Uterus Transplant May Enable Pregnancy

A New York hospital plans to offer the nation’s first uterus transplants to enable women who lack a womb because of cancer treatment or other problems to bear children.
The wombs would come from donors, just as other organs do. Once a uterus is transplanted, it would be removed after the recipient gives birth so she [...]

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Aspirin may ward off recurrent miscarriage

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women who have had unexplained recurrent miscarriages, treatment with aspirin or another blood-thinner to prevent blood clots seems to improve their chances of delivering a live infant, researchers in Israel report.
The formation of blood clots, or thrombosis, is believed to be one possible cause of recurrent miscarriage, they explain [...]

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Genes may hold key to late motherhood: Study

ISLAMABAD: Why can some 45-year-olds easily have a baby while much younger women have difficulty becoming pregnant?
The answer, say researchers, could lie in their genes.
Having a naturally conceived child past the age of 45 is rare. But Dr Neri Laufer of the Haddassah University Hospital in Jerusalem has discovered that some of those older mothers [...]

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Can Acupuncture Boost In Vitro Fertilization Pregnancy Rates?

A randomized controlled clinical study at the IVF center at the University of Witten/Herdecke in Germany examined 225 people undergoing in vitro fertilization. One group of 116 patients received luteal phase acupuncture according to the principles of traditional Chinese medicine. A second group of 109 people received placebo acupuncture. The treatment group had a significantly [...]

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Acupuncture & Pregnancy

According to Doctor Cherry, acupuncture helps women get pregnant in three ways. First, it increases blood flow to the uterus. Second, it modulates and balances sexual hormones, and third, it relaxes the patient.
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Continuous Birth Control Enables Women to Plan Their Period Around Their Lifestyles, Says DoctorSolve

New research indicates that it is safe and effective to use birth control without stopping for a period.
Vancouver, B.C. (PRWEB) May 9, 2006 — Would it surprise you to learn that for many years, women have been deliberately skipping their period? Female athletes and women planning important events such as their wedding or a vacation [...]

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