Infertility News

• Post-'Roe,' People Are Seeking Permanent Sterilizations Doctors in states where abortion is (or could be) banned say more patients are seeking permanent sterilization, but some patients say that providers are unwilling to operate on people of childbearing age.
  Kaiser Health News, July 25, 2022
• Nurses' Cohort Study: Endometriosis Elevates Stroke Risk "This is yet additional evidence that those girls and women with endometriosis are having effects across their lives and in multiple aspects of their health and well-being."
  MDedge News, July 22, 2022
• ASRS 2022 Metformin Shows Potential to Prevent Macular Degeneration People prescribed the diabetes drug metformin may be less likely to develop age-related macular degeneration.
  Medscape Medical News, July 18, 2022
• PCOS in Moms Tied to Health Problems in Kids Children exposed to maternal PCOS were hospitalized at higher rates for conditions like asthma and pneumonia, according to a Canadian study.
  Medscape Medical News, July 18, 2022
• SPD 2022 Study Looks at Most Common Features of HS in Pediatric Patients Investigators evaluated the most common clinical features, sites of involvement, and comorbidities in a series of pediatric patients with hidradenitis suppurativa.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2022
• Fertility Doctors, IVF Families, Post-Roe: 'We're Anxious' Married for nearly 5 years, Jessica King, 34, and her wife, Sarah, agreed on some things right from the start. "We always knew kids were in the equation."
  WebMD Health News, July 14, 2022
• India to Surpass China as Most Populous Country in 2023: UN Report India is set to surpass China as the world's most populous country in 2023, with each counting more than 1.4 billion residents this year, a United Nations report said on Monday, warning that high fertility would challenge economic growth.
  Reuters Health Information, July 11, 2022
• PCOS Ups Risk of Heart Complications During Delivery Period Women with PCOS experienced much higher odds of having problems with their heart during hospitalizations for delivery than women without PCOS.
  Medscape Medical News, July 08, 2022
• Uterus Transplants Allow Successful Pregnancies in US Women More than half of US women who received a uterus through a transplant went on to have successful pregnancies, a new study shows.
  Reuters Health Information, July 07, 2022
• How Abortion Rules Affect Prenatal Genetic Screening For families learning their child will be born with a debilitating condition, new legal issues create additional trauma.
  Undark, July 05, 2022
• Fertility Rates Lower in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Research published on JAMA Network Open suggests that fertility rates drop for women who live in poor areas.
  Medscape Medical News, July 01, 2022
• Vasectomy Requests Increase After Roe Ruling "It was very, very noticeable Friday, and then the number that came in over the weekend was huge, and the number that is still coming in far exceeds what we have experienced in the past."
  WebMD Health News, June 30, 2022
• US Infertility Rate Plateaus, Demographics Play Major Role: Study Researchers with Johns Hopkins University used survey data to estimate infertility rates over time and investigate how demographics, behavior, and health might affect these rates.
  WebMD Health News, June 28, 2022
• ENDO 2022 Obesity Linked to Smaller Testes and Possible Infertility Boys with overweight and obesity had lower testicular volume, suggesting that they may be at increased risk for future fertility problems.
  Medscape Medical News, June 28, 2022
• Stroke Risk Rises for Women With History of Infertility Women experiencing infertility had a higher nonfatal stroke risk compared with those without infertility. By stroke subtypes, there was an increased association between miscarriage and ischemic stroke.
  Medscape Medical News, June 27, 2022
• Roe Reversal May Go Well Beyond Abortion Experts fear that many reproductive procedures will be imperiled as states start banning pregnancy terminations.
  Medscape Medical News, June 24, 2022
• ENDO 2022 Two Distinct Subtypes of PCOS Identified in Adolescents Different hormonal and cardiometabolic profiles found for girls with and without obesity, representing distinct 'metabolic' and 'reproductive' PCOS phenotypes.
  Medscape Medical News, June 17, 2022
• AMA: Infertility Caused by Gender-Affirming Care Should Be Covered The AMA says the definition of iatrogenic infertility should include gender-affirming hormone therapy and surgery as well as fertility preservation and that these services should be covered by insurance.
  Medscape Medical News, June 17, 2022
• Can the Ketogenic Diet Treat Polycystic Ovary Syndrome? Researchers analyzed the potential of the very-low-calorie ketogenic diet as a treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, June 16, 2022
• AHS 2022 Fertility Treatment May Boost Migraine Frequency Women with a history of migraine who are undergoing fertility treatment may experience an increasing number of headache attacks, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, June 16, 2022