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Couple expecting baby after man forgets to consult iPod Touch
CNN.com opened a new five-part series about smartphones with 28-year-old Doug Wilson. Such a smartphone devotee is the the Arkansas resident that he refuses to put his iPhone 4 in his pocket, lest he...
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Blackwell on Health: Are cell phones another modern threat to fertility?
The results are preliminary and unproven, but a couple of recent studies have pointed to laptop computers as being bad for sperm and their role in human reproduction. Now a new study, conducted in...
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A baby at any cost?
In the six years she was treated at a private fertility clinic, Colleen Aitken had her husband’s specially prepared sperm inserted directly in her uterus on more than 20 occasions, with powerful drugs...
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You probably shouldn’t be buying semen over the Internet: Health Canada
OTTAWA — Health Canada reminded the public Monday to be aware of donor semen obtained from unreliable sources, such as over the Internet. The ministry aimed to reinforce a similar statement issued in...
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Limit pregnancies by same sperm donor: fertility experts
With one Toronto man estimating he has up to 1,000 half-siblings, some fertility-treatment experts are calling on Canada to legally restrict how many children can be born from a single donor’s semen....
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National Post front page for September 26, 2011
IVF linked to rare genetic disorders ‘Tipping point’ for crime in the North Saudi women allowed to vote. Next: driving?
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Five couples win free fertility treatment from Ottawa radio station
By Tony Lofaro OTTAWA — An Ottawa radio station revealed the winners Tuesday of a controversial contest that will see five couples all receive free fertility treatment. The couples were finalists in...
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Doctor scrutiny too lax, claim malpractice lawsuits
Before undergoing an operation at the hands of a southern Ontario specialist in September 2009, Lorraine Kinninmont thought she had done her due diligence. Checking out Dr. Cathy Frank on her hospital...
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Bearded and breastfeeding – the story of a pregnant man
As Neil Hope puts it, being pregnant is a bit of a public “spectacle,” prompting even complete strangers to comment on the expectant parent’s condition. In his case, the inquiries in the street and on...
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Fertility consultant at centre of RCMP raid in the dark about reason for...
HandoutLeia Picard, CEO of Canadian Fertility Consultants The businesswoman targeted by the first full-scale police investigation into alleged wrongdoing in Canada’s fertility industry has been kept in...
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Octomom’s usurper: Mexican woman pregnant with nine babies
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican woman is pregnant with nine babies – six girls and three boys – the country’s main broadcaster Televisa reported on Thursday night. The woman was identified as Karla Vanessa...
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Sperm donation laws on trial as man wants deal with lesbian couple voided
The lesbian parents say they had an agreement: Rene deBlois would donate his sperm for artificial insemination and play no role in the life of any child that resulted. Mr. deBlois says he signed that...
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Too risky for toddler to meet sperm donor father, judge rules
The potential risk of introducing a Northern Ontario toddler to his genetic father at this point in his life is too major to be ignored, a judge has ruled in turning down a sperm donor’s bid for...
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‘People are in a very desperate mode’: Fertility specialist faces misconduct...
An Ontario fertility specialist has been charged with professional misconduct in his treatment of 30 women desperate to have children, a rare prosecution of a doctor in Canada’s burgeoning...
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New guidelines say only one embryo should be transferred in young women...
No more than a single embryo should be transferred at a time in most younger women undergoing in vitro fertilization, according to new guidelines for the fertility industry aimed at minimizing multiple...
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Some fertility procedures in Canada being performed by doctors lacking proper...
Fertility specialists are calling for minimum qualifications for doctors offering assisted baby-making procedures, saying some people are being treated by doctors who don’t have the proper training to...
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Calgary fertility clinic’s race restriction policy highlights need for...
CALGARY — Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne says a Calgary fertility clinic’s former policy to restrict patients to using sperm donors who are of the same race highlights the need for clear ethical...
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Coffee consumption linked to male infertility, U.S. study suggests
Drinking too much coffee can radically reduce a man’s ability to father children, a study has found. Men who drank two or more cups of strong coffee a day had just a one in five chance of becoming...
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Ice cream may help older women become pregnant, U.S. study claims
Ice cream may be the ultimate comfort food but a study suggests it could also help older women to have children. Research has found that regularly eating dairy products significantly increases the...
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Rise in birth defects may be caused by IVF, other high-tech fertility...
Are test-tube babies at greater risk for birth defects? For couples considering IVF, new research suggesting that it could be to blame for a rise in birth defects over the last 25 years might give...
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