Fertility monitor helps boost pregnancy rate
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NEW YORK  - If women are trying to conceive, they may have more success when they use the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor (Unipath), UK and US researchers report in the medical journal Fertility and Sterility.
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The same type of sound waves that pulsate from sonar fish-finders and ultrasound fetal monitors can dramatically boost the power of anticlotting medicine and help it
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Doctors meeting in Philadelphia today are reporting advances that may give women with cancer safer ways to preserve their fertility without hampering their treatment.
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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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NEW YORK  - New research provides more  evidence that childbearing factors, especially those related to  a first pregnancy, influence a woman's risk of breast cancer.
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The risk of developing high  blood pressure during pregnancy (gestational hypertension) is  higher in pregnancies resulting from infertility treatments  compared with those resulting from spontaneous conceptions.
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More couples are selecting the sex of their children, using techniques developed to help couples who are infertile or at risk for having babies with genetic diseases.
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An expensive treatment designed to improve a woman's chance of pregnancy actually does the reverse, research suggests.
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A novel wireless EKG monitor could make diagnosing heart conditions much easier.
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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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Women who take folic acid supplements for at least a year before becoming pregnant can greatly reduce their risk of delivering a baby prematurely, researchers said on Thursday.
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A therapy that temporarily shuts down the ovaries could protect cancer patients' fertility, say researchers.
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Upping the daily intake of folate has been widely promoted in recent years to reduce women's risk of having a baby with spina bifida, but it also seems to have another benefit.
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A blood test early in pregnancy might help determine whether a woman runs an increased risk of having a stillborn baby, a preliminary study found.
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Researchers have identified a genetic factor that can help predict whether a woman will suffer a risky pregnancy, according to an article in the Oct. 18 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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Europeans are thinking twice &#151; and sometimes three, four or five times &#151; before having kids. But benefits that are the envy of moms elsewhere may be boosting birth rates in some countries, baby step by baby step.
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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.