Convincing Evidence That The Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill Helps Painful Periods

A large Scandinavian study that has been running for 30 years has finally provided convincing evidence that the combined oral contraceptive pill does, indeed, alleviate the symptoms of painful menstrual periods – dysmenorrhoea. The research is published online in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction [1]…

New Moms Benefit From Text4baby Mobile Service

Researchers at UC San Diego Health System’s Department of Reproductive Medicine and the National Latino Research Center (NLRC) at Cal State San Marcos University recently presented data at the American Public Health Association Conference in Washington D.C…

Women Less Than 38 Years Of Age More Likely To Give Birth To A Live Baby After ICSI, Shows New Research

A new research study conducted at a single fertility clinic led by researchers from Centre for Reproductive Medicine, UZ Brussel (Brussels, Belgium), has found that women undergoing fertility treatment who are less than 38 years of age are more likely to give birth to a live baby after ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) if 11 or more eggs have been retrieved from their ova…

Study Finds Possible Explanation For The Link Between Infertility And Breast/Ovarian Cancer Risks

In a study published online this week in the leading cancer journal, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Westchester Medical Center Physician Dr. Kutluk Oktay, MD, Director, Division of Reproductive Medicine & Infertility concluded that mutations in the BRCA1 gene (gene associated with early onset breast cancer) are associated with early diminishment of egg reserve…