An in-home kit designed to help couples conceive won U.S. approval.
The $300 package is the first to be cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said the product’s maker, closely held Conceivex Inc. of Saranac, Michigan, in a statement today.
The kit will be available only by prescription. It contains tools to predict fertility and [...]
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In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is apt to be more successful in white women than in Asian women, a study suggests.
Women of Asian descent were 29 percent less likely than their Caucasian counterparts to become pregnant after IVF, Dr. Karen Purcell of Fertility Physicians of Northern California in San Jose and her colleagues found.
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There’s promising hope for women who suffer from endometriosis, one of the most common causes of infertility and pelvic pain. A new study to be published in an upcoming edition of the Journal of Reproductive Medicine reveals that Pycnogenol(R) (pic-noj-en-all), an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree, significantly reduces [...]
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recently discovered substance, kisspeptin, may be able boost fertility in women with low hormone levels, British researchers reported today.
Kisspeptin is a hormone named after a brand of chocolate, Kiss, produced in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Scientists at Imperial College, London, say there have been encouraging results from their first tests involving healthy women.
The study showed that kisspeptin stimulates [...]
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An unprecedented collaboration between ESHRE, the ASRM, and the World Endometriosis Society (WES) has resulted in the creation of the World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF) – the first global charitable organisation with an aim to foster research into endometriosis to improve knowledge and treatment(s) for the tens of millions of women across the world who [...]
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A qualitative study has now been published describing women’s experiences of reaching a diagnosis of endometriosis. The authors call for more awareness of endometriosis to reduce 8.5 year diagnostic delay.
This paper, by Karen Ballard and colleagues, reports the findings of an interview-based study, where they set out to investigate women’s experiences of endometriosis, and in [...]
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by Ros Wood, Australia
Gender issues and the complex nature of endometriosis have led to the creation of a variety of myths and misconceptions about the condition. This article highlights a few of the more common ones, and gives some insights into their origins.
Period pain is normal
‘Women’s problems’ perplexed nineteenth century doctors, who saw them as [...]
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Welcome to the new and improved Endometriosis and Fertility Resource Page! It was once known as the EndoPhil Resource Page, but we have taken steps to make it even better, now on our very own website.
This resource page has been set up to collate the latest news on endometriosis, fertility, infertility, medications and medical procedures. It is also a source of basic facts and hopes to bust myths of human reproduction.
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