Can we bring our children up in a gender neutral environment?
In the UK, the Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society. But can we prevent sex discrimination if we expose our children to gender...
UK: Clarks shoes sparks sexism outrage
Last week in the UK, the biggest provider of children’s school shoes, Clarks, sparked an outrage by producing gender specific shoes with the names “Leader” for boys and “Dolly...
UK: Midwives change their mind about natural childbirth
In the UK, for over a decade midwives have encouraged women to have ‘natural’ childbirth by avoiding medical intervention such as epidurals, induction, instruments and Caesarians. Four in...
The photos I will never take: Tina Reid-Peršin
There are a growing number of artists who have experienced infertility and are expressing their emotions through their art. I wanted to share their work with you and to hear your views. In this post I...
The world status of uterus transplantation
This week I attended the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology annual conference in Geneva. About 10,000 fertility experts attend the meeting each year. Mats Brannstrom, Professor of...
Baby born from a frozen egg 14 years ago.
Alannah Roberts froze some of her eggs when she was battling cancer as a teen She has beaten cancer three times and now given birth to little Faith Roberts Faith’s egg was frozen for 14 years,...
Antibiotics in pregnancy may increase miscarriage risk
Some common antibiotics used during early pregnancy could double the risk of miscarriage, according to a new study by the University of Montreal in Canada, published in the Canadian Medical...
Granddaughters of smokers have reduced fertility
While the connection with cigarette smoking and decreased female fertility has long been established, a growing body of evidence suggests that smoking during pregnancy decreases the fertility of...
Couple had twins from sperm frozen 26 years ago
A Scottish musician whose sperm was frozen for 26 years and 243 days before being used for in-vitro fertilisation, claims a world record. The musician from Glasgow stored his sperm before having...
Researchers find gene mutation that impacts women’s fertility
Researchers found a gene mutation that leads to infertility in women. The mutated gene WT1 plays an important role in the early embryonic development controlling proteins that are needed for the...
Husband’s plea to all women- know the signs of ovarian cancer
A bereaved husband has put out an appeal to women to visit their GP if they display any symptoms of ovarian cancer after the devastating illness claimed the life of his wife. Angie Morgan, who was a...
First UK licence to create babies with DNA from three people
The UK fertility regulator, Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) granted a Newcastle centre the first licence to use mitochondrial donations as a fertility treatment that aims at...
Mathematic formula shows how sperm swim
British and Japanese researchers have developed a mathematical formula based on the rhythmic movement of a sperm’s head and tail which contributes in the understanding how sperm makes the journey...
25 million women in the USA lack access to infertility clinics
Nearly 40 percent of reproductive-aged women in the United States have limited or no nearby access to assisted reproductive technology (ART) clinics, according to new research from the University of...
Artificial mouse embryo created from stem cells
University of Cambridge researchers have used stem cells from an adult mouse to grow in vitro a structure resembling a natural mouse embryo. The researchers placed both placental and embryonic stem...
Aspirin may help prevent miscarriages in women with high inflammation
A daily low dose of aspirin could help boost live births in women with high levels of inflammation who have previously lost a pregnancy, according to a new study from the U.S. National Institute of...
Flight attendant rescues teen from human trafficker
A flight attendant rescued a teenage victim of human trafficking after she spotted a girl looking messy accompanied by a well-dressed older man on a flight from Seattle to San Francisco. When Sheila...
Heavy lifting, irregular shifts could harm women’s fertility, study finds
Jobs that involve irregular shifts and heavy lifting on a regular basis could reduce a woman’s fertility. The impact is greater among overweight and obese women, according to researchers at...
