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Fertility For Older, Highly Educated Women Has Risen Since The 1990s, According To New Research
4 hours 12 min ago - An increasing number of highly educated women are opting for families, according to a national study co-authored by a University at Buffalo economist. Qingyan Shang, an assistant professor at UB, says the study uncovers what may be the reversal of a trend by highly educated women... View the full article
Rising Infertility And Cancer Rates Possibly Linked To Pharmaceuticals And Household Chemicals
19 hours 12 min ago - According to the European Environment Agency (EEA), household products, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food all contain endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) which may be causing significant increases in diabetes, obesity, cancers and increasing infertility... View the full article
Sex Chromosomes Are Here To Stay
1 week 4 hours ago - The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), looked at how genes on sex-linked chromosomes are passed down generations and linked to fertility, using the specific example of the W chromosome in female chickens... View the full article
Infertile Couples May Benefit From Study That Reveals Sperm Crawling And Colliding On Way To Egg
1 week 1 day ago - Scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick have shed new light on how sperm navigate the female reproductive tract, 'crawling' along the channel walls and swimming around corners; with frequent collisions... View the full article
Some Forms Of Assisted Reproduction Increase Risk Of Birth Defects
1 week 2 days ago - A University of Adelaide study has identified the risk of major birth defects associated with different types of assisted reproductive technology... View the full article
Exposing Fetus To Plant Estrogen May Lead To Infertility In Women
1 week 6 days ago - A paper published in Biology of Reproduction's Papers-in-Press describes the effects of brief prenatal exposure to plant estrogens on the mouse oviduct, modeling the effects of soy-based baby formula on human infants... View the full article

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