Fertility

Hair products used everyday by millions of women in the US could be exposing them to a dangerous chemical linked to infertility, a study warns.Siloxanes are man-made chemicals that are used in creams, oils and sprays to shine and smooth…

The swathe of celebrities having babies in their mid-40s is giving women false hope over their chances of conceiving later in life, experts have warned. Actress Sienna Miller, 41, is one of the latest celebs to reveal she is becoming an…

When Ceri Griffiths was offered IVF add-ons, the 37-year-old accepted, hoping it would massively boost her odds of having a baby.But, instead of the family she so desperately craved, the restaurant owner was left with nothing but…

England's 'cruel' IVF postcode lottery is today laid bare by MailOnline's interactive map.Under current official guidelines, women under the age of 40 struggling to have a child should get three cycles of the fertility treatment on the…

Two-thirds of fertility clinics in the UK offer unproven and potentially risky IVF add-ons, MailOnline can reveal today.Some facilities even flog the extra treatments, which can cost hundreds of pounds, without explicitly warning desperate…

Concerns are mounting that America may have sleepwalked into a 'forever chemical' public health crisis.The tiny manmade compounds - which got their name because they don't break down in the body - were a dream for manufacturers when they…

But changing immigration policy will likely require a change in mindset. In a recent story by The Economist, the reporter notes that Chinese “officials boast of a single Chinese bloodline dating back thousands of years”. And that taps into…

It is also important to note that as assisted reproductive technology has progressed and become increasingly available and accepted by society, the previously existing taboos and stigmas surrounding infertility are gradually being…

A California startup is trying to make human eggs in a lab with first-of-its-kind technology that would revolutionize the fertility market. Biotech company Conception aims to accelerate and eventually commercialize in vitro gametogenesis…

A surgeon dubbed Dr Frankenstein has candidly revealed the downsides of performing genital re-shaping surgeries on transgender children and adults, in a video which has since been deleted.In the video, Dr Blair Peters, a self-described…