November 14, 2019
(Reuters) – Although cancer doctors know it’s important to talk about fertility concerns with young women patients, they may feel uncomfortable and unprepared to discuss the issue, a study in Canada suggests. The American Society of Clinical Oncology guidelines recommend … Read More
November 14, 2019
(Nature) – They are the longest lived primate embryos to thrive outside the body. Two groups working in China have succeeded in growing monkey embryos in a dish for 20 days. The work sheds light on a crucial but little-understood … Read More
November 13, 2019
(Vox) – “Even if you’ve taken the abortion pill, you can still change your mind,” proclaims the website of a group called Alternatives Pregnancy Center. The center offers what it calls “abortion pill reversal,” a treatment it claims can stop … Read More
November 13, 2019
(Medical Xpress) – The number of women and girls in poor countries embracing modern contraception has leapt by tens of millions with Africa recording the biggest gains, the organisation Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) said Monday. A new report shows that … Read More
November 12, 2019
(The New Yorker) – These days, as few as four per cent of the women who visit C.P.C.s are pregnant and undecided about whether to have an abortion. Most come for social services, including the pregnancy verification required to sign … Read More
November 12, 2019
(The Conversation) – The idea of growing babies outside the body has inspired novels and movies for decades. Now, research groups around the world are exploring the possibility of artificial gestation. For instance, one group successfully grew a lamb in … Read More
November 11, 2019
(MIT Technology Review) – Anxious couples are approaching fertility doctors in the US with requests for a hotly debated new genetic test being called “23andMe, but on embryos.” The baby-picking test is being offered by a New Jersey startup company, … Read More
November 11, 2019
(Vice) – Once something traumatic happens to you, it’s easy to go fling yourself down a rabbit hole, trying to understand it from every angle. When I used the morning-after pill once and it didn’t work, I wanted to know … Read More
November 11, 2019
(STAT News) – That feeling isn’t rare. A 2019 study of more than 2,100 U.S. mothers found that 1 in 6 reported “mistreatment” during childbirth, including being ignored, threatened or berated, or losing their autonomy. Women of color were even … Read More
November 8, 2019
(Undark) – India’s commercial surrogacy industry, once a $400 million-a-year business, may now be on the verge of shutting down. In July, the Indian Parliament’s lower house, Lok Sabha, passed the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019, a piece of legislation that … Read More
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