A new study has shown the ovary’s tissues and cells play a bigger role than previously thought in how fertility wanes.
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Some might say we’re in the age of the ‘priceless’ child, but The New Yorker certainly doesn’t think so.
Societies overwhelmingly endorse reproduction, but the pressure this places on people who don’t want to have kids may be putting their health at risk.
Mice possess a notable talent: they are excellent at making more mice. Their ability to reproduce at a breakneck pace is one reason they are often used as experimental research subjects. Thus, when Dr…
After reading a recent Hard Evidence piece about whether fertility “drops off a cliff” at 35, I feel that some hard evidence about the chance of having a baby with IVF is needed. Some of the figures quoted…
With Australia experiencing declining fertility rates over the past four decades, governmental concern has increased over the consequences of the falling birth rate and how the trend might be reversed…
Former Olympic swimmer Lisa Curry has announced she will undergo fertility treatment to try to have a baby with her partner of three years. News reports say doctors estimate she has less than a 10% chance…
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