

(Nov. 11, 2010) - Egg donation IVF offers many women over 40 the best chance for pregnancy success. If you're thinking about using an egg donor, you're probably wondering what the process is like, and maybe even what it's like to be pregnant after 40. Nancy Konigsberg, a pediatric occupational therapist and web author of Milestone Mom, shares her egg donation IVF story.   
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Painkillers in pregnancy may harm son's     fertility, study suggests

(Nov. 11, 2010) - Pregnant women who use mild painkillers may boost the risk that their male children will grow up to be infertile, a new European study suggests. Commenting on the study, a U.S. researcher said the findings are weak, although he thinks pregnant women should be careful around painkillers, including aspirin, ibuprofen and acetaminophin, for another reason: miscarriages.    
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Conception chances magnified by                  giant sperm

(Nov. 11, 2010) - They are 15 centimeters long with heads as big as 10 cent pieces - and they've never been seen on this scale. Fertility specialists at IVF Australia have developed technology which magnifies human sperm by 7300 times its normal size - about 18 times larger than they have ever been seen. The digital imagery gives scientists their clearest picture yet of which sperm are most capable of fertilization.    
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Infertility: Creative approaches to      Thanksgiving

(Nov. 10, 2010) - Thanksgiving causes many people with infertility to pause and reevaluate the meaning of this U.S. holiday. Not only do we feel distinctly unthankful for what have become elusive and unsuccessful efforts at parenthood, but we also feel apprehensive at the prospect of sitting at the holiday table with pregnant women, nursing mothers and infants in high chairs.   
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Overcoming the IVF baby blues

(Nov. 9, 2010) - Between 20 and 30 percent of women who undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures suffer from significant symptoms of depression. Many practitioners believe that the hormone therapy involved in IVF is primarily responsible for this. But new research from Tel Aviv University shows that, while this is true, other factors are even more influential.     
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10 surprising fertility facts we bet you didn't know

(Nov. 8, 2010) - Sure, you may know your stuff when it comes to temping and taking your prenatals, but trust us, there's a lot more to understanding your fertility than that.     
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Bulgarian scientists invent revolutionary      robot for in vitro fertilization, cancer research

(Nov. 6, 2010) - A team of 34 Bulgarian scientists have invented a "faultless" nanorobot that is expected to revolutionize in vitro fertilization and other medical procedures.    
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STLMoms: Fertility and blood type

(Nov. 3, 2010) - The right type of blood could play a role in how couples conceive. Dr. Elan Simckes from the Fertility Partnership discusses the new study presented last month that suggests women with Type O blood may have more trouble getting pregnant than women with other blood types.    
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Infertility: No link to cerebral palsy risk

(Nov. 2, 2010) - Infertility has been ruled out as a potential cause of cerebral palsy among children conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) or by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), according to a study.    
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Being stressed "might help IVF women get pregnant"

(Nov. 1, 2010) - Previous studies have found that stress lessens the chances of conceiving using in vitro fertilization (IVF). But research by fertility experts at Staten Island University Hospital in New York has found the opposite.    
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Chlamydia screening may indicate laparascopic tubal repair or in vitro fertilization

(Oct. 30, 2010) - Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in infertility patients may indicate which patients could benefit from surgical tubal repair and which should go straight to in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment in trying to get pregnant, according to an oral presentation given at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).    
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Blood test to spot ectopic pregnancy: Breakthrough could save fertility of      thousands

(Oct. 29, 2010) - A blood test for ectopic pregnancies which could help save the fertility of thousands of women is being developed by scientists. It would enable the life-threatening condition to be diagnosed within a day, instead of the several weeks it takes for tests to come back now.     
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More not always better with in vitro      fertilization (IVF)

(Oct. 27, 2010) - More tries aren't necessarily better when it comes to in vitro fertilization (IVF). New research found that about 1 in 3 women had a baby the first time they tried a test tube embryo, and that improved to nearly 1 in 2 with a second try.     
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Women with unexplained infertility likely           to get pregnant three months earlier with        fast-track vs. standard IVF

(Oct. 27, 2010) - In vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques have advanced well enough that women with unexplained infertility are just as likely to get pregnant with a fast-track technique that omits follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) as women treated with the traditional regimen, according to a study presented at the 66th annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).    
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High BPA levels may hurt sperm quality

(Oct. 27, 2010) - Men with high urinary levels of the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) may have lower sperm quality, which could affect their ability to conceive a child.    
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Egg donors have different psychological characteristics than surrogates

(Oct. 27, 2010) - Women who choose to help others attempting to have children by donating genetic material have a different psychological profile than those who help by carrying children to term, according to new research presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's (ASRM) 66th annual meeting.   
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Home fertility tests questioned

(Oct. 26, 2010) - There's some new research out that is raising questions about those home fertility tests that are being sold in drug stores. A new study found that the tests may incorrectly label women infertile even though they are still capable of having babies.     
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ASRM 2010 highlights: Screening embryos boosts IVF success

(Oct. 26, 2010) - Preimplantation screening of embryos for an abnormal number of chromosomes resulted in improved outcomes for women undergoing in vitro fertilization, a small randomized trial showed.    
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ASRM 2010 highlights: Researchers explore relationship between weight and infertility

(Oct. 25, 2010) - Two studies released today at the 66th annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) shed light on the link between obesity and infertility.   
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ASRM 2010 highlights: Only a tiny          percentage of eggs or embryos will become babies