On this episode of Living It Up, we look at the causes of and ways to treat and overcome infertility. ...
11:10 AM, Dec 16, 2012
London: A UK man who was struggling to have a baby was stunned after doctors diagnosed that his laptop had caused heat damage to his sperms. As a result, the 30-year-old electrician Scott Reed and his wife, Laura, were finding it hard to conceive. Reed started using his laptop on a table instead and three months later his wife Laura became pregnant with a daughter, the Daily Mail reported. "I've...
06:45 PM, Nov 06, 2012
Chennai: For the first time in the city, a fertility centre has launched embryoscopy, a technology that chooses the best embryo for implantation by increasing the current success rates of infertility treatments. This comes as a boon for childless couple who have been trying hard for a baby through IVF (Invitrio Fertilization) methods, observed Dr C Geetha Haripriya, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and chairperson of Prashanth Hospital at a press meet...
03:16 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Bangalore: Since the birth of the first test tube baby 34 years ago in the United Kingdom, the world has seen five million new births, according to a new study that says In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) is a boon for infertile couples. Bangalore too is adding to it with many couples adopting this procedure in the recent years for many reasons. The IVF procedure has in fact, allowed women to...
12:42 PM, Jul 16, 2012
HYDERABAD: The dreaded 'C' is at it again. The deadliest disease known to man has trained its sights on a whole new generation of unsuspecting individuals worldwide " the young adults. Hyderabad is no different. The drastic change in lifestyle of those in the young adult category of 18-39 year olds, is causing an increasing number of them to hit the cancer clinics for treatment beyond just the common breast...
08:48 AM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao are among the first celebrities to talk about it openly, but how many Indians are turning to surrogacy? Or even know about the possibilities of IVF? It's a pressing issue given that 30 million couples in India struggle with infertility. A boon to those couples, In-Vitro Fertilisation or IVF is a technique in which eggs are fertilised outside the body, and then implanted...
01:54 PM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: It's ironic that Letrozole, a drug meant to cure breast cancer and also used for infertility is causing genetic malformations, and even cancer in babies. It's a drug used to treat breast cancer world over. But in India, Letrozole is also approved and popularly used for treating infertility in young women. Research shows that it causes genetic malformations of the bone, cardiac disease and even cancer in babies...
05:18 PM, Mar 04, 2011
![IVF children more prone to develop cancer]( "IVF children more prone to develop cancer")
IVF-conceived children were 87 per cent more likely to have received a diagnosis of cancer by the age of three than the general population. ...
10:41 AM, Jul 20, 2010
Nagpur: The Indian team's morning net session on Friday may be hampered, even if there isn't any downpour - courtesy, the uncovered practice wickets at the VCA Stadium in Jamtha. After heavy downpour led to the afternoon optional session for the Indians being cancelled, it was surprising to find that only two among the six practice wickets adjacent to the main stadium were covered as there was considerable amount of...
12:40 PM, Nov 06, 2007
Men who smoke should watch out for a new study has found that smoking can damage your DNA. ...
11:36 AM, Jun 07, 2007
British scientists have found out that diabetes may damage sperm cells and lead to infertility. ...
01:16 PM, May 09, 2007
Being overweight increases chances of infertility in men, says new study. ...
11:08 AM, Sep 02, 2006
