Suffering a miscarriage can be a very distressing experience but for many women their next pregnancy is a normal one. For women, however, who suffer recurrent miscarriage, where they have three or more…
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The Get Britain Fertile “campaign”, funded by a pregnancy testing company and fronted by television presenter Kate Garraway, aims to get women to think about having children when they’re younger. But later…
A new study of mice receiving chemotherapy could enable researchers to develop and test fertility-protecting drugs. Currently…
Almost everyone crosses their legs, whether it’s conscious or unconscious, for custom, for comfort, for effect, to stop your legs splaying, to take pressure off a foot, or for no reason at all. But is…
Scientists have successfully re-implanted ovarian tissue into a 43 year old woman, resulting in pregnancy. The procedure…
A new type of cell that plays a role in the development of ovaries and ovarian follicles has been identified by scientists…
After weeks of speculation about the contents of her uterus, it was revealed overnight that Catherine Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, is indeed pregnant. However, Catherine is in the early weeks of her…
University of Tasmania academic Meredith Nash recently argued on The Conversation that women who donate their eggs for fertility treatments should be financially compensated. It’s a risky and time-consuming…
An American blog by a relatively unknown author about the goals of the pro-life movement went viral recently, racking up around 100,000 hits in a mere two days. The blog questioned the selective and inconsistent…
Women are generally born with about a million eggs. Yet, women with reproductive problems or “older” women (over the age of 40) often cannot conceive with their own eggs. The solution is to use donor eggs…
Weight loss is effective for improving women’s sexual function but not their fertility, a new study has found. Researchers…
The combined oral contraceptive pill is the most popular form of contraception in Australia and is taken by an estimated 100 million women worldwide. The pill’s most obvious use is to prevent pregnancy…
Elephants in the room, part two For all our schemes and mantras about making our lives environmentally “sustainable”, humanity’s assault on the planet not only continues but expands. What are the deep…
Testicular self-examination is turning men into “ball-watching neurotics” – that’s the view of Keith Hopcroft, a GP from Essex in the United Kingdom. It’s unnecessary, he explained recently in the British…
In future, women could remain fertile for longer by undergoing an ovarian tissue transplant, according to paper published this week by American and Danish researchers. The Reproductive Biomedicine paper…
Scientists have discovered stem cells in women’s ovaries capable of producing egg cells, raising new hope for patients who…
One in four women who have been clinically diagnosed as infertile can still conceive without undergoing treatments, indicating…
Men who find themselves in the company of fertile women are more likely to make creative attempts at sentence structure to signify their mating fitness, a study has found. Researchers discovered that when…
Although the introduction of the baby bonus in 2004 was designed to provide financial assistance to families, a clear pro-natalist intent was also apparent. Treasurer Peter Costello’s quip is now famous…
Most men have a preference for boxers or briefs, but which are better when it comes to fertility? Many things can affect a man’s ability to make or transport sperm, including sexually transmitted infections…
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Loughborough University
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Senior lecturer in reproductive Biology, University of Sheffield
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Monash University
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Adjunct clinical professor, Monash University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow in Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor and Director, Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide University
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Emeritus Professor of Reproductive and Periconceptual Medicine, The Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide University
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Professor of Social Science and Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Professor of Reproductive Medicine, University of Dundee
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Adjunct Professor, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMass Chan Medical School
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Associate Professor,, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University