http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. There is no doubt that modern contraception has enabled women to have unprecedented control over their own fertility. However, is it possible that the use of oral contraceptives is interfering with a woman's ability to choose, compete for and retain her preferred mate? A new paper published by Cell Press in the October issue of the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution reviews emerging evidence suggesting that contraceptive methods which alter a woman's natural hormonal cycles may have an underappreciated impact on choice of partners for both women and men and, possibly, reproductive success. http://www.physorg.com/news174140457.html Biology Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:10:01 EST news174140457 (PhysOrg.com) -- A genetic mutation that lies behind one type of male infertility has been discovered by researchers at Oxford University, Ghent University in Belgium, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in the USA. http://www.physorg.com/news167401452.html Medicine & Health Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:00:02 EST news167401452 In a potential advance toward a male contraceptive pill and new treatments for infertility, researchers are reporting the identification of key biochemical changes that put sperm `in the mood` for fertilization. http://www.physorg.com/news158424284.html Chemistry Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:45:14 EST news158424284 Making the contraceptive pill available without prescription will not reduce unwanted pregnancies, says an expert in an article published on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news149311814.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:30:14 EST news149311814 The contraceptive pill may disrupt women's natural ability to choose a partner genetically dissimilar to themselves, research at the University of Liverpool has found. http://www.physorg.com/news137824489.html Medicine & Health Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:34:49 EST news137824489