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ARHP helps you stay abreast ofe latest reproductive health news with links to breaking stories and research findings. We track daily news reports from credible sources including newspapers, journals, vetted blogs, conference updates, and others.

March 4, 2010: Behind the scenes, conservative group shaping state policy from the Arizona Republic

March 4, 2010: Researchers distinguish two different types of blood stem cells from Science News (click here for a link to the abstract)

March 4, 2010: 2 bills to make big changes to sale, donation of human eggs from ABC Channel 15, Phoenix

March 2, 2010: Linking Male Infertility and Disease Risks from the Wall Street Journal

March 2, 2010: Having a Child to Save Another from the New York Times

February 28, 2010: Idaho Senate passes conscience bill 21-13 from the Examiner

February 27, 2010: Country's infertility rate 'on the rise' from China Daily

February 27, 2010 :Bioethics expert: Parents should be allowed to use selective reproduction in choosing future child's gender from the Medical News

February 26, 2010: Flash-Freezing Technique May Boost Egg Survival Rates from Wired (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 26, 2010: Fertility problems may not affect kids' coordination from Reuters (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 26, 2010: Cash for eggs banned in Oklahoma bill from the Oklahoman

February 26, 2010: Do Fertility Treatments Raise Autism Risk? From ABC Channel 5 WCVB, Boston

February 24, 2010: Study Links IVF to Higher Stillbirth Risk from CBS News (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 24, 2010: Woman has 2 babies in first for ovarian transplant from Reuters

February 23, 2010: Senate passes in vitro benefit bill from CNBC

February 23, 2010: IVF less successful for Asian Americans: study from Reuters (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 23, 2010: Fertility research: Thyroid hormone may boost in-vitro conception from the Globe and Mail (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 23, 2010: Ovaries have not adjusted to many women's decision to delay having children from the Washington Post (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 23, 2010: IVF babies do fine, but their moms may be at risk from Reuters (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 22, 2010: IVF technique a fertility threat to next generation from the Telegraph

February 22, 2010: IVF may raise risk of diabetes, hypertension and cancer in later life from the Guardian

February 22, 2010: AMH test to detect fertility in women developed from the Med Guru

February 20, 2010: How many is too many? Fertility treatments should be regulated from the Patriot News

February 19, 2010: In Vitro Embryo Culture Medium Affects Birthweight from Medscape Medical News (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 19, 2010: Agency Proposes U.S.-Paid Research on Stem Cells from the New York Times

February 19, 2010: A registry would help track egg donors' future health problems from the Arizona Star

February 18, 2010: Ariz. Bill Bans Egg Donor Payments from ABC Channel 5 KPHO, Phoenix

February 17, 2010: Do IVF babies grow up healthy? from the Washington Post (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 17, 2010: In IVF, frozen embryos may fare better than fresh from Reuters (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 17, 2010: Indiana court rules egg donor can seek maternity rights from CBS Channel 2 WSBT

February 16, 2010: Catholic Church sanctions some infertility treatment from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

February 16, 2010: AP IMPACT: Testing curbs some genetic diseases from the Associated Press

February 15, 2010: Stem cell births seen live from the San Diego Union-Tribune (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 15, 2010: Bills to modify stem-cell amendment held up in Senate from Crain’s Detroit Business

February 14, 2010: Embryo adoption plants a complex family tree from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

February 13, 2010: 'I'm giving hope to childless couples - it's humbling...' An egg donor tells why she does it from the Daily Mail

February 12, 2010: Frozen donor embryos may often go unused: study from Reuters (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 12, 2010: UWM engineer creates software that predicts stem cell fate from Wisconsin Technology News (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 11, 2010: Still No Truce in the Stem-Cell Wars from Newsweek

February 11, 2010: IVF costs higher for older women: Australian study from Reuters (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 9, 2010: Thinking of using IVF? Try this first from the Independent

February 9, 2010: Eugenics fear as British couples are offered £700 online gene test for 100 inherited diseases from the Daily Mail

February 7, 2010: IVF boys may inherit their father's infertility from Adelaide Now (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 5, 2010: Couple turns to Facebook to help fund in-vitro from the San Francisco Chronicle

February 5, 2010: What Is a Life Worth? from Newsweek

February 4, 2010: Iowa panel OKs inheritance change from KGAN CBS Channel 2, Cedar Rapids

February 3, 2010: Flame retardant may affect fertility: study from Reuters (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 2, 2010: EU Approves First Long-Acting Fertility Treatment from Medscape Medical News

February 2, 2010: Wiping out human variation from the Guardian

February 2, 2010: Genetic test helps parents have healthy babies from KGOTV ABC Channel 7, San Francisco

February 1, 2010: Researchers link gene, preemies from the Cincinnati Enquirer (click here for a link to the abstract)

February 1, 2010: 'Get Me Out': Making Babies Through The Ages from NPR

February 1, 2010: U-M to press for more stem cell research for minorities from the Detroit News

January 31, 2010: IVF mania: Make me a baby from the Times Online

January 29, 2010: Alone on a Path Shared by Many from the New York Times

January 28, 2010: Indiana appeals court to determine whether genetic mom or surrogate is baby's legal mother from the Los Angeles Times

January 27, 2010: IVF clinics facing sperm donation shortfall from the Australia Herald Sun

January 25, 2010: A Legal Puzzle: Can a Baby Have Three Biological Parents? from the New York Times (click here for a link to the abstract)

January 24, 2010: Stem cell OK should be law, backers say from St. Louis Post-Dispatch

January 22, 2010: Scientists Grow Working Neurons From Stem Cells from NPR (audio file)

January 22, 2010: NIH recommends approval of another stem cell line from USA Today

January 21, 2010: Rocking Embryos Might Boost IVF Success from Business Week (click here for a link to the abstract)

January 21, 2010: Doctors Call for Better Guidelines For Prescribing Fertility Drugs from All Headlines News

January 20, 2010: All That Remains from Newsweek

January 20, 2010: Stem-cell rules advance in Michigan Senate from the Detroit Free Press

January 18, 2010: 'I wanted my baby's cord blood to save' from BBC News

January 17, 2010: Woman, 59, becomes oldest person ever to be offered IVF treatment by a British clinic from the Daily Mail

January 15, 2010: APsaA: Use of 'Birth Others' Affects the Kids from MedPage Today

January 15, 2009: Surrogacy Battles Expose Uneven Legal Landscape from the Wall Street Journal

January 14, 2009: Novel Breast Cancer Therapy Targets Cancer Stem Cells from Modern Medicine (click here for a link to the abstract)

January 12, 2010: Genetic Analysis of Human Embryos by Comparative Genomic Hybridization from Medscape Today (click here for a link to the abstract)

January 12, 2009: Sperm donor pool shrivels when payments cease from Canadian Medical Association Journal

January 12, 2009: Worms aid understanding of stem cells from United Press International

January 11, 2009: Embryo genetic screening controversial - and successful from USA Today

January 11, 2009: When a surrogate mom asks for her babies back from the San Francisco Chronicle

January 8, 2010: Before or After Birth, Gene Linked to Mental Health Has Different Effects from Science Daily (click here for a link to the abstract)

January 4, 2009: State Board Accuses Octuplet Doctor of Negligence from the New York Times

January 1, 2009: The Last Chance from Salt Lake Magazine

December 31, 2009: Work on stem cells in Michigan raises many hopes, questions from the Detroit Free Press

December 30, 2009: Longer Time to Conceive May up Risks for Mom, Baby from ABC News

December 30, 2009: New Jersey Judge Calls Surrogate Legal Mother of Twins from the New York Times

December 29, 2009: Vitamin C enhances production of adult stem cells from Food Consumer (click here for a link to the abstract)

December 22, 2009: Vacuum Tube Technique May Simplify Amniocentesis from Medscape Today (click here for a link to the abstract)

December 17, 2009: Single Embryo Transfer Possible With Use of New Chromosomal Screening Approach from Medscape Today (click here for a link to the abstract)

December 22, 2009: Study: IVF screening increases fatality risk in multiple babies from TopNews New Zealand

December 21, 2009: Blood test tells gender of fetus early as 5 weeks on MSNBC.com

December 17, 2009: Lack of diversity in stem cells is a concern from the Detroit Free Press

December 16, 2009: Editorial: State shouldn't over-regulate stem cell research from the Detroit News

December 14, 2009: New Study Shows Sex Every Day May Help Men’s Fertility from Insider’s Health

December 12, 2009: Building a Baby, With Few Ground Rules from the New York Times

December 11, 2009: Women Aren't Waiting to Seek Infertility Help from US News and World Reports

December 9, 2009: Stem cell researchers watching legislative moves from the Associated Press

December 9, 2009: Is it right to pay women for their eggs? from BBC News

December 9, 2009: Embryo use poses difficult decisions from the Sun-Times Media

December 8, 2009: Would you choose your child's gender? from CNN

December 4, 2009: Panel: 27 more stem cell lines should be approved from USA Today

November 27, 2009: Deferred Blastocyte Transfer IVF Protocol Yields Promising Results from Medscape News (click here for a link to the abstract)

December 3, 2009: U.S. set to fund more stem cell study from the Washington Post

December 2, 2009: Term 'embryo adoption' is misleading, medical group says from the Los Angeles Times

November 26, 2009: Fertility: stop all the clocks from the Telegraph

November 25, 2009: Fertility treatments may be producing fewer baby boys: study from the National Times (click here for a link to the abstract)

November 24, 2009: Fertility drugs may pose some uterine cancer risk from Reuters (click here for a link to the abstract)

November 23, 2009: Sperm discovery could lead to new fertility treatments -- and could result in contraception for men from the Florida Sun Sentinel

November 22, 2009: The Maybe-Baby Dilemma from the Boston Globe

November 17, 2009: Why the U.S. Gets a D on Preterm Birth Rates from Time

November 15, 2009: A solution on stem cells? from the Omaha World-Herald

November 12, 2009: Anti-Müllerian Hormone Levels Predict Response to Ovarian Stimulation from Medscape News (click here for a link to the abstract)

November 12, 2009: Soon, Babies May Have Three Biological Parents from Popular Science

November 10, 2009: IVF isn't the only treatment for couples struggling to conceive from the New York Daily News

November 10, 2009: HHS Promotes Embryo Donation from the New American

November 10, 2009: Fate of frozen embryos: Think tank tries to give faithful a guide from the Chicago Tribune

November 10, 2009: Embryos' fate: A fertile debate from the Chicago Tribune

November 4, 2009: Tiny injector could improve drug research, assisted reproduction from the Ottawa Citizen

November 3, 2009: Premature Births Are Fueling Higher Rates of Infant Mortality in U.S., Report Says from the New York Times

November 2, 2009: Altered Endometrial HOXA10 Gene Expression Linked to Infertility from IVF News.Direct! (click here for a link to the abstract)

October 27, 2009: Progesterone Vaginal Gel as Effective, Better Tolerated Than Hormone Injections During IVF from Medscape Medical News

October 27, 2009: Natural-Cycle IVF Is Effective in Poor Responders from Medscape (click here for a link to the abstract)

October 29, 2009: Laying Still Raises Artificial Insemination Success from US News and World Report (click here for a link to the abstract)

Ocotber 29, 2009: Sperm donor passes on fatal heart condition to children from the Telegraph

October 28, 2009: One Embryo Nearly as Good a Multiples for Pregnancy from ABC News

October 28, 2009: Stem Cells Coaxed to Make Precursors to Egg, Sperm from MSN Health and Fitness

October 28, 2009: When Abortion Is "Gendercide" from the Huffington Post

October 27, 2009: Judge Rejects Challenge to NIH Stem Cell Guidelines from Bloomberg

October 27, 2009: Drinking By Either Partner Cuts Odds of IVF Success from Time

October 27, 2009: Personhood initiative lining up friends and foes from the Colorado Independent

October 27, 2009: FAQ: Male Infertility? from 24 Medica

October 26, 2009: Deny IVF aid to smokers, obese: expert from the Sydney Morning Herald

October 25, 2009: ALERT: Novel Mechanical Method of Assisted Hatching Reported from IVF News.Direct! (click here for a link to the abstract)

October 22, 2009: Diagnostic Laparoscopy Prior to Assisted Reproductive Technology Does Not Improve Conception Rates from Medscape Medical News

October 26, 2009: Disgraced cloning expert convicted in SKorea from the Associated Press

October 24, 2009: Improving in vitro fertilization for women in their 40s from NBC Channel 9, Denver

October 24, 2009: Older woman more likely to give birth to girls from the Sunday Times

October 22, 2009: Money Woes Keeping Many Couples From Fertility Treatments from the Atlanta Journal Constitution

October 22, 2009: Womb transplants 'a step closer' from BBC News

October 22, 2009: Giving birth to womb transplants from BBC News

October 21, 2009: Sex of Twins May Affect Outcomes from US News and World Report

October 20, 2009: New IVF Guidelines Aim to Reduce Multiple Births from US News and World Report

October 19, 2009: Screening test ‘doubles the chance of pregnancy for women on IVF’ from the Times Online

October 19, 2009: Want to get pregnant? Just relax from Reuters

October 18, 2009: 'Octomom' doctor expelled from fertility group from USA Today

October 18, 2009: Hopes of reproducing can survive cancer, Moffitt in Tampa tells patients from the St. Petersburg Times (click here for a link to the abstract)

October 16, 2009: Transplant May Treat Metabolic Disorders in Womb from US News and World Report

October 16, 2009: Scientists Provide First Map of Complete Human Epigenome from the Atlanta Journal Constitution (click here for a link to the abstract)

October 16, 2009: Court asked to overturn Obama's decision to fund embryonic stem cell research from Kansas Liberty

October 15, 2009: Abortion foes challenge pay for egg donors from the Albany Times-Union

October 14, 2009: IVF websites often mum on embryo gene test risks from Reuters (click here for a link to the abstract)

October 12, 2009: Worry can affect IVF success from LA Times (click here for a link to the abstract)

October 11, 2009: Grievous Choice on Risky Path to Parenthood from the New York Times

October 11, 2009: For sperm-bank era, courts need clearer rules from the Boston Globe

October 10, 2009: Couples prefer preimplantation genetic diagnosis to later testing from LA Times

October 10, 2009: The Gift of Life, and Its Price from the New York Times

October 9, 2009: A Search for a Surrogate Leads to India from the Wall Street Journal

October 7, 2009: Study examines ethical dilemmas of medical tourism from Insciences

October 6, 2009: Gene with potential link to infertility in mice seems to have been recognized from Health Jockey (click here for a link to the abstract)