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- Tomatoes are sometimes called love apples, and now there’s a new reason why. Scientists at the University of Portsmouth, England, had a group of six healthy men consume a 14-ounce can of cream of tomato soup each day for 14 days. The result: The levels of the carotenoid lycopene in their sperm rose 7 to 12 percent. Tomatoes get their red coloring from this carotenoid, and lycopene also seems to be what many infertile men don’t have much of (though the link needs further exploration). According to the researchers, one theory is that lycopene, a strong antioxidant, mops up some of the free radicals that can cause infertility. The researchers used soup instead of fresh tomatoes because lycopene is better absorbed with processing. READ MORE»
- What’s that ticking sound? If Harry Fisch, M.D., director of the Male Reproductive Center at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, is right, it could just be your male biological clock keeping time. Indeed, Dr. Fisch says that men in their mid-to-late 30s often see a sharp increase in the incidence of genetic defects in their sperm, proportionally increasing the risk of severe birth defects in their children. Conceive asked Dr. Fisch a few questions about the claims made in his book The Male Biological Clock (Free Press, 2005). READ MORE»
- Add laptop computers to the list of modern appliances (including cell phones and electric blankets) that have been linked to fertility problems in men. READ MORE»
- The male competitive urge extends beyond sports to sex. . . and baby-making. READ MORE»
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You’ve only been trying for a few months, but you’re already starting to get annoyed rather than excited when you see a pregnant woman. Or you’ve been trying a lot longer. . . and you can’t even bear to look. Here’s how to get over it until it’s your turn.
Eileen Garvin of Susanville, California, became a client of a fertility clinic the way most women do—she was referred there by her ob/gyn.
Everyone knows about maternity leave, but sometimes women need to take time off before a baby arrives. If you’re having fertility treatments or trying to adopt, here’s what you should know to get the time off you need. Whether—and when—to tell your boss that you’re undergoing fertility treatments or arranging an adoption depends a lot on your relationship with your supervisor. While most workplace experts caution against revealing too much personal information, how do you explain being late for work because of blood tests and ultrasounds, and then needing to get home for hormone injections? Or what if you must travel abroad to bring home a baby, and then want three months to bond with your adopted child?
In an effort to attract patients and compete against the more-than 400 fertility centers providing IVF nationwide, fertility clinics today routinely...
As kids, we all learned about the birds and the bees. But we probably didn’t learn enough about fertility to know how babies can be conceived when nature doesn’t work perfectly.
When a couple is having trouble conceiving or carrying a pregnancy, sometimes a “third party” is enlisted to help. These women—egg donors and surrogates—are giving one of the greatest gifts of all. Find out why they do it.
By now you’ve probably heard of Clomid, the most commonly-used fertility drug in the United States. But do you really know how it works and what the possible side effects can be? If fertility drugs are your next step in the attempt to get pregnant, then here is a quick rundown of the seven medications your doctor is most likely to prescribe.
No one wants to hear a doctor utter the dreaded word “infertility.” But couples can use the diagnosis as an opportunity to learn the skills they...
