How a 35-year-old woman ’s seven-year infertility odyssey ended thanks to a corporate benefit
Meaghan Ferneau was 29 years old when she found out she was infertile. She had undiagnosed endometriosis for years, and described doctors who said her condition was all in her head until a specialist told her she needed “surgery for it yesterday.” It was the start of a seven-year series of failed…#meaghanferneau #ivf #ferneau #arkansas #stlouis #fortune #unitedhealthcare #naomicahn #universityofvirginia #revolve (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
As Lily Allen's fertility comments spark debate...experts blame older MEN for increasing infertility, as research shows sperm begins to 'mutate' after 25
Women often bear scrutiny for when they choose to have children because of the concept of the biological clock. Men might need to put themselves under similar scrutiny. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
As an Infertility Doctor, I Fear Alabama's Frozen Embryo Ruling Won't Be the Last
(MedPage Today) -- The recent Alabama Supreme Court decision equating frozen embryos with children felt like a personal assault on me as a provider of reproductive services, on my fellow fertility experts, and on the patients with whom we work... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - March 15, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
World Sleep Day 2024: Doctor warns how lack of sleep in young women can lead to potentially deadly health risks and issues including infertility
Indian neurologist Dr Pravin Naphade warned about bad sleep for young women. He added that strokes, Alzheimer's disease and depression are other dangers. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fertility center expands with location in Bellevue
The company has more than 60 clinics across the U.S. The new clinic is its second in the Seattle area. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 14, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Rick Morgan Source Type: news
Tsetse fly fertility damaged after just one heatwave, study finds
The fertility of both female and male tsetse flies is affected by a single burst of hot weather, researchers at the University of Bristol and Stellenbosch University in South Africa have found. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - March 13, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Research; Faculty of Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, School of Biological Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news
Maryland couple reveal how they found strangers on FACEBOOK to be their surrogates after spate of failed pregnancies
A Maryland couple (pictured) struggling with infertility turned to social media to find a women to be their surrogate and paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for strangers to carry their children. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alabama clinic resumes IVF treatments under new law shielding providers from liability
At least one clinic in Alabama has resumed in vitro fertilization treatments after the governor signed a bill into law shielding providers from potential legal liability raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. Alabama Fertility Specialists performed several embryo…#cbsnews #mamiemclean #ivf #alabamafertility #alabamasupremecourt #hannahmiles #alabamalegislature #republicans #mobile (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fertility clinic licence suspended over concerns
Regulators have ordered the centre to halt any new procedures while an investigation continues. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Lawsuit claiming Flo Health app shared intimate data with Facebook greenlit as Canadian class action
A Canadian class-action lawsuit accusing a popular fertility-tracking app of sending users’ intimate health information — including details about their periods, sex lives and pregnancies — to companies like Facebook without their knowledge has been allowed to go ahead. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Scientists move step closer to making IVF eggs from skin cells
Procedure could overcome common forms of infertility and help people have children who share their DNAScientists are a step closer to making IVF eggs from patients ’ skin cells after adapting the procedure that created Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, more than two decades ago.The work raises the prospect of older women being able to have children who share their DNA, and to overcome common forms of infertility caused by a woman ’s eggs becoming damaged by disease or cancer treatment.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 8, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: IVF Medical research Science Health Fertility problems Genetics Embryos Biology World news Source Type: news
Alabama clinic resumes IVF treatments under new law shielding providers from liability
At least one fertility clinic in Alabama has resumed in vitro fertilization treatments (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - March 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
The population problem in Singapore is also an economic problem
Singapore's government said that its fertility rate has fallen to a record low. It's one of many industrialized countries trying to encourage its people to have more babies.#singapore (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How a Sudden Halt to In Vitro Fertilization Shook Alabama Couples
Many suffered setbacks after the State Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos were children. “Someone else’s opinion changed my future,” one woman said. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Law and Legislation Decisions and Verdicts Embryos (Human) Abortion Fertility Drugs Pregnancy and Childbirth Reproduction (Biological) Babies and Infants In Vitro Fertilization Infertility Supreme Courts (State) A Source Type: news
Alabama enacts fast-tracked law to protect IVF
Its passage comes less than a month after state fertility services paused when a court ruled that frozen embryos are children. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
