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Posts Tagged ‘fertility

Who’s Your Daddy?

Posted by: am1am2 on: February 15, 2010

Men in Manchester and Edinburgh are taking part in a two-year trial for an injectable male contraceptive.
Comments by readers on this article talk of an end to men being tricked into supporting children who are not theirs.

Scientists have found that sperm swim faster when they have a competitor.
So if you want to increase your chances of pregnancy you should make sure you have more than one lover!

Your Swimmers Are Sprinters

Posted by: am1am2 on: February 9, 2010

Scientist have found out what it is that makes sperm swim faster when they get closer to the egg.
This will be used to help further the search for a male contraceptive, something with a lot of obstacles to it, as well as helping men whose swimmers are too slow to cause a pregnancy.

You’ll Never Be A Mom, Study Warns

Posted by: am1am2 on: January 30, 2010

You’re a bad mother.
No kids? That’s why.
A new study has come out informing working women that having a baby over the age of 30 is practically a miraculous event, and that having kids over 40 is actually evidence of the Rapture.

Are God’s Gifts Returnable?

Posted by: am1am2 on: December 15, 2009

Michelle Duggar gave birth to her nineteenth child on Thursday. The premature baby was born at only one pound, six ounces and the mother is still recovering from the emergency c-section.
While we wish them both health, it begs the question, how many babies is too much?

Female Pandas Sing To Attract Mate

Posted by: am1am2 on: December 4, 2009

Researchers have found that Giant Pandas sing to each other when the females are fertile.
Pandas are only able to conceive for a few days a year so calling to the males that they are ready for action is very important for this endangered animal.

No More Biological Clock: Just Freeze Your Ovaries!

Posted by: am1am2 on: November 27, 2009

With women delaying children into their late 30s and early 40s infertility is becoming more and more of an issue for couples to deal with.
Dr. Sherman Silber, a fertility expert, is exploring a new way to battle infertility: freezing ovarian tissue.

Survival Of The Fittest Favours Short, Plump Women

Posted by: am1am2 on: October 22, 2009

Scientists have proven that models are becoming extinct… well, sort of.
A study of over 14,000 women showed which way the evolutionary winds are blowing. Women who are shorter and plumper are wining the survival of the fittest.
The downside is the the women of the future will have to deal with more periods.

Womb Transplants Coming Soon

Posted by: am1am2 on: October 22, 2009

Soon a woman whose uterus has been damaged or removed due to cancers or other reproductive problems might still be able to carry a child to term using a transplanted womb.
This is a controversial issue in the medical community but could soon be a reality for many hopeful mothers.

My Love Affair With Brad Pitt Survived The Pill

Posted by: am1am2 on: October 8, 2009

Mick // With their usual careful treatment of facts, the Daily Mail has declared that the pill “has put women off masculine men.”
My love affair with Brad Pitt, like all great romances, was a complex thing. What it did, however, was prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that being on the pill does not [...]