Infertility

What to do instead

Contact Foresight before you want to get pregnant. The low success rates of IVF don’t compete with that of a tiny British charity in Goldalming, Surrey, run by a feisty 70-year-old named Belinda Bar... more>

Recoding the dna

Recombinant DNA technology - or gene engineering - has progressed dramatically in the past decade to the point where it now represents 98 per cent of all fertility drugs prescribed in the US. more>

The latest risks, the safer alternatives

Ever since Louise Brown, the first ever test-tube baby, came into the world in 1978, in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) has become the first port of call for people having trouble conceiving. Since Louise’s... more>

The infertility drug?

The biggest concern about melatonin concerns its affect on women's fertility, particularly as it's being touted as a substance that will boost fertility. This is because in some animal studies, r ... more>

Drugs and male infertility

We know very little about the effects of man commonly used drugs on fertility. In most countries the testing of drugs includes toxicity studies of the reproductive organs of animals, but there are ... more>

Declining sperm

Although the issue of declining male sperm count has been hotly debated in the medical press, mounting evidence points to pesticides. A workshop helped in Copenhagen in early 1995, at the request ... more>

Is gulf war syndrome to blame?

While all the talk these days is about the Iraqi war, there are plenty of ex-servicemen from the first conflict who are still counting the cost. more>

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