MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'fertility treatments'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:39:33 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4259095&cid=t_168252_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FK6E72fwa6Dc%2F The HCG diet is currently one of the hottest diet fads out there right now. One of my friends just lost 75 pounds on it, after trying everything. These overweight women are injecting themselves with the pregnancy hormone HCG in order to shed pounds. (HCG is the hormone that makes the pee stick say “pregnant” if you really are.) Why anyone would choose to feel pregnant is beyond me (yes, I think this diet trend is totally nuts and unsafe, and have told my friend so), but the fact that I’m seeing HCG diet centers sprout up all over the country, and naturopathic doctors advertise that they’ll offer it, makes me realize that this hormone is here to stay. Here’s how it works: HCG tells the hypothalamus (the part of the brain that affects metabolism) to mobilize fat stores. If you�... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4259095 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:35:07 +0100 4259095 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3420426&cid=t_168252_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Ftime-to-accept-youre-barren%2F We all know that fertility treatments give mothers who are unable to conceive the chance to have a baby. But, while most everyone would agree that it’s great to allow older or infertile women the opportunity to get pregnant, how old is just way too old? Image: istockphoto Recently, Karen Johnston became pregnant at 54. The British mother of eight had already gone through menopause and was told that her age was too advanced to have IVF in the U.K. So, she went to a clinic in the Czech Republic and is now six months pregnant with twins. Johnston is a self-confessed “baby addict,” and her current pregnancy is 33 years after she gave birth to her first child. Is it fair to the twins that their mom will be 73 when they graduate from high school? Johnston isn’t the only m... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3420426 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:34:31 +0100 3420426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1466093&cid=t_168252_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F297220505%2F Mutations in a gene called FIGLA cause premature ovarian failure in at least 1% of women who suffer from the disorder, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and Shandong University in China in a report that appears online in the American Journal of Human Genetics. Premature ovarian failure, which means that the ovaries lose function before age 40, not only causes infertility but also bone and heart problems.  Ovarian reserves are important for women’s health. FIGLA is one of four transcription factors found to control the differentiation of egg cells early in development. Transcription factors govern the activity of genes, turning them off and on and modulating the extent to which they are active.  The other genes involved include NOBOX, GDF9 and BMP 15.  Mu... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1466093 Sat, 24 May 2008 13:58:38 +0100 1466093 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1207463&cid=t_168252_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2F229720416%2F   Scientists from Newcastle University, UK led by Professor Patrick Chinnery, have created an embryo with three separate parents.  The team believe the technique could help to eradicate a whole class of hereditary diseases, including some forms of epilepsy and ensure women with genetic defects do not pass the diseases on to their children. Ten severely deformed embryos, left over from traditional fertility treatment were created using DNA from a man and two women in lab tests. Within hours of their creation, the nucleus, containing DNA from the mother and father, was removed from the embryo, and implanted into a donor egg whose DNA had been largely removed. The only genetic information remaining from the donor egg was the tiny bit that controls production of mitochondria - around 16,0... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1207463 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:29:56 +0100 1207463