International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Researchers in Israel have found traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can improve western fertility treatment.

Cellular biologist Dr Shahar Lev-Ari and TCM practitioner Keren Sela of Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Tel Aviv Medical Center tested 123 women having problems conceiving, who were between the ages of 28 and 46.

Young cancer survivors have expressed frustration at the lack of information offered to them about the effects of treatment for the disease on their fertility and the options open to them to try and safeguard their ability to have a family.

A team from the University of California in the US spoke to 22 female 18 to 34-year-olds who had beaten the illness.

A new practice model has been recommended for IVF fertility treatment after a study analysed the rate of miscarriage among women receiving medical help to conceive.

Fertility treatment could be improved by the exaggerated expression of Msx1 and Msx2 genes in the uterus, it has been suggested.

Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in the US discovered the wombs of mice bred to be missing these genes did not respond properly to conception.

A study being conducted in the US aims to find the best way to provide fertility treatment without creating multiple foetuses.

The University of Texas Health Center is conducting the research, which is assessing the effects of the oft-used Clomid pill, Menopur gonadotropin injections and investigational medicine Letrozole, according to local news provider kvue.com.

An expert has said excessive hair growth - or hirsutism - is an important indicator of women's health and fertility problems.

A new study has shown that those who receive stimulation to produce eggs for in vitro fertilation (IVF) are more likely to suffer from ovarian cancer later in life.

Many female breast cancer patients are not aware that having chemotherapy or radiation treatments to combat the disease could affect their fertility.

This is according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, which noted that women who learn too late that they may not be able to have children of their own may go through significant distress.

New research into fertility and fibroids may have paved the way for targeted therapies in the future to be based on its findings.

Uterine leiomyomas, also known as fibroids, are found in 60 per cent of females by the time they reach 45, possibly causing abdominal discomfort and even infertility.

A new piece of research from Princeton University in the US has shown that newly fertilised cells almost turn into 'fatal chaos', a finding which could have implications for women's fertility.