Contact: Stephanie Burns sburns@bmj.com 44-020-738-36920 BMJ-British Medical Journal Food for thought: Laughter and MIRTH (methodical investigation of risibility, therapeutic and harmful): Narrative synthesis Laughter may not be the best medicine after all and can even be harmful to some patients,… Read More ›
In vitro fertilisation
David Attenborough wrong to worry about global population increase, says Professor Robert Winston
Sir David Attenborough is wrong to be concerned about a rise in the global population, Professor Robert Winston has said Professor Robert Winston: Sir David Attenborough is wrong to be concerned about a rise in the global population Photo: Andrew Crowley… Read More ›
In search of fair babies, Indians chase Caucasian donors for IVF
Shobita Dhar, TNN Jul 21, 2013, 04.06AM IST (Dr Manish Banker, director…) Mayuri Singhal, 36, married into a fair-skinned family. She herself is what is often described in matrimonial columns as ‘wheatish’. When she couldn’t conceive, she walked into… Read More ›
Increasing Fertility Threefold ( DHEA )
2010 study posted for filing TAU finds anti-aging supplement is a fountain of hope for would-be mothers According to the American Pregnancy Association, six million women a year deal with infertility. Now, a Tel Aviv University study… Read More ›
Study suggests too much risk associated with SSRI usage and pregnancy: Elevated risk of miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal health complications and possible longer term neurobehavioral abnormalities, including autism
Contact: Kelly Lawman klawman@bidmc.harvard.edu 617-667-7305 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Antidepressants should only be prescribed with great caution BOSTON – Elevated risk of miscarriage, preterm birth, neonatal health complications and possible longer term neurobehavioral abnormalities, including autism, suggest that a… Read More ›
A fertility treatment which eliminates hereditary disease by engineering babies to carry healthy DNA from a third biological parent could be legalised next year.
‘Three-parent baby’ fertility technique could be made legal DNA sequence transparency Photo: ALAMY By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent 12:01AM BST 17 Sep 2012 Members of the public are being asked whether families with a genetic risk of incurable conditions… Read More ›
Why sex could be history – George Orwell maybe Right
From artificial wombs to men and women being able to reproduce entirely alone, Aarathi Prasad says science is rewriting the rules of sex and human reproduction. What would that mean for our ideas of family and parenthood Over tea at… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 