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)