Fertility For Older, Highly Educated Women Has Risen Since The 1990s, According To New Research
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 01:00
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...
Rising Infertility And Cancer Rates Possibly Linked To Pharmaceuticals And Household Chemicals
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 10:00
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...
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...
Infertile Couples May Benefit From Study That Reveals Sperm Crawling And Colliding On Way To Egg
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 00:00
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...
