ASRM Bulletins
May 15, 2012
An Indiana Catholic school teacher, fired for undergoing in vitro fertilization treatments, has filed a discrimination lawsuit in federal court against the school and the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
May 15, 2012
Women who use the combined contraceptive transdermal patch or vaginal ring are at significantly higher risk for venous thrombosis, results of a Danish study show.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
May 15, 2012
For more than a year, the Kretchmars carefully researched sperm banks and donors. The donor they chose was a family man, a Christian like them, they were told. Most important, he had a clean bill of health. His sperm was stored at the New England Cryogenic Center in Boston, and according to the laboratory’s Web site, all donors there were tested for various genetic conditions.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
May 15, 2012
A new study from the Guttmacher Institute unsurprisingly finds that greater knowledge about contraceptive services is directly correlated to a decrease in young adults’ risky sexual behavior.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
May 14, 2012
At the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, a popular destination for women hoping to preserve their fertility by freezing their eggs, Dr. William Schoolcraft, the founder and medical director, has started to notice something different: more of the women are arriving with company.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
May 14, 2012
I remember having a long chat with one of my friends about turning 40, and what stuck was this general feeling of getting comfortable with herself and her body, trying not to panic at the appearance of the first grey hair.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
May 14, 2012
Three foster children came in and out of the lives of Heidi Sue and Annie Angueira before the couple could even begin the journey that finally brought them the infant they knew they'd be able to keep.
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
May 11, 2012
Women using hormone-releasing skin patches, implants, vaginal rings were more likely to develop clots, study finds
Headlines in Reproductive Medicine
May 11, 2012
The official term for manopause is andropause. Men with this condition suffer from lower-than-normal levels of testosterone. According to various studies, this condition affects 20 to 30 percent of all men. Unlike menopause, which usually runs its course in a few years, andropause can last for decades.
Press Releases
May 10, 2012
Last week, Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court addressed for the first time the issue of parentage in a gestational surrogate birth, finding that the District Courts have authority under existing law to determine who a child’s parents are when the child is conceived through ART and then carried and delivered by another person.