Posts Tagged ‘Globe’
Monday, April 4th, 2011
If you and your partner decide to pursue fertility treatments as an option for becoming pregnant, it’s important to take into consideration many factors that will have an impact on the outcome, including your lifestyle habits. And that includes smoking.
Whether you indulge in an occasional cigar or smoke a pack of cigarettes a day (or more), you are introducing a multitude of toxins into your body. These toxins have been known to cause or contribute to a plethora of medical conditions, including cancer of various organs. They also are known to raise the risk of infertility or difficulty becoming pregnant.
This is one of the reasons the World Health Organization (WHO) has placed a significant emphasis on encouraging smoking cessation in individuals around the globe. From Korea to the United States, the WHO estimates that 5 million persons per year die from factors attributable to smoking.
For you or your partner, this means one thing – kicking the smoking habit. Of course, this is easier said than done and often requires more than a modicum of patience, assistance and support. However, if it increases your chances of having a successful round of fertility treatments, it could be a significant turning point for you. In the end, it’s a healthy decision regardless of its impact on reproductive health.
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Friday, October 22nd, 2010
In news that pleasantly surprised fertility specialists around the globe and heartened would-be parents, an embryo that had been frozen for 20 years was used to fertilize a 42-year-old woman who could not conceive naturally. (The two-decade old embryo was from an unrelated donor.) The woman is a resident of the United States and gave birth in May to a healthy boy.
The news item raises some interesting questions, including how long an embryo can stay viable while frozen. Some fertility doctors speculate that 20 years isn’t even close to the length of time that’s potentially possible. One recent study even estimated that the passage of 40 years wouldn’t be a problem if the embryo had been stored correctly.
This gives great hope to women who decide to freeze their eggs at an early age if they know they are going to undergo a procedure such as radiation or chemotherapy which can rob them of their fertility. Using a surrogate, if necessary, they can use their own frozen embryos to create new life.
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Saturday, June 5th, 2010
From India comes a news story that has raised many eyebrows: A mom gave birth.
Why is this such a big deal, you ask? Because the woman in question is 58.
This brings us back to a serious topic of debate around the globe: When is a woman too old to receive fertility treatments?
Though there doesn’t seem to be one definitive answer, there does seem to be a general consensus in the medical community that by a woman’s late 40s, the risks begin to significantly outweigh the potential fertility treatment outcomes. And by “risks”, we can mean serious (even fatal) consequences.
Of course, the “appropriate” age may not always be directed by the scientific community, but by social mores.
So we ask you: When is a woman “too old” for fertility treatments?
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Saturday, May 15th, 2010
Straight from the latest in reproductive health science come stories that say ultrasound may someday be the key to contraception for men.
Tests have been performed at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and have preliminarily shown that a single treatment of ultrasound (focused on a man’s testicles) could provide up to six months of contraception.
Thus far, it would also appear that the contraception is easily reversible, meaning the effect wouldn’t be long-term in terms of affecting male fertility. (Of course, it’s always important to know that in the early stages of any study, a claim like this is only a hypothesis.)
To find out more about this innovative (and low cost) method of potential birth control for men around the globe, you can read the official press release from UNC here.
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Friday, April 30th, 2010
Asherman’s Syndrome isn’t a commonly discussed condition… yet. Lately, it’s been getting a lot of press because doctors have connected it to infertility, a problem faced by millions of individuals around the globe.
Asherman’s affects women, not men, and is described as:
“…an acquired uterine condition, characterized by the formation of adhesions (scar tissue) inside the uterus…” (From http://www.ashermans.org/)
With proper treatment, many women are able to reproduce naturally; however, nothing can be done without a diagnosis.
If you’ve been experiencing infertilityand know (or suspect) you have Asherman’s Syndrome, contact a reproductive health specialist for a more in-depth analysis.
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