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New Guidelines Declare Egg Freezing Should No Longer Be Considered Experimental

By Nikki Tucker | Oct 22, 2012 12:29 PM EDT

As modern-day technology continues to treat infertility, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine has issued new guidelines declaring that egg freezing should no longer be considered experimental.

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Fertility Treatments Up the Risk of Birth Defects

By Amber Moore | Oct 22, 2012 09:44 AM EDT

Children born through in-vitro fertilization are at higher risk of having congenital defects, especially those related to eyes, heart and reproductive organs

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Lab-Made Eggs Could Provide Answer to Infertility

By Makini Brice | Oct 03, 2012 01:18 PM EDT

Infertility can be heart-breaking for couples hoping to conceive. While in-vitro fertilization surrogacy, and other options can help matters, the procedures are often prohibitively expensive and out of reach for many families.

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Adding Protein to Sterile Sperm May Restore Fertility

By Christine Hsu | Sep 21, 2012 02:09 PM EDT

Scientists have discovered that adding a missing protein to infertile sperm could help "kick-start" its ability to fertilize an egg and significantly increase the chances of a successful pregnancy.

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Doctors Perform World's First Womb Transplant

By Amber Moore | Sep 18, 2012 09:40 AM EDT

In what could be the best gift a daughter has ever received from a mother, two Swedish women have become the first patients in the world to receive a womb thanks to donated wombs from their mothers.

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Women Fear Infertility Due to Contraceptive Implant

By Nikki Tucker | Sep 06, 2012 04:53 PM EDT

Many women fear they may have reduced their chance of fertility after using the contraceptive implant, Implanon.

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More Than Half of Middle Aged Women Believe in "Emotional Infertility"

By Christine Hsu | Sep 05, 2012 03:33 PM EDT

A new survey reveals that more than half of middle aged women believe in "emotional infertility" and nearly half of young women delay starting a family because they either don't want to give up their freedom or because they haven't met 'the one.'

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Scientists Grow Sperm From Skin Cells

By Amber Moore | Aug 29, 2012 04:37 AM EDT

Researchers grow sperm in a lab; say the technique could be used to cure male sterility in the future.

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