A diet rich on low-fat dairy food may make it harder for some women to conceive, according to a study involving thousands of US women.
Harvard researchers found women who frequently ate these foods were 85% more likely to have ovulation problems.
In contrast, the Human Reproduction study found eating full-fat dairy foods, including ice cream, cut [...]
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More than 5 million women in the United States have the condition, the National Women’s Health Information Center says. The agency says certain factors may place you at higher risk:
Starting your period at a young age.
Having heavy periods.
Periods that last for longer than seven days.
Short menstrual cycles — 27 days or less.
Having a close female [...]
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The contaminant bisphenol-A (BPA)—widely used to make many plastics found in food storage containers and dental products—can have long-term effects in female development, according to a recent study by Yale School of Medicine researchers.Lead investigator Hugh S. Taylor, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences (Ob/Gyn) at Yale, said the [...]
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EMILY DAGOSTINO, Staff Writer
The immune systems in women with one of the top three causes of female infertility might be mounting attacks against embryos before they implant.
Those attacks and pre-existing inflammation from endometriosis could set the stage for infertility.
Infertility specialists in Greenville are using a new blood test — the first of its kind — [...]
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Babies conceived with the aid of fertility treatments are more likely to suffer birth defects, according to a study conducted by Ottawa researchers.
In an examination of 61,208 Ontario births from 2005, researchers found that 2.6 per cent of those babies conceived through assisted reproduction had birth defects, compared to 1.9 per cent of those conceived [...]
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Metformin, a drug used to treat diabetes and thought to hold great promise at overcoming the infertility associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is less useful for helping women with the condition achieve pregnancy than is the standard treatment with the infertility drug clomiphene, report researchers in an NIH research network.
This study is the largest, [...]
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Birth Control Pills Reduce Fertility (Fiction)
No evidence shows that the use of birth control pills affects future fertility. In fact, birth control pills are very short acting. Therefore, birth control pills never make much of an impact on the body’s ability to reproduce. If anything, using the pill or one of its hormonal counterparts such [...]
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