Archive for March, 2010
Viagra Treats Infertility: Woman Gets Pregnant with Blue Pill
A British woman, Kerry Horan (34) finally became a mother after doctors treated her with Viagra. Kerry had a miscarriage in 2005 at 12 weeks, and she underwent three rounds of in vitro fertilization, and they all failed. After IVF treatments failed, Horan decided to visit private fertility clinic CARE Nottingham. Then her doctor decided [...]
Walnuts: a Snack to Prevent Prostate Cancer
Walnuts are the perfect snack to decrease the chances of prostate cancer. Scientists from the University of California say that walnuts should be part of a prostate-healthy diet because research has proved that as eating very modest quantities of the nuts on a regular basis can hold back prostate tumors. Scientists claim walnuts should be [...]
Renewing Sexual Desires when Trying to Conceive
When two people are trying to conceive for a specific period of time… well… sexual intercourse might change into scheduled sexual encounters for the purpose of conceiving. Sexual desires come second – and the first thing that comes to mind is… to conceive… and yeah… that kind of thinking is a sex drive killer. The [...]
Prevent Gestational Diabetes during Pregnancy: Pregnant Women Should avoid Sugary Colas
Gestational diabetes during pregnancy is actually very common; it is very easy to develop gestational diabetes, and some women develop it very early in pregnancy. Usually gestational diabetes is diagnosed at 28 weeks or even later, but it can happen earlier. Gestational diabetes affects about 4% of all pregnant women – about 135,000 cases of [...]
Dental Health and Gum Disease while Trying to Conceive
Good dental hygiene is important and regular cleaning and check-ups are essential for dental health, and this is especially true if you are trying to conceive. Therefore, if you’re overdue for a dental checkup, you might want to schedule a visit to your dentist before you start trying to conceive. The main reason for regular [...]
Infertility Treatments (IVF/ICSI) Increase the Risk of Stillbirths
Recently a study was published in Human Reproduction, Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal. Study was conducted by Danish scientists. Study correlates an infertility treatment with increased incidence of stillbirths: study suggest findings that show that women who conceived naturally or after fertility treatments that did not involve IVF (in vitro fertilization) or ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm [...]
Eating Chocolate While Trying to Conceive
Questions such as whether eating chocolate is healthy while trying to conceive often arise. While chocolate might be one of your best friend perhaps you could minimize your time together if trying to conceive, especially if you prefer chocolate that includes caffeine. Chocolate has a limited amount of caffeine and as you know some studies [...]
A link Between Male Infertility and Prostate Cancer: Infertility Raises Risk of More Aggressive Prostate Cancer
A new study that was conducted at the University of Washington and published in the journal Cancer suggests that male infertility increases the risk that a man develops the aggressive, potentially fatal form of prostate cancer. Dr. Thomas J. Walsh, who is an assistant professor of urology at the mentioned above University brings out that [...]
Infertility Followed by Sexual Dysfunction: Infertile Women Have more Sexual Problems
Recently a study conducted by Stanford University Medical Center in California was published in medical journal Fertility and Sterility. Researchers observed almost 120 women with infertility issues that were undergoing treatment in their infertility clinic. As a control group they observed almost 100 fertile women. Both groups were recruited from the university gynecology clinic, and [...]
Severe Endometriosis Treatment
When a woman is experiencing endometriosis, it can either be moderate, somewhere in the middle or severe. When suffering from endometriosis, endometrial tissue becomes located at other areas outside the body on different organs and can irritate surrounding tissues.
