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Should Freezing Of Ovarian Tissue Be Routine?

Should Freezing Of Ovarian Tissue Be Routine?

October 28, 2010 No Comments

A fertility doctor has recommended that women in their 20s and even late teens should freeze ovarian tissue so they can have healthier babies when they are older. Dr Sherman Silber recommends not freezing individual eggs, as is currently done, but freezing ovarian tissues by taking a sliver out. This would allow up to 60,000 ...

Nobel Prize For IVF Founder

Nobel Prize For IVF Founder

October 4, 2010 No Comments

IVF, or in vitro fertilization, is all over the news these days, and there’s hardly a person who doesn’t know about assisted conception. But it wasn’t always this way. It used to be that infertile couple either had to adopt or just never have children. With up to ten percent of all couples being infertile, ...

Will Older Mothers Naturally Evolve?

Will Older Mothers Naturally Evolve?

July 23, 2010 No Comments

The current trend of women delaying childbirth until their 30s and even 40s on a regular basis has impacts for society as a whole. One of these may be that we will evolve to have children naturally at a later age. Personally, I’m skeptical. Researchers at the University of Sheffield studied marriage and birth trends since the ...

Want To Avoid Being A Baby Daddy? Take This Pill And Call Me In 3 Months

Want To Avoid Being A Baby Daddy? Take This Pill And Call Me In 3 Months

June 28, 2010 No Comments

Most women wouldn’t trust a man to take a birth control pill. And most men don’t want to deal with the hormonal side effects (moodiness, lower libido) of taking a pill. These have been the most significant stumbling blocks to finding a male contraceptive. Luckily scientists have now found a simple solution to these problems!

Your Swimmers Are Sprinters

Your Swimmers Are Sprinters

February 9, 2010 No Comments

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. Apparently sperm don’t start ...

No More Biological Clock: Just Freeze Your Ovaries!

No More Biological Clock: Just Freeze Your Ovaries!

November 27, 2009 No Comments

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.

Girls’ Bikes Suck

It’s that time of year, when spring blossoms counteract the car pollution, beer gardens are filled with humans on...

The Dick In American Pie

The latest film in the American Pie series, American Reunion, contains a shocking scene – male full-frontal nudity including...

How Many Lovers Is Too Many?

Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...

A Beloved Novel

Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...

The University Men’s Non-Wanker Centre

My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...

The Patriarchal Overlords And Your Shoes

Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...

Lack Of Female Film-Makers Is Not Gender Bias

The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...

Why Macho Men Are Sexy

Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...

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