Here’s a round-up of some of the latest fertility-related news from cyberspace:

LIGHT WAVES COULD IMPROVE SPERM PRODUCTION

In Israel, fertility specialists have been experimenting with visible light rays in an effort to increase the quality of sperm production.  Oxygen is emitted from these visible light rays and would appear to make sperm more mobile.  Hence, IVF treatment results have been improved.

Although this is a form of radiation, the sperm did not incur DNA damage.  More studies have been planned.

ONCOFERTILITY HELPS PRESERVE FERTILITY FOR FEMALE CANCER PATIENTS

In women who experience cancer, part of the side effects of treatment can be infertility.  Thus, oncofertility doctors and specialists have taken center stage recently to help females receive better options when it comes to preserving their fertility.

To tackle this topic, a nationwide group of clinicians and researchers have formed the Oncofertility Consortium.  It’s a great step forward for those who become victims of cancer, especially at an early (i.e. child-bearing or pre-child-bearing) age.

FOOD NETWORK STAR MAY HAVE ARRANGED FOR WIFE’S WOULD-BE MURDER BECAUSE OF HER INFERTILITY

In a strange twist, Juan-Carlos Cruz, the Food Network chef who allegedly tried to arrange his wife’s murder using a “hit man”, may have done so because his wife was infertile.

The case against Cruz is still in preliminary phases, so time will tell if this rumor is true.