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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.

August 4, 2010: NIH-Funded Researchers Generate Mature Egg Cells From Early Ovarian Follicles from NIH News

August 4, 2010: New IVF machine to give infertility treatment in India a facelift from The Med Guru

August 3, 2010: Quebec fertility clinics brace for surge from CBC News

August 3, 2010: New Report Bolsters Support for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) to Improve Pregnancy Rates in Assisted Reproduction from Earth Times

July 28, 2010: 'Eggsploitation' focuses on egg donor risk from United Press International

July 28, 2010: In vitro fertilization boom in India from The Times of India

July 27, 2010: UPDATE 1-Sequenom gets FDA letter on genetic test from Reuters

July 27, 2010: New, Improved Technique Yields Great Success in Gender Selection from PR

July 26, 2010: Younger mothers from Ottawa Citizen

July 26, 2010: Fertility Clinics Seek To Improve Access By Lowering Costs, Increasing Providers from Medical News Today

July 26, 2010: The big thaw from The Boston Globe

July 20, 2010: IVF Associated With Increased Risk for Childhood Cancer from Medscape

July 19, 2010: Fertility Treatment Success Predicted With Medical Analysis from Bloomberg Businessweek

July 19, 2010: Test can predict success of IVF: U.S. report from Reuters

July 19, 2010: Test-tube kids and cancer? Method unlikely a cause from The Associated Press

July 15, 2010: IVF centres direct foreigners to consulates over surrogacy issue from Hindustan Times

July 15, 2010: Family's wish, doctor's dilemma from The Boston Globe

July 14, 2010: Genetic variation on breast cancer from University of Buffalo Reporter

July 14, 2010: Quebec will fund in vitro fertilization treatment from The National Post

July 14, 2010: To Tell or Not to Tell: When Your Child Is Conceived Through In Vitro Fertilization: Author Helps Parents Explain the Process from Marketwire

July 14, 2010: How Can An Egg Donor Picture Assist Selecting The Right Egg Donor Profile from PR Inside

July 5, 2010: Genetic link to fertility drug response found from BioNews

July 14, 2010: Evidence Supports Screening For Fragile X Syndrome In Prospective Mothers from Medical News Today

July 12, 2010: More US fertility clinics now 'freeze' eggs from BioNews

July 10, 2010: After class, sell sperm from the Times of India

July 7, 2010: Testosterone may not help memory after menopause from Doctor NDTV

July 6, 2010: DHEA Supplement May Help Infertility in Women from eMaxHealth

July 6, 2010: Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease in the WHI Trial from Annals of Internal Medicine

July 6, 2010: International News Channel Profiles Egg Donor Surrogacy USA from PRWEb

July 6, 2010: By freezing embryos, couples try to utilize fertility while delaying parenthood from The Washington Post

July 1, 2010: IVM fertility treatment linked to fat babies from The Times of India

July 1, 2010: Fact or Fiction: Artificial Reproductive Technologies Make Sick Kids from Scientific American

June 30, 2010: Breast cancer patients 'avoiding hormone therapy' from Private Healthcare UK

June 30, 2010: Pill could treat fibroids- study from The Press Association

June 29, 2010: Obese women having fertility treatment more likely to miscarry from Mirror.co.uk

June 28, 2010: Infertile women told chromosome tests on IVF eggs could be waste of money from Mail Online

June 28, 2010: Women freeze eggs to wait for 'Mr. Right' from BBC News

June 28, 2010: Overweight women risk IVF miscarriage from BioNews

June 28, 2010: Repeat HIV tests during ART 'unnecessary' from Irish Health

June 26, 2010: Same-sex couple had IVF success from Northern Star

June 24, 2010: Researchers Discover How Folate Promotes Healing In Spinal Cord Injuries from NIH

June 23, 2010: Infertility a rising problem: Experts from The Times of India

June 22, 2010: New Over-the-counter Fertility Test For Guys from Babble

June 22, 2010: 10 Hormone Therapy Facts Every Woman Should Know from The Huffington Post

June 22, 2010: India plans tough controls on fertility clinics from Financial Times

June 21, 2010: IVF babies being aborted from Townhall

June 21, 2010: Link found between autism and in vitro fertilization? from Examiner

June 18, 2010: UK scientists discover new genetic indicators for testicular cancer from Life Scientist

June 18, 2010: Important stem cells lines could be denied funding from New Scientist

June 17, 2010: Reproductive Tech Outpaces Longevity Tech, as World's Oldest Mother is Now Dying of Old Age from PopSci

June 17, 2010: Gene mutation ups blood-clot risk in women taking breast cancer treatment from Sify News

June 16, 2010: Sorry, guys, testosterone may not help your aging body from The Globe and Mail

June 16, 2010: Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Blocking HIV, Controlling AIDS from Bloomberg Businessweek

June 15, 2010: What women want: Labour laws! From The Hindu

June 15, 2010: IVF babies at risk of birth defects from The Times of India

June 15, 2010: Higher Rate of Congenital Malformations with Fertility Treatments from eMaxHealth

June 14, 2010: Emirati gynaecologist opens fertility centre in Sharjah from iStockAnalyst

June 14, 2010: Defect risk higher for assisted fertility babies from Reuters Health

June 14, 2010: Children Born After Assisted Reproduction At Greater Risk Of Congenital Malformations from Medical News Today

June 13, 2010: Scientists find genes linked to testicular cancer from Reuters

June 12, 2010: A Decade Later, Human Genome Project Yields Few New Cures from The New York Times

May 14, 2010: Fertility Treatment Gets More Complicated from the Wall Street Journal

May 10, 2010: Payment Offers to Egg Donors Prompt Scrutiny from the New York Times

April 23, 2010: Epigenetic Imprinting in Placental Cells Can Change After First Trimester from Medscape Today

March 18, 2010: Infertility treatments may raise preterm birth risk from Reuters (click here for a link to the abstract)

March 13, 2010: Research council to consider lifting bans on sex-selection technology from the Herald Sun

March 11, 2010: Universities May Need to Report Number of Stem Cells from Michigan Public Radio

March 11, 2010: Legislature considers bill to impose new reporting requirements on fertility clinics from Lawrence Journal World & News

March 11, 2010: Quebec to fund in vitro fertility treatments from CBC News

March 11, 2010: What happens when modern reproductive technology meets son preference? From Psychology Today

March 10, 2010: First of dozen Prop 71-funded stem cell labs opens from the San Francisco Gate

March 10, 2010: Acupuncture "no aid to pregnancy" from Nursing in Practice (click here for a link to the abstract)

March 9, 2010: Stem cell research bill reintroduced from the Hill

March 9, 2010: Stem cells may help at-risk preemies from the Arizona Star

March 9, 2010: Baby or Bust: Infertile Couples Turn to the Web to Raise Funds for IVF from Daily Finance

March 4, 2010: The worldwide war on baby girls from the Economist

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