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United Kingdom
August 12, 2010
BBC News reports that research “has shown for the first time that high stress levels may delay pregnancy”.
The study behind this news followed 274 healthy women who were trying to get pregnant and looked at whether the levels of two stress-related chemicals in their saliva were linked to their chances of getting pregnant.
Time
Posted by Laura Blue
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Women with mental stress may have more trouble conceiving than their unstressed peers, a new study shows. Among 274 English women, all trying to get pregnant, those with the highest levels of alpha-amylase — a salivary biomarker for stress — had an estimated 12% reduction in their chance of getting pregnant each menstrual cycle, compared to women with the lowest levels.
Looking for Your Health
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 | Posted by admin
Hormones are chemicals your body produces to regulate various functions. You do this important messages and signals to various organs and tissues. When they work harmoniously, your body behaves in a predictable manner. But if there is too much or too little hormone is one, then imbalance occurs and you begin to feel that something is wrong. Wanted pregnancies do not happen, the discomfort of PMS, the days before menstruation very difficult, or irregular menstruation occurs or not at all.
The Guardian
United Kingdom
Jill Insley
July 21, 2010
Consumer Credit Counselling Service report says debt problems affect people’s relationships and ability to work
More than eight out of 10 people with debt problems say their financial difficulties are having a negative effect on their lives, jeopardising their personal relationships, health and ability to carry out their jobs, according to a debt counselling charity.
The Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) found that debt problems had adversely affected the relationships that 37% of the 372 clients surveyed have with their partners, and 22% with their children.
Bloomberg
July 19 — A computer-based analysis can estimate a woman’s chance of success from fertility treatments more accurately than age-based guidelines, Stanford University scientists said.
Natural News
Monday, July 12, 2010 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer
(NaturalNews) Nearly 20 years ago, Danish scientists first broke the news to the world that men from Western countries seem to be slowly becoming infertile. Recent research seems to back this up as well, with average sperm counts having dropped to half of what they were 50 years ago.
PreventDisease.com
July 14, 2010
A vaccine being developed in conjunction with U.S. firm Celldex Therapeutics, claims to kill off the most deadly cancers including breast, bowel and cervical tumours. The problem is, it will also destroy a women’s ability to reproduce.
IBT Health
29 Jun, 2010 @ 09:03 am BST
A soon-to-be-unveiled blood test can inform young women the exact age when menopause will turn in, thereby giving them ample time to prepare their pregnancy plans and prepare for the phase of life when they cease to be fertile.
Haaretz.com
Women’s sexual fulfillment is a lofty feminist goal. But when a drug is developed, if men are the model, why not find a solution based on the factors contributing to men’s ability to maintain consistent sexual desire?
By Amalia Rosenblum
July 7, 2010
About two weeks ago the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected a drug called flibanserin, which is supposed to arouse sexual desire in women. The FDA said the product’s side effects exceed its advantages.
Physorg.com
June 29, 2010
Researchers have discovered that some women carry a genetic variation that makes them sub-fertile and less likely to respond to ovarian stimulating hormones during fertility treatment. The discovery opens the way to identifying these women and devising personalised fertility treatments that could bypass the problem caused by the genetic abnormality.
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