http://www.spainfertility.com the destination for fertility tourists Sun, 11 May 2008 17:55:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dr David Knight, a Sidney fertility expert has recently raised an important issue for pregnant women: they need to lose weight to protect their babies. Dr Knight stated that not only does obesity affect the possibility of getting pregnant, but also that women with overweight have a much larger chance ... http://www.spainfertility.com/2008/05/11/mothers-to-be-lose-weight/ Teenage fathers may experience more problems when having their babies, suggested a study by canadian experts in fertility published yesterday. Their babies have a larger chance of being born before time, have low birth weight and even die in their first year. Older fathers, 40 and above, however, do not ... http://www.spainfertility.com/2008/05/09/birth-issues-related-to-young-fathers/ Women are trying to find all the information they can about infertility and related issues, a study confirmed this week. This comes as no surprise, given the fact that one in eight couples face the problem of infertility at some point in their lives.The survey made by Fertility LifeLines(TM) adn ... http://www.spainfertility.com/2008/05/09/women-want-to-know/ Since anti-cancer medication can destroy the ovary´s follicles, hence women that go through chemotherapy often have trouble getting pregnant. A study developed by scientists in the UK have found a way of storing and growing a woman´s immature eggs in the laboratory, with the utilization of a specialized technique.Some fertility ... http://www.spainfertility.com/2008/05/05/cancer-patient%c2%b4s-fertility-protection/ A student at Yale University that had told the university´s newspaper that she had inseminated herself several times and took drugs to get an abortion for an art project told school officials that the project was faked. According to the Washington Post, the initial information created an "outcry" on the ... http://www.spainfertility.com/2008/04/22/the-case-of-the-yale-student/ Fertility professionals at Yale School of Medicine that studied human eggs for in vitro fertilization have found genetic markers which indicate the egg´s maturity. Pasquale Patrizio, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the Yale Fertility Center and Dagan Wells, from the University of Oxford, UK, have found ... http://www.spainfertility.com/2008/04/21/experts-found-genetic-markers-in-eggs/ X-Rays and anaesthetic gases used without appropriate protection can increase risk of miscarriage in female veterinarians, according to West Australian researchers.The study was done by scientists at the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) and The University of Western Australia's School Of Population Health.The research included more than 1200 ... http://www.spainfertility.com/2008/04/16/female-veterinarians-exposed-to-fertility-hazards/ Do warriors get the girl? According to researchers from three universities in California, who studied why evolution has not developed men into super-aggressive types, there is more to the mating process than just destroying the others in competition. This study was published in the open journal PLoS ONE. Studying ... http://www.spainfertility.com/2008/04/16/the-strongest-not-the-sexiest/ Experts in embryology and fertility announced a breakthrough in scientific development: a technique that could allow same-sex couples to create their own biological child. Experts called on lawyers not to restrict investigations in that area, which they qualified as an "important" research. The creation of sperm and eggs in laboratory is ... http://www.spainfertility.com/2008/04/15/scientific-breakthrough-same-sex-couples-could-procreate/ In the last two years there has been, in the UK, the possibility of buying “fertility tests” for prices up to £179 that allow women to measure levels of reproductive hormones, giving them an idea of the numbers of eggs they have left: the ovarian reserve. The tests are ... http://www.spainfertility.com/2008/04/13/fertility-tests-kits-a-waste-of-money/