Trump says he 'strongly' supports IVF and calls on Alabama lawmakers to protect access to fertility procedure
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Source: ABC News: Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Alabama Embryo Ruling Brings Much-Needed Regulation to Fertility Industry
For too long, the fertility industry in the United States has functioned like the Wild West. Few federal laws regulate in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments, and only a handful of state laws—such as Louisiana's embryo protection law and Colorado's ban on anonymous egg and sperm donation—address…#wildwest #ivf #colorado #alabamasupremecourt #jaymitchell #mobile #supremecourt #uab #tomparker #emmawaters (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Major Embryo Shipping Company Halts Business in Alabama
The decision means I.V.F. patients who want to transfer frozen embryos to another state may not be able to do so. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Sarah Kliff Tags: Embryos (Human) Decisions and Verdicts Supreme Courts (State) In Vitro Fertilization Infertility Cryoport Alabama Source Type: news
GLP-1s' Next Target: Male Infertility? GLP-1s' Next Target: Male Infertility?
Most data on GLP-1 RAs and male fertility come from animal trials or small studies investigating weight loss, but experts say there might be potential here.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Source Type: news
Britain's baby bust laid bare: Fertility rate plunges to all-time low as expert warns 'slow-burn' crisis could cripple the economy... so how many children does the average women have in YOUR area?
Office for National Statistics data shows the fertility rate - the average number of children a women has - in England and Wales slumped to 1.49 in 2022. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pauses on embryo transfers out of Alabama leave IVF patients with few options
Some fertility clinics and shipping services plan to hold off on sending frozen embryos from Alabama to other states as they weigh the legal implications of an Alabama court ruling that says embryos created through in vitro fertilization are children. Many doctors and patients are confused about…#alabamasupremecourt #ivf #resolve #alabamans #barbaracollura #uab #meghancole #alabamafertility #birmingham #cole (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Senate GOP group urges campaigns to come out swinging against Alabama IVF ruling
The National Republican Senatorial Committee is urging candidates to strongly oppose the Alabama Supreme Court ruling restricting access to fertility treatments, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Republicans have struggled to find a winning strategy on reproductive issues since the…#alabamasupremecourt #republicans #ussupremecourt #roevwade #democrats #ivf #nrsc #postroe #katiebritt #davemccormick (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Unique Hell of Getting Cancer as a Young Adult
When I got diagnosed with Stage 3b Hodgkin Lymphoma at age 32, it was almost impossible to process. Without a family history or lifestyle risk factors that put cancer on my radar, I stared at the emergency room doctor in utter disbelief when he said the CT scan of my swollen lymph node showed what appeared to be cancer—and lots of it. A few days away from a bucket list trip to Japan, I’d only gone to the emergency room because the antibiotics CityMD prescribed to me when I was sick weren’t working.I didn’t want to be sick in a foreign country. So when the doctor told me of my diagnosis, the on...
Source: TIME: Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maria Yagoda Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Alabama couples using IVF shocked at ruling: " Trying to create life "
Couples in Alabama undergoing IVF treatment have had their fertility journeys thrown into chaos after the state ruled that frozen embryos are considered human beings. Gabrielle Goidel was just a matter of a days away from retrieving her embryos following spending $20,000 to help her and her…#ivf #gabriellegoidel #alabamasupremecourt #clinics #birmingham #supremecourtruling #jimmybelmont #roevwade #ussupremecourt #alabamarulingmean (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Abortion Laws, Accidents and Lax Rules Now Imperil Fertility Industry
Fertility clinics are routinely sued by patients for errors that destroy embryos, as happened in Alabama. An effort to define them legally as “unborn children” has raised the stakes. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Azeen Ghorayshi and Sarah Kliff Tags: your-feed-science Suits and Litigation (Civil) Decisions and Verdicts Abortion Embryos (Human) In Vitro Fertilization Law and Legislation Supreme Courts (State) Infertility Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Reproduction (Biologic Source Type: news
Scoop: House GOP rushes to distance from Alabama IVF ruling
House Republicans are quickly pushing back on an Alabama Supreme Court ruling restricting access to fertility treatments, with one GOP lawmaker already planning a legislative response, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Reproductive health care has been the central issue for House Democrats as…#republicans #alabamasupremecourt #democrats #ivf #nancymace #nicklalota #anthonydesposito #donbacon #rneb #michellesteel (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Accidents, Lax Rules and Abortion Laws Now Imperil Fertility Industry
Fertility clinics are routinely sued by patients for errors that destroy embryos, as happened in Alabama. An effort to define them legally as “unborn children” has raised the stakes. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Azeen Ghorayshi and Sarah Kliff Tags: your-feed-science Suits and Litigation (Civil) Decisions and Verdicts Abortion Embryos (Human) In Vitro Fertilization Law and Legislation Supreme Courts (State) Infertility Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Reproduction (Biologic Source Type: news
Male Fertility Problems in the Family Linked to Cancer Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Certain cancers were more likely among the families of men with fertility problems, according to a retrospective cohort study.
When researchers analyzed families of men with azoospermia (no sperm in the ejaculate), they observed... (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - February 23, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Why Alabama's ruling that embryos are children could fuel anti-abortion movement in Canada
A decision by the Alabama Supreme Court that frozen embryos can be considered children under state law has some reproductive rights advocates and fertility law experts in Canada concerned about a potential ripple effect. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada Source Type: news
Transgender men may still ovulate after hormone replacement therapy
This study is further evidence to support what we already know: Testosterone isn’t a contraceptive,” says Beth Cronin, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School who was not involved in the study. Regardless of gender, she says, “Everyone needs access to contraceptives.”
The idea to investigate these issues occurred to Joyce Asseler, a physician in the Netherlands specializing in fertility care for transgender people. A law passed 10 years ago changed how transgender people in the Netherlands received treatment. Before, transgender people had to be sterilized and und...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
