News tagged with fertility level

Earth is having a bad acid trip, study finds

Earth may be overdosing on acid - not the "turn on, tune in, drop out" kind, but the "kill fish, kill coral, kill crops" kind. And it's shaping up to be a very bad trip.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Surprising results in a new study on childbearing and education

In almost every country, women with more education have fewer children. But does education reduce childbearing, or does childbearing get in the way of education, or both? New research by Joel E. Cohen and colleagues in Norway ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Fertility rates affected by global economic crisis

The global economic recession of 2008-09 has been followed by a decline in fertility rates in Europe and the United States, bringing to an end the first concerted rise in fertility rates in the developed world ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Low testosterone linked to varicoceles

As many as 15 percent of men have varicoceles, masses of enlarged and dilated veins in the testicles. There is new evidence that varicoceles, long known to be a cause of male infertility, interfere with the production of ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

BPA lowers male fertility: report

Daily exposure to a chemical that is prevalent in the human environment, bisphenol A (BPA), causes lowered fertility in male mice, according to the results of a new study that will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study: Hormone level predicts end of fertility

The age-specific blood levels of the Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) can predict when women will reach menopause. This makes family planning easier, say fertility researchers from the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Male menopause: The lowdown on 'low T'

Is there such a thing as male menopause? In women, menopause is characterized by a cessation of fertility and a sharp drop in certain hormone levels at midlife. In that sense, men don't go through their own version of menopause. ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Link found between arsenic in drinking water and strokes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study in Michigan in the U.S. suggests the presence of moderate levels of arsenic in drinking water could increase the risk of strokes.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Research finds attractive women increase risky behaviour in young men

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland research suggests that the presence of a beautiful woman can lead men to throw caution to the wind.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Water quality improves after lawn fertilizer ban, study shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to keep lakes and streams clean, municipalities around the country are banning or restricting the use of phosphorus-containing lawn fertilizers, which can kill fish and cause ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Assisted reproductive techniques alter the expression of genes that are important for metabolism

Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that assisted reproductive ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Couples to rely on male contraceptive for new trial

(PhysOrg.com) -- Couples are being asked to replace their usual form of birth control with a new male contraceptive in a study to test its effectiveness.

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0