Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
June 18, 2013
About 80 per cent of donated sperm used by singles, lesbian couples and other childless women in Canberra is flown in from overseas, mostly the United States.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
June 17, 2013
Nearly half of all infertility cases involve men, yet it’s often perceived as a woman’s issue according to local patient advocacy groups.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
June 17, 2013
The fact is fertility decreases with age and this process accelerates at a much faster rate the older you get.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
June 17, 2013
Wife: "I’ve done my share. It’s your turn now.”Husband: “If you leave me in the next five years, I’ll really feel like I sacrificed myself for nothing.”
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
June 14, 2013
Researchers and biotech firms say European court ruling will deter investors from funding new cures.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
June 14, 2013
Is Dad stressed? It may not be a good thing for your future children. It turns out that sperm is affected by stress, whether experienced as a preadolescent or adult, and could give any sons or daughters a blunted reaction to stress--a response is associated with several mental disorders.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
June 13, 2013
In a vote of confidence for modern cancer treatments, young male patients are being urged to plan for fatherhood before they undergo radiation and chemotherapy.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
June 13, 2013
Don't look for the morning-after pill to move next to the condoms on drugstore shelves right away - but after a decade-plus fight, it appears it really will happen. Backed into a corner by a series of court rulings, the Obama administration has agreed to let the Plan B One-Step brand of emergency contraception sell over the counter to anyone of any age.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
June 13, 2013
"How We Do It" may sound like a sex manual, but it isn't: In fact, that's about the only topic you won't find addressed in anthropologist Robert Martin's book-length survey of human reproduction and what we can learn from the animal world.
ASRM Bulletins
June 12, 2013
The Obama Administration has decided to stop fighting to put age limits on who can purchase emergency contraception without a prescription. The decision comes after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to comply with a previous court decision making the two-pill emergency contraception available over the counter and without age restrictions.