Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Fertility Headline Archive

...by Gary Thomas. Parenting: Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby's First Foods by Nina Planck...

As chemotherapy and radiation treatments improve, children with cancer are living longer. The average five-year survival rate for a range of childhood cancers increased from 58 percent to 81 percent between 1975 and 2005, according to statistics from the National Cancer Institute . But although many of these children now survive cancer-free into their reproductive years, their fertility might ...

He listed some of the limitations of yam cultivation to include high cost of planting materials and labor, inadequate yield potential of varieties, decease in soil fertility and the increasing levels of field storage, pest and diseases associated with intensive cultivation.

Flame retardant may affect fertility: studyReutersPBDEs have been associated with reproductive and hormonal effects in animals, but this is the first study to examine their association with human fertility, Our Flame Retardants Ourselves

The mortality rate of California women who die from causes directly related to pregnancy has nearly tripled in the past decade, prompting doctors to worry about the dangers of obesity in expectant mothers and about medical complications of cesarean sections....

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New York Daily NewsStudy links household chemicals to reduced fertilityUSA TodayFlame-retardant chemicals that are present in many household consumer products may reduce fertility in women, University of California-Berkeley researchers Chemicals found in household products may affect women's fertility: study

New York Times (blog)Can Foods Contribute to Infertility?New York Times (blog)By THE NEW YORK TIMES Robert Stolarik for The New York Times People sensitive to the gluten in bread, pasta and other foods may face fertility problems.

Mid-South FarmerWVU gets $1 million to study animal healthphillyBurbs.com remain competitive while facing increasing challenges from animal diseases, reduced fertility, low nutrition and growth and non-tariff trade barriers. Livestock Genomics, Breeding Wins $11M from USDA

Women, Their Bioloigical Clock, and Their Eggs - For women who are contemplating how to balance family and career, there is an important study out of...