by Deborah Huso AOL Health, October 29, 2010 When Amy Tucker of Columbia, Ill., gave birth [news video] to a healthy baby boy last May, she made headlines. The 32-year-old cancer survivor was no ordinary new mom. Thirteen years ago, when Tucker was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, she knew the cancer treatment would leave her […]
By Catherine Donaldson-EvansAOL Health, March 25, 2010 Men who consume a quart of cola — fewer than three 12-ounce cans or two 20-ounce bottles — or more a day have sperm counts that are about 30 percent lower than those of men who don’t, according to a Danish report published March 25 in the American […]
How to Prevent Another Octomom By Aisha Sultan St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 28, 2009 Up until now, I’ve been pretty glad our government doesn’t dictate who can have a baby or how many babies we’re allowed to have. Then along came Octomom. That’s the media’s moniker for Nadya Suleman, the California single mother who recently […]
Less of a baby boom: After the octuplet baby case By Blythe Bernhard ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, March 11, 2009 Fertility doctors say a proposed law aimed at preventing multiple births wouldn’t change their practices and doesn’t go far enough to help couples struggling to have a baby. In response to the highly publicized case of […]
A top doctor in the field of male infertility speaks about professional success and medical ethics. Aish.com, October 21, 2001 by Aish.com staff Dr. Sherman Silber is a legend in the field of infertility. As a leading international authority on in vitro fertilization and tubal ligation reversal, clients travel from distant lands to his St. […]
St. Luke’s surgery involving twins was the first of its kind By CHERYL WITTENAUER, AP ST. LOUIS (June 8, 2005) – Last year, a fertility specialist at St. Luke’s Hospital performed an ovarian transplant from one identical twin to her infertile sister. It was the first attempt in the United States to transplant an ovary […]
“Local doctor pioneers ovary transplants” ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, February 12, 2007 by Tina Hesman Saey When Dr. Sherman Silber made history in 2004 by transplanting ovarian tissue from a twin into her identical sister, he said it was a unique case that he wouldn’t repeat. He changed his mind. Six sets of twins are glad […]
By James Randerson, science correspondent, guardian.co.uk November 9, 2008 A 38-year-old woman is due to give birth next week after the first ever whole ovary transplant to result in a successful pregnancy. The woman, who lives in London and whose ovaries stopped working when she was 15, became pregnant just over a year after receiving […]
“Baby Due as a Result of First Ever Whole Ovary Transplant” News-Medical.net, November 9, 2008 In what is thought to be a world-first, a British woman who was given an ovary transplant is about to give birth to her first baby. The 38-year-old Londoner underwent the pioneering whole ovary transplant in the U.S. early last […]
Baby Born After Ovary Transplant BBC, November 12, 2008 It has been reported that a healthy baby girl has been born in London, following the world’s first transplant of an entire ovary. The 39-year-old mother conceived naturally after receiving the ovary from her twin sister. Others have given birth after receiving smaller pieces of ovarian […]
Ovary Transplant Baby, ‘A Miracle’ BBC, November 15th, 2008 The first woman in the world to have a whole ovary transplant has spoken of her delight at giving birth to a healthy baby girl. Susanne Butscher was given the ovary by her twin sister Dorothee a year ago, after developing early menopause. She gave birth […]
Ovary-Transplant Birth By Jonathan Owen The Independent, November 16, 2008 News of the world’s first baby born after a remarkable ovary transplant operation offered hope last night to millions of women around the world with fertility problems, including more than 100,000 women in the UK who suffer from early menopause and those undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy […]
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