Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
September 10, 2010
The National Institutes of Health may temporarily resume funding for research involving human embryonic stem cells, an appeals court ruled Thursday — though uncertainty over the future of the field remains, scientists said.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
September 10, 2010
More men are arriving in doctors' offices complaining of sexual dysfunction, weight gain, fatigue, depression and other unpleasant, but potentially vague, symptoms. In some of these men, a blood test reveals low testosterone levels.
ASRM Announcements
September 09, 2010
ASRM will offer a short webinar on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. CT. Join us for this brief, informative webinar, designed to show you how to easily find and access the information most important to you on our new website. Find out how to:Log in and update your personal profile informationAccess your committeesEasily pay your membership duesPurchase productsView patient materials, fact sheets, practice and ethics guidelines, and more! Spend half an hour with us and save yourself time and clicks the next time you visit www.asrm.org. Make it an office party and share the webinar with your staff. They will appreciate this tour of our site as well. At the conclusion of the webinar, you will be able to ask questions, as well as provide feedback via a short survey. The survey will be used to improve the webinar for viewing at ASRM’s 2010 Annual Meeting in Denver.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
September 09, 2010
Young, sexually active women who said their partners were strongly in favor of using birth control were more than twice as likely to use a reliable contraceptive method consistently, according to a new study.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
September 09, 2010
The NHS is spending public money buying pornographic magazines and films for sperm donors, it has been reported.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
September 09, 2010
Being obese has long been linked to infertility in females, but researchers may have been wrong about how the link was forged, a new study suggests.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
September 09, 2010
Scientists at the Institute of Child Health, University College London, have started working on a study to determine if an everyday vitamin supplement could help prevent spina bifida, which is of Britain’s most common birth defects.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
September 08, 2010
A federal judge refused Tuesday to stay his ruling that blocked the federal government from funding human embryonic stem-cell research.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
September 08, 2010
Mothers who smoke early in pregnancy may sow the seeds of infertility in their unborn sons by arresting the development of sperm cells, new research suggests.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
September 08, 2010
Emily’s post last week on putting off kids until it may be too late drew a lot of impassioned comments. To follow up, here’s a roundup of some related news on the topic of postponing parenthood. One piece is on new tests that may help women know in advance when their biological clocks will stop; another is on the economic benefits of delaying motherhood; and another is on a demographic study showing a large increase in childless women over 40: