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When we talk about infertility, the focus tends to be on the woman. After some basic tests, IVF is often seen as a solution. But half…

Most IVF “add-on” treatments sold to people hoping to boost their chances of having children are not backed by reliable evidence, fail to boost fertility and…

Remember environmentalist Paul Ehrlich’s 1960s-vintage prediction about how overpopulation would deplete the Earth’s resources and condemn millions to starvation? His Malthusian condemnation of humanity’s voracious appetite…

As you report, changes to insurance cover for female athletes following the Carney review are welcome (Landmark changes to insurance cover for female athletes to be…

Perhaps one of the reasons that conversations about infertility are so difficult is that people are often encountering the experience for the first time without a…

March 3, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmFecal transplants from old mice boost fertility in younger onesThese results are preliminary, but they could eventually…

More than a dozen fertility patients have won a high court battle to save their embryos, eggs and sperm from destruction after errors meant they did…

TrumpRx, the US president’s much anticipated drug discount program, went live earlier this month with coupons available for just 43 medications, including four required for in…

A couple is suing a Florida fertility clinic after learning that they were implanted with the wrong embryo, and are going public with their attempts to…

The Italian “demographic winter” has a number of causes, but rising male biological infertility is not one (A child is born: Italians celebrate village’s first baby…