Lowering Odds of Multiple Births
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In the complex, expensive and emotionally charged world of fertility treatment, doctors are sounding a call to arms to reverse the soaring rate of multiple births.
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Doctors are reporting two advances that may give women with cancer safer ways to preserve their ability to have children without compromising their chances of beating the disease.
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Men without children have a  lower risk of prostate cancer compared with fathers, but those  who father a brood of kids appear to have a relatively low risk  also, the results of a large study suggest.
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WYNNEWOOD, Pa. - The odds of a fraternal twin giving birth to two sets of identical twins may be one in a million, but Geana Morris can attest to it...
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NEW YORK  - A method of natural family planning that closely monitors two indicators of fertility is just as effective as oral contraception in preventing unwanted pregnancies if used correctly, European researchers report.
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Fortifying food with folic acid can greatly reduce the incidence of spina bifida and other birth defects, says a Canadian study in the latest issue of BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.
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The number of women who are leaving it late to have children is increasing, statistics show.
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It sounds far-fetched Â sticking needles in women to help them become pregnant Â but a scientific review suggests that acupuncture might improve the odds of conceiving if done right before or after embryos are placed in the womb.
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The biological clock matters even if a would-be mother uses special reproductive technology. The rate of successful pregnancies using laboratory fertility techniques drops from 37 percent to about 4 percent as women get older, a new study shows.
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Women pregnant with twins, triplets or  quadruplets are at greater risk of serious health complications  than are women carrying just one fetus, according to a Canadian  study published on Wednesday.
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Use of alternative therapies may damage a woman's chance of getting pregnant, research suggests.
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Women who have given birth to  five or more infants have an increased risk of developing type  2 diabetes mellitus, researchers report in the journal Diabetes  Care. This appears to be the case, even after considering the  influence of other known risk factors, such as obesity and  socioeconomic status.
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High cholesterol and  inflammation during pregnancy may increase a woman's odds of  premature delivery, a study suggests.
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Genetics may play a greater role than previously thought in accounting for black women's higher rate of premature births, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have found.
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With fertility drugs, Angela Magdaleno had triplets three years ago. Last week, she had quadruplets &amp;#151; without fertility drugs.
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Older women and migrant families boost births.
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Scientists believe they have discovered how a condition that can threaten pregnancy could occur.