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Study finds that a woman's chances of having twins

NEW HYDE PARK, NY – An obstetrician well known for his care of and research into multiple-birth pregnancies has found that dietary changes can affect a woman's chances of having twins, and that her overall chance is determined by a combination of diet and heredity.

Gene cluster on mouse X chromosome

expressed in male and female reproductive tissues in adult mice.
Although the team cannot yet say that the discovery has any corollary to human biology, they already have found two versions of mouse Rhox genes on the human X chromosome - they are both expressed in human testes.
"Little is known about the causes of human infertility, and that is why we are acutely interested in the Rhox findings," says the study's lead investigator, Miles Wilkinson, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Immunology.

Cryopreservation may allow cancer patients


By having her eggs frozen before she begins cancer treatments, a woman can preserve the hope of one day having a baby.
Freezing eggs is one thing; thawing them safely so they can lead to pregnancy is the challenge

IVF study emphasizes better identification


Published in the August issue of Fertility and Sterility, the study reviewed seven years of U.S. statistics from all the fertility clinics that report data on reproductive techniques. Director of the Yale Fertility Center, Pasquale Patrizio, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences led the project

Men who smoke heavily may impair sperm

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Men who smoke cigarettes may experience a significant decline in their capacity to father a child, research by a reproductive medicine specialist from the University at Buffalo has shown.

Erictile dysfunction may warn of heart disease

Erectile dysfunction (ED) affects approximately one in five American men, appears to be associated with cardiovascular and other chronic diseases and may predict severity and a poor prognosis among those with heart disease, according to three studies in the January 23 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.