Think you’re too old, too stressed out, or too busy to become pregnant? There are commonsense strategies and simple, everyday health habits that could make your dreams of parenting come true. In the United States, 15 percent of couples are unable to conceive a biological child of their own, as reported by the University of…

Research fromthe University of Newcastle and the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) may help create non-hormonal male contraceptives and offer insights into fertility and overall health. HMRI researcher and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Newcastle University, David Skerrett-Byrne PhD, has, for the first time, profiled 6000 sperm proteins. Skerrett-Byrne said in an HMRI news release that he…

Researchers have developed a new technology that permits the growth of fallopian tubes and uterine tissue, offering a better approach to female reproductive repair surgery and hope for women born with reproductive abnormalities to obtain a normal functioning reproductive system. Unfortunately, some women are born with missing or malfunctioning reproductive organs; this occurs because of…

Researchers from the University of Melbourne have discovered that current understandings of evolution may not be correct after a study on an ancient Australian grasshopper species revealed new insights into the animal kingdom. The researchers found that W. virgo, which employs parthenogenetic reproduction—a form of reproduction by females of a species that can develop eggs…