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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Human reproduction | The Love Network</title><link>http://human-reproduction.love.com</link><language>en-us</language><docs>http://human-reproduction.love.com/rss.xml</docs><description>A Blog with news about Human reproduction</description><copyright>AOL LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright><generator>Blogsmith | Relegence | AOL LLC.</generator><item><title>Jameson loses babies</title><link>http://t.love.com/310756910</link><description><![CDATA[Former porn star Jenna Jameson has lost three babies following surgery for an ectopic pregnancy on the same day her twin sons celebrated their first birthday. 


The adult actress told fans of the tragedy in an emotional 'tweet' on her Twitter.com page, revealing how two babies were growing outside of her womb while one was developing in her uterus. 




On her page she writes, "Had surgery today for a double ectopic pregnancy. I also had a pregnancy in my uterus. This is so insane. I just wanted to get thi]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:35:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Syphilis cases on the rise</title><link>http://t.love.com/310756525</link><description><![CDATA[Health officials are troubled about an increase in cases of syphilis in the health region. 


"We have seen positive cases in the recent months and that is a concern," said Dr. Khami Chokani, medical health officer for the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region. 


Cases are cause for concern be-cause syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection, is relatively rare, but there have been nine new cases reported in the last four months, he said. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:34:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Yes, the Health Care Bill Does Allow Abortion Funding</title><link>http://t.love.com/310755148</link><description><![CDATA[1. 
The Senate language that supposedly bans abortion funding relies on a segregation of funds model that will at best free up resources for the funding of abortion and at worst be a total sham. 
This is not the approach taken under current law to denying federally subsidized abortion coverage to military personnel and federal employees. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:31:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Pelvic Pain Procedure</title><link>http://t.love.com/310752452</link><description><![CDATA[Chronic pelvic pain is a continuous or recurrent type of pain in the pelvis or lower abdominal area that lasts for at least six months. 
The pain isn't related to pregnancy and is of sufficient intensity to interfere with normal activities. 
Sometimes the pain is described as sharp, steady, cramping, pressure or heaviness. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:22:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Ejaculate Wars and Glowing Sperm</title><link>http://t.love.com/310751615</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2007/09/06/image3239854g.jpg"><br>In leafcutter ants and honeybees, it's survival of the fittest sperm. 
Biologist Boris Baer, for a study out this week in Science , investigated these two species because of their peculiar sexual practices: In one day, the queen acquires all the sperm she'll need to fertilize her eggs over the course of her lifetime. 
But in the race to be the top genetics-spreader, the males have evolved a dirty trick. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:20:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Triplet Births on the Rise</title><link>http://t.love.com/310750438</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://media.onsugar.com/files/2010/03/11/4/192/1922664/4ff946da43c07281_78055166.jpg"><br>Serving up three of everything! 
Scientists in Norway have just concluded a study finding an increase in triplet births, even when artificial means of conception are not used. 
According to the research, the rate of triplet pregnancies is almost two-and-a-half times higher than it was three decades ago. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:17:00</pubDate></item><item><title>March Madness means vasectomy?</title><link>http://t.love.com/310745558</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://images.chron.com/photos/2007/12/26/momhoustonbubbles/momhoustonbubbles.gif"><br>In the past two years, more and more doctors across the nation have jumped on the tournament as a prime opportunity to get men to "take care of the equipment and lower your seed for the tourney," as one advertisement for an Oregon urologist suggested. 


Urologists are even offering March Madness deals with pizza, mugs and reminders of the mandatory days off of from work they'll need to help prod men to make the cut. 


The idea is that with basketball on television men will be happy to take the time to sit]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:02:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Abortion reports don't change mind of Neb. gov</title><link>http://t.love.com/310744454</link><description><![CDATA[Reports that women plan on getting abortions have not changed Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman's opposition to a bill to allow some illegal immigrants and other women to continue receiving state-funded prenatal care. 


Asked about the reports on Friday, Heineman said there hasn't been confirmation of abortions. 
He said that illegal immigrants shouldn't receive taxpayer benefits and that he hoped the women wouldn't get abortions. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:59:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: The extremes destroyed the healthcare debate :: Reply by spurdog</title><link>http://t.love.com/310741069</link><description><![CDATA[These extremes that you are referring too didnt write the current bill. 
Chances are if not for the extremes we would already have a law that would be far worse. 


I dont necessarily disagree with your post but seldom does congress do anything that mainstream citizens agree with because of the fringe influences. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:48:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Fact Sheet</title><link>http://t.love.com/310738681</link><description><![CDATA[High levels of androgens (AN-druh-junz). 
These are sometimes called male hormones, though females also make them. 


How many women have PCOS? 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:42:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Step Closer to Required Condoms in Porn?</title><link>http://t.love.com/310728910</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://a.abcnews.com/images/Nightline/NtL_Where_we_fit3_100119_blog.jpg"><br>A quick update to a story Lisa Ling and producer Arash Ghadishah brought to us in November about the delicate issue of mandating condoms in the pornography industry. 


The worker safety board in California voted unanimously yesterday to further study a condom requirement proposal written by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. 


Under the current law, porn stars must test negative for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases within 30 days of filming. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:10:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Abortion Politics and the Bill -- By: Ramesh Ponnuru</title><link>http://t.love.com/310724645</link><description><![CDATA[The debate over whether Obamacare involves government funding of abortion continues. 
I don't think this is actually a close question. 
Note that Ruth Marcus, one of the chief proponents of the view that it doesn't, had to claim—on the basis of no evidence—that the community health centers the bill funds don't do abortions; and in her latest post on the subject she just ignores the community health question altogether. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:57:00</pubDate></item><item><title>NPR: Why we use 'pro-life' and 'pro-choice' terms</title><link>http://t.love.com/310722944</link><description><![CDATA[Martha Hamilton winces when she hears an NPR correspondent describe politicians who oppose abortion as "pro-life." 


"I am a 'pro-life' voter," said Hamilton, of Washington, DC. 
"For instance, I would vote for someone opposed to the death penalty over someone in favor of it. However, 'opposed to the death penalty' would be a better, more accurate description of my position. Pretty sure I'm not who [the correspondent] is talking about." 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:51:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Mediterranean diet tied to fertility treatment success (Reuters)</title><link>http://t.love.com/310720536</link><description><![CDATA[Women who closely adhere to a Mediterranean-style diet rich in vegetables, vegetable oils and fish may have a higher likelihood of becoming pregnant after infertility treatment , a new study suggests. 


Researchers in the Netherlands found that among 161 couples undergoing fertility treatment at their center, women whose eating habits most closely matched the traditional Mediterranean diet were 40 percent more likely to become pregnant than those with the least Mediterranean-like diets. 


The study, repor]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:44:00</pubDate></item><item><title>South Carolinians Use Social Media to Advance Reproductive and Sexual Health Policies</title><link>http://t.love.com/310710655</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://kait.images.worldnow.com/images/static/hdr/hdr_branding.jpg"><br>On March 23 , thousands of South Carolinians will embrace the virtual world during an online rally to educate their legislators about the importance of sexual health education and providing access to publicly funded counseling and clinical services. 
Using social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, the 6,000 member e-advocacy network Tell Them has organized South Carolina 's first-ever Virtual March on the State House. 



program manager. 


The event comes at a critical time for South ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:25:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Man left infertile after botched op</title><link>http://t.love.com/310708521</link><description><![CDATA[A man was left infertile after surgeons at a hospital in Bury St Edmunds botched an operation on his testicle. 


Doctors at the West Suffolk Hospital were tasked with removing the man's right epididymis - a coiled tube which carries sperm away from the testicles - but they removed the left one instead. 

operation in January last year on his right testicle, which resulted in infertility. 


Health bosses declined to comment on whether he has received any compensation. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:19:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Infertility Treatments May Raise Preterm Birth Risk</title><link>http://t.love.com/310700911</link><description><![CDATA[Couples who conceive through certain types of infertility treatment may have a higher-than-normal likelihood of having a premature baby, a new study suggests. 


Danish researchers found that among more than 20,000 women who gave birth at their hospital between 1989 and 2006, those who had conceived through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) had a higher risk of preterm delivery. 


Of the 730 babies born to women who underwent IVF or ICSI, nearly 8 percent were prematur]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:53:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Rep. Steve Kren -- No abortion for race- or sex-selection</title><link>http://t.love.com/310697171</link><description><![CDATA[A Canyon County legislator says the same type of discrimination laws that apply across state and federal statutes should pertain to the unborn. 


Rep. Steve Kren, R-Nampa, introduced a bill Thursday that would make it a felony to knowingly perform an abortion if it is sought because of the gender, color or race of the child or the race of a parent of the child. 
The mother would not face charges. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:43:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Employer Tells Pregnant Woman to Keep Quiet About Pregnancy</title><link>http://t.love.com/310695888</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/764088_shhhh.jpg"><br>A UK woman is claiming that her supervisor told her she wasn't allowed to discuss her pregnancy with co-workers because some of them had suffered miscarriages. 


Traci Winchcombe was an assistant manager at a Canterbury Mothercare store. 
She says that when she told her manager that she was pregnant, everything changed. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:38:00</pubDate></item><item><title>New memorial to aborted children</title><link>http://t.love.com/310693356</link><description><![CDATA[The ground was owned by the son of famed Danish playwright Kaj Munk, who was killed by the Gestapo in 1944 and the memorial was erected on the anniversary of his death. 


Several years of legal battles between the local council, which wanted the memorial removed, and the anti-abortion group appealing to the Environmental Board of Appeal, eventually lead to the Supreme Court ruling in 2007. 


The court upheld the earlier rulings of the Environmental Board of Appeal and High Court which judged that the loca]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:33:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Numbers don't tell story on teen pregnancy</title><link>http://t.love.com/310691781</link><description><![CDATA[At first glance, it seems teen births are down in Glenn County, according to a recent study published by the California Department of Public Health. 


The study shows 56 babies were born to teenaged girls in 2008, down from 63 in 2007. 
Statistics for 2009 are not available. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:29:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Required sex ed</title><link>http://t.love.com/310684024</link><description><![CDATA[In my home state of Connecticut, the legislature is currently considering a bill that would require students to complete a course of sex education in order to graduate from high school. 
The nation's largest provider of abortion, Planned Parenthood, is supporting the bill. 


According to the Family Institute of Connecticut, which opposes the bill and is providing testimony against it, "Planned Parenthood should have nothing to do with the sexual education of our youth. PP's real goal is to convince teens, ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:02:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Fertility center expands services, staff</title><link>http://t.love.com/310648319</link><description><![CDATA[Hudson Valley Fertility, an infertility and reproductive health practice in Fishkill and Middletown, expanded its center for advanced fertility treatment and in-vitro fertilization. 


The facility now includes an operating room and a licensed and accredited embryology laboratory. 


The practice has also hired staff in the areas of embryology, anesthesia and nursing, as well as administrative personnel. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 8:08:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Teens urged to 'pee in a cup'</title><link>http://t.love.com/310645812</link><description><![CDATA[Alarming rates of sexually transmitted infections among Winnipeg youth have prompted health officials to urge teens to "pee in a cup" and get tested. 


Buses and bus stop shelters across the city are adorned with a giant urine cup as part of Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's month-long push to get more youth into clinics to be tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea. 


In the past four years, Manitoba has recorded some of the highest per capita rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea in the country as the number o]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 8:00:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Q&amp;A: Do women's sexual supplements work?</title><link>http://t.love.com/310628962</link><description><![CDATA[Not much. 
Only a few small clinical trials, most of them funded by the manufacturer, have tested those ingredients or products in women. 
One trial found that a supplement containing L-arginine and yohimbe substantially reduced vaginal dryness and boosted arousal in postmenopausal women; the few previous trials of yohimbe alone yielded mixed results. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 6:58:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Annual Women’s Meeting Closes With Delegations Saying No to Abortion</title><link>http://t.love.com/310620768</link><description><![CDATA[(NEW YORK – C-FAM) Last week, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) closed its annual session with delegations defining abortion out of a resolution on maternal mortality. 
Over the course of this year's two-week commission, United Nations (UN) member states were embroiled in heated negotiations over "reproductive rights" language which some delegations believe would be used to promote abortion. 


The United States (US) delegation introduced the resolution calling for increased political will to tack]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 6:28:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Dublin:  Public Lecture – what really reduces teenage pregnancy?</title><link>http://t.love.com/310620569</link><description><![CDATA[The Iona Institute's public lecture will take place at 8pm, Thursday, March 25 in the Davenport Hotel, Dublin 2. 
The topic is 'Sex and teenagers: what does and does not reduce teenage pregnancy and sexual activity'. 
The speaker will be Professor David Paton. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 6:28:00</pubDate></item><item><title>IVF Tests Pre IVF Blood Tests ,IVF Tests Mumbai</title><link>http://t.love.com/310609392</link><description><![CDATA[2010-03-19 10:34:39 - Semen analysis -- the specimen is collected after 2 to 3 days of complete abstinence to determine volume and viscosity of semen and sperm count, motility, swimming speed, and shape. 

1. 


2. 
Hysterosalpingography (HSG) -- an x-ray procedure done with contrast dye that looks at the route of sperm from the cervix through the uterus and fallopian tubes. 

3. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 5:51:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Laparoscopic Infertility Surgery Infertility Surgery in Affordable Cost,</title><link>http://t.love.com/310609340</link><description><![CDATA[2010-03-19 10:44:55 - Laparoscopy is direct visualization of the peritoneal cavity, ovaries, outside of the tubes and uterus by using a laparoscopy. 
The laparoscopy is an instrument somewhat like a miniature telescope with a fiber optic system which brings light into the abdomen. 
It is about as big around as a fountain pen and twice as long. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 5:51:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Teen parent advocates urge state to save funds</title><link>http://t.love.com/310602445</link><description><![CDATA[Teen pregnancy accounts for up to 25 percent of the state's high school dropout problem, according to groups that asked state officials yesterday to save funding for teen parent support programs. 


The Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy issued a report on helping teen parents stay in school, during a lobbying effort at the Statehouse yesterday in which scores of teen mothers met with legislators. 


Patricia Quinn, spokeswoman for the alliance, said advocates are hoping more schools will adopt progra]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 5:24:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Polycystic ovary syndrome study seeks patients</title><link>http://t.love.com/310600607</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://media1.suntimes.com/multimedia/031910health.jpg_20100318_18_16_28_90-291-413.imageContent"><br>Gail Donnelly felt as if she were losing control of her body. 


The 40-year-old Skokie woman -- whose classmates used to call her "Knobby" because of her thin frame -- gained 50 pounds in three months after a cyst was removed from an ovary in 1995. 


Then, around the time she had a second ovarian cyst removed, Donnelly gained an additional 60 pounds, even though she exercised regularly and ate healthy meals. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 5:16:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Ovatech Closes Patient Enrollment In Phase 2 Trial Of Ovaprene</title><link>http://t.love.com/310590959</link><description><![CDATA[Ovatech, a women's health-focused company, has closed patient enrollment for Phase 2 clinical study of its non-hormonal, intravaginal contraceptive ring Ovaprene. 


Ovaprene is a 'one-size-fits-all' patented, intravaginal organic silicone ring barrier-contraceptive that is designed to continuously release spermiostatic and spermicidal non-drug agents over a four-week period. 


Reportedly, a Phase 1 safety-and-tolerability study conducted at NYDH concluded that 'the Ovaprene device is well-tolerated and ac]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 4:31:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Teen pregnancies impacting school dropout rates</title><link>http://t.love.com/310583011</link><description><![CDATA[A new report indicates that one in four pregnant teenagers in Massachusetts drops out of school because the responsibility of parenting is overwhelming. 


On the bright side, the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy cites research that many teenagers headed toward dropping out become re-committed to school once the baby is born. 
In city's like Lynn, where the teenage birthrate increased by 18.9 percent between 2006 and 2007, taking a closer look at the reasons is imperative. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:58:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Transvaginal Surgical Mesh Complication Alert Announced by ClassAction.org</title><link>http://t.love.com/310581046</link><description><![CDATA[ClassAction.org is alerting consumers about potentially serious health complications that have been linked to transvaginal surgical mesh . 
Some women have experienced severe and painful side effects after implantation of a transvaginal mesh device. 
ClassAction.org connects victims of transvaginal mesh complications to experienced attorneys who can help them seek financial compensation for their injuries. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:53:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Egg Donor IVF Clinic Success Rates,IVF Success Rates,Egg Donor IVF</title><link>http://t.love.com/310576194</link><description><![CDATA[but generalised success rates can be misleading due to the individuality of each patient's situation. 
There are many hurdles to cross during treatment and it is wise to keep in mind that they all have to be successfully crossed to get to what we are all striving for - a baby to take home. 


We Care partner IVF Specialist, We Care Patient coordinator and counsellor about these hurdles and your specific treatment, and ask as many questions as you need to. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:32:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Egg Donor IVF Clinic Success Rates Delhi IVF Success Rates Egg Donor IVF</title><link>http://t.love.com/310576131</link><description><![CDATA[In addition, success rates increase as the number of IVF stimulation attempts increase, probably ranging to a maximum of three to four stimulation cycles. 

( as measured by cycle day - 3 serum FSH, LH, estradiol levels, and the clomiphene citrate challenge test ), and the number, maturity, and quality of eggs retrieved. 


It is important to understand the philosophy with which the We Care partner Fertility centres approaches the management and treatment of infertility. 
Here, our goal is to help couples a]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:32:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Infertility Causes Treatment India Abroad,Infertility Causes India</title><link>http://t.love.com/310572416</link><description><![CDATA[Infertility is when a couple fail to conceive (get pregnant) despite having regular unprotected sex. 
Although one in seven couples hass difficulty conceiving, the number of couples who are actually infertile is relatively low. 


About 85% of couples will conceive naturally within one year if they have regular unprotected sex. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:17:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Cost Surrogacy Abroad India Mumbai,Surrogacy,Surrogacy Abroad India</title><link>http://t.love.com/310572403</link><description><![CDATA[2010-03-19 08:06:38 - We Care has helped bring to the world many babies since 2005. 
We have facilitated couples and singles, gay and straight, from 22 different countries -- from as far away as Dubai, Nigeria, UK, Ireland, USA, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Afghanistan, Russia, Israel and Australia, as well as almost every European country, Canada and Columbia. 


We have work with experienced and internationally trained IVF and Surrogacy specialist Gynae doctors and hospitals in India. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:17:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Cost Surrogacy Abroad India Mumbai Surrogacy,Surrogacy Abroad India</title><link>http://t.love.com/310572353</link><description><![CDATA[Sperm Injection (ICSI), donor egg and embryo programs, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and surrogacy programs for international patients. 


We Care Health Services provide compassionate support and cost effective treatment to infertile couples and women with various ailments, delivering quality health care services with responsibility, care and trust. 

are selected after a thorough research and selection procedure. 
Most of the doctors we partner and recommend to our international patients have v]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:17:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Morning-after pill doesn't cut teen pregnancy</title><link>http://t.love.com/310569024</link><description><![CDATA[Providing the morning-after pill in advance does nothing to cut teenage pregnancy rates, researchers claim. 


The use of emergency contraception doubled in just six years, but the latest data shows it has failed to slash rates of conception or sexually transmitted infections, reports dailymail.co.uk. 

The findings by the Cochrane Library Review cast serious doubt over the British government's decision to promote emergency contraception as part of its Teenage Pregnancy Strategy. 


Ministers hoped easier a]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:00:00</pubDate></item></channel></rss>