Information Leaflet Reduces Stress in Male Infertility Patients
Wednesday, 26 January 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men about to undergo a fertility examination may experience anxiety to a degree that prevents them from attending the scheduled appointment. Now, researchers in Germany have found that a simple informational leaflet can relieve men's distress and increase the likelihood that they will show up for the examination.
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Use of Laptop Computers on the Lap Increases Scrotal Temperature
Monday, 03 January 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Normal spermatogenesis requires that the testes be cooler than body temperature. Elevations in scrotal temperature due to environmental and physiologic causes have been shown to have deleterious effects on normal sperm production.
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Early Treatment of Varicocele may Preserve Fertility
Tuesday, 07 December 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Varicocelectomy performed during adolescence seems to preserve fertility and testicular growth, physicians in New York report.
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Chlamydia Trachomatis Infections are Associated with Decreased Fertility
Monday, 06 December 2004
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Dr. Karinen and colleagues from Finland and the United Kingdom performed a nested-case controlled study to investigate the association between serum antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis and fertility.
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Mouse Sperm Stem Cells Grown In Vitro
Friday, 05 November 2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US researchers reported Thursday they have derived spermatogonial stem cells from mice, cultured them in vitro, and successfully used these cells to produce an infant mouse.
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Fertility Services May Be Denied to Unfit Parents
Friday, 17 September 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Physicians who provide fertility services must occasionally balance the right of patients to bear children against the welfare of future offspring. In the September issue of Fertility and Sterility, the Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine provides guidance to clinics and physicians facing this quandary.
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Low Incidence of Testicular Failure in Boys Treated for Acute Leukemia
Thursday, 09 September 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys with acute leukemia who are treated with total body and testicular irradiation have a low incidence of testicular recurrence, according to a report in the August 15th issue of Cancer.
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Ejaculatory Frequency and Not Season Affect Semen Parameters
Wednesday, 01 September 2004
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Variations in sperm concentrations can be considerable.
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Gulf War Service Linked to Infertility in UK Male Veterans
Wednesday, 14 July 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of male UK veterans, service in the Gulf war was tied to an increased risk of infertility and with a delay in the time to conception, according to a report in the July 14th online issue of the British Medical Journal.
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Combined Therapy with L-carnitine and L-acetyl-carnitine Increases Sperm Motility
Friday, 09 July 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Sperm motility can be increased with combined L-carnitine and L-acetyl-carnitine therapy, particularly in men with lower sperm motility at baseline, according to a new study.
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Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Tied to Congenital Malformation
Friday, 02 July 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There appears to be an increased risk of major congenital malformation in children born as a result of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) compared with those born after spontaneous conception, German researchers report in the July issue of Fertility and Sterility.
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Biological Factors May Promote Intercourse During Most Fertile Days
Thursday, 10 June 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The findings from a new study suggest that biological factors increase the likelihood that a woman will engage in intercourse during her most fertile days rather than at other times.
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UK Agency Orders Alarms for Frozen Sperm, Egg, Embryos
Wednesday, 09 June 2004
LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale for Reuters Health) - Britain's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) on Tuesday ordered extra precautions to ensure thousands of frozen sperm, eggs and embryos cannot accidentally be destroyed by thawing.
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Serono Receives FDA Approval for Gonal-F Pen
Monday, 31 May 2004
ZURICH (Reuters) - Serono's Gonal-F pen, a device that administers drugs for treating infertility, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug administration, the Swiss biotech group said on Thursday.
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Baby Boy Born From Sperm Frozen Record 21 Years
Wednesday, 26 May 2004
LONDON (Reuters) - A baby boy was born after being conceived with sperm frozen 21 years earlier in what scientists said Tuesday was a new record.
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