Archive for December 2014

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Vegetarianism and veganism could damage men’s fertility

A well-balanced vegetarian or vegan diet has been found to promote a healthy immune systems. However, a recent study conducted in the United States at the Loma Linda Medical School suggests that being vegetarian or vegan can damage men’s fertility. Men in the study who followed a vegetarian or vegan diet were found to have […]

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Making sure I don’t get pregnant

My name is Greta and I’m 22 years old. My friends and I were at a Halloween party on campus and we ran into a cute guy named Daniel, who I’ve always had a crush on. It was a great night. We were flirting and laughing and ended up going home together when the party […]

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Couple expecting quadruplets after 8 years of trying to become pregnant

Ashley and Tyson Gardner, of Utah, United States were shocked to discover that they are expecting two sets of identical twin baby girls after undergoing their first in vitro fertilization cycle. At 70 million to 1, the odds of this happening were even greater than the odds of winning a lottery. Doctors transferred two embryos […]

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Egg Freezing

Grandparents in waiting: More parents paying for their daughters to freeze their eggs

With the trend for women to delay childbearing into their 30s and 40s, more parents, and want-to-be grandparents, appear willing to spend their savings to pay for their adult daughters to freeze their eggs, and when necessary, their IVF treatments. Doctor Geeta Nargund, Medical Director of Create Fertility Clinics, and a consultant for the National […]

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