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Birth rates in the UK and nearly half of world’s countries plunge, forcing more reliance on immigration, report warns

November 25, 2018

Fertility rates falling for decades mean many countries including the UK are now only growing because of stagnating life-expectancy increases and migration

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Men's sperm is best in spring and autumn new study finds

October 15, 2018

Sperm counts and quality of sperm is affected by the seasons a new study has shown.

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NHS being taken to court over transgender fertility treatment equality

September 22, 2018

NHS England is to be taken to court by the UK’s equality watchdog for failing to offer fertility services to transgender patients.

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Experts warn against using genomic screening for all newborns

August 20, 2018

A new report has advised against the genomic sequencing of all newborns, a venture that researchers and clinicians have been debating since the cost of sequencing began to decrease.

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Study shows why women choose to freeze their eggs

July 31, 2018

Women are freezing their eggs due to a “lack of stable partners”, new research suggests.

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Spain allows lesbian and single women fertility treatment

July 15, 2018

Spain has restored free fertility treatment for lesbian and single women

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Women are delaying motherhood because they cannot afford to start a family

June 27, 2018

A recent survey found 75% of women are delaying motherhood because they cannot afford to start a family. Dr Catherine Hood is a London-based NHS consultant who has worked for years helping couples to conceive, warns 'Women CAN'T have it all' as women are losing their best years of fertility because of financial and career pressures – and then struggle to conceive when they do try. Dr Hood also warns the promise of things like IVF is not always so rosy

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Gay father sues surrogate mother after she refuses to hand over baby

June 06, 2018

Surrogate mother is sued by gay father who claims she 'stole' his baby boy by barring him from birth and refusing to hand over the child when his partner who was in his 70s died

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Increasing infertility may be linked to household plastics and chemicals

May 29, 2018

Experts in Perth Australia have conducted a study which may link household plastics and chemicals such as cleaning products, make up, nail polish, hairspray and perfumes with infertility.

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Eating too much fast food linked to fertility issues in women

May 09, 2018

A study has shown that women who eat fast food regularly take longer to get pregnant than those who eat fruit.

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