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The study reinforces the importance of bringing up fertility to all patients of reproductive age regardless of prognosis (Photo: Pixabay)

Most cancer patients do not have adequate access to fertility support, says study

Half of cancer patients of reproductive age do not receive adequate information about impact of treatment on their fertility.

30 Aug 2017 9:50 AM

If the same technique were to work in humans, it would allow many sterile men to become fathers (Photo: Pixabay)

Sperm cells are created in the lab offering hopes of cure from infertility

Scientists create stem cells from ear tissue that become fully functional sperm cells on introduction to mice testes.

18 Aug 2017 1:19 PM

Tamoxifen lowers oestrogen levels and triggers the ovaries to produce higher quality eggs (Photo: Pixabay)

Breast cancer drug ups IVF success in older women

According to research one in five women who used the treatment were able to have a baby using their own eggs

16 Aug 2017 11:06 AM

Sleeping has a range of health boosting benefits that range from increasing male virility to reducing stress (Photo: Pixabay)

Here are the reasons people should sleep naked

Study says, sleeping naked has a range of health-boosting benefits that range from increasing fertility to reducing stress.

14 Aug 2017 2:28 PM

Study revealed that Sperm counts in men from America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand have dropped by more than 50 percent in less than 40 years (Photo: Pixabay)

Here are ways to keep up fertility in men

From exercising and going to bed naked to not riding a bicycle, we list ways of keeping up fertility in men.

10 Aug 2017 10:47 AM

Representational Image. (PhotoL Pixabay)

Opting for IVF? A man's age matters too

Find out how delivery rates in IVF are affected by a man's age.

03 Jul 2017 5:53 PM

Dr. Anurag Bishnoi is called many things. God and quack top the list (Photo: AP)

Meet the IVF expert in Hisar who's giving hope to older women

His harshest critics accuse the embryologist of making money off the dreams of the desperate, and of taking wildly unnecessary risks.

25 May 2017 2:19 PM

Parsis in India were asked to "be responsible and not use a condom" as part of a campaign (Photo: Pixabay)

Countries which are urging people to have more sex

A travel company in Denmark asked men to "do it for mom".

06 Mar 2017 3:54 PM

In humans, Zika virus can remain in semen months after infection. (Photo: Pixabay)

Zika virus may impair male fertility: study

Researchers observed how the Zika virus replicates in and damages testes.

24 Feb 2017 9:19 PM

An independent panel of experts last month said the practice should be "cautiously adopted" (Photo: AFP)

UK first to approve 'three-parent baby' treatment

The technique would allow women who carry disease-causing mutations in their mitochondrial genes to give birth.

15 Dec 2016 5:47 PM

Polar bodies had never been shown to be potentially useful for generating functional (Photo: AFP)human eggs for fertility treatments (Photo: AFP)

New technique aides infertility treatment

The waste DNA comes from small cells called polar bodies that form off eggs and contain the same genetic material as in woman's egg nucleus.

13 Nov 2016 5:34 PM

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