The bisphenol A (BPA) story is not yet over. More revelations about this chemical found in plastics are coming in as scientists are stepping up on BPA research. The recent undesirable BPA effect is female infertility and this was reported by Yale University researchers at the recent meeting of the Endocrine Society.
The Yale researchers have [...]
Tags: bisphenol A, BPA, endocrine disruptor, fertility, fertility loss, genes, uterus
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A prescription drug is meant to be taken only by the individual it was prescribed for. In other words, it’s a person-specific thing. Yet, this study reports that the incidence of sharing or borrowing prescription medications is quite high. The practice has become a major medical and public health problem.
What is even more disturbing is [...]
Tags: fertility, medications, prescription drugs, reproductive age, reproductive potential
Posted in: Health, Pregnancy
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According to medical statistics, lack of ovulation, or ovulation irregularity is the most commonly cited reasons for infertility. Now, researchers in Canada and France, have successfully found the gene that controls ovulation. This is an exciting discovery, for it means that drugs meant to control and regulate ovulation can be more targeted. [...]
Tags: fertility, infertility, Lrh1, ovulation
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There’s been much fuss lately over whether coffee is safe to drink during pregnancy. A summary of the current research: it’s probably safe in moderation, but don’t drink 47 cokes or ten gallons of coffee a day if pregnant.
However, doctors in the Netherlands have discovered the drinking coffee before you get pregnant may be harming [...]
Tags: caffeine, coffee, fertility, trying to conceive, trying to get pregnant, TTC
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I saw an article yesterday about the clash between our modern culture and our biology. Basically, the author had interviewed a lot of women trying to conceive later in life and came to the shocking conclusion which many of us ‘older‘ women have already discovered: reproducing when you are nearing 40 is not as easy [...]
Tags: biology, conceiving, fertility, infertility, miscarrying
Posted in: Pregnancy
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