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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

What Does Fertility Mean

Clinical trial: Environmental toxins' effect on fertility

October 03, 2008
This is a study to determine if the environmental toxin lead contributes to decreased sperm fertility. This national study is currently recruiting men over the age of 25 who are seeking fertility evaluation. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Can Bactrim Decrease Fertility or Reproductive Performance?
By Jay Motola , Health Expert

...and am taking Bactrim?   No adverse effects on fertility or reproductive perfomance have been... Read more »

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The link between fertility treatments and birth defects
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert

...helped to achieve a baby, even in the face of serious fertility issues, it was considered a... Read more »

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Cancer and Fertility: The Oncofertility Consortium
By Jeannette Vagnozzi , Health Expert

...cancer patients facing chemotherapy is preserving fertility since many chemotherapy regimens... Read more »

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What Other Alternatives Do I Have?
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert

...infertiltiy, then you may exhaust all the available fertility treatments.  Sometimes, even when... Read more »

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Upside Down Sex, Turkey Basters and Other Myths of Having a Baby
By Merely Me , Health Expert

...that tightie whities are the reason for a lot of infertility.  He could wear boxers but why... Read more »

Health Guide

Pregnancy Myths
...become pregnant from your first period until one year after your last period stops. Young girls have fertility cycles after their first menstrual cycle. It is possible for them to become pregnant... Read more »
The Morning After Pill
I am a huge advocate of the morning after pill. I feel it really is one of our best options to help eliminate -- or at least reduce -- unwanted pregnancies and abortions. The problem is that there... Read more »
Sex & Your Body
In order to understand how pregnancies occur in the first place, you'll need to learn a little about your menstrual cycle, hormones and ovulation (release of the egg). As you'll see, it's not very... Read more »
Infertility and Chemotherapy: Breast Cancer Treatment Concerns in Your 20s, 30s and 40s
...motherhood with your oncologist because there are several steps that may be taken to attempt to protect fertility during treatment.  First, certain chemotherapy regimens carry a greater risk to... Read more »
5 Myths About Sex & Pregnancy
Myth # 1: "She can't get pregnant if I don't ejaculate inside her." This relic of the "I Only Put It In a Little" School of Rhetorical Reasoning has accidentally conceived hordes of children just... Read more »

Medications

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This combination hormone medication is used to prevent pregnancy. It contains 2 hormones, a... Read more »

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This combination hormone medication is used to prevent pregnancy. It contains 2 hormones, a... Read more »

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This combination hormone medication is used to prevent pregnancy. It contains 2 hormones, a... Read more »

Related News

Gene Linked to Early Menopause
June 10, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Scientists have identified genetic factors that influence the age at which a woman experiences menopause, and they said the... Read summary »

Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Diabetes Linked Directly to Environment
July 14, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital found a substantial link between increased death rate from certain... Read summary »

Young Ovarian Cancer Patients Can Preserve Fertility
August 21, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Young women with early-stage ovarian cancer can preserve fertility by keeping at least one ovary or the uterus without... Read summary »

You are What Your Mother Eats
May 02, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- What your mother ate during pregnancy may have helped determine your sex. Particularly, eating more during the time of... Read summary »

Do fertility herbs work?
October 03, 2008

Experts say the expense of fertility treatments leaves some couples reeling, and many of them turn to less expensive, alternative forms of medicine.... Read summary »