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  • Dignitas Personae

    12/12/2008 12:06:09 PM PST · by annalex · 32 replies · 716+ views
    The Vatican ^ | 12.12.2008 | The Roman Curia
    Regarding the Instruction Dignitas PersonaeAim In recent years, biomedical research has made great strides, opening new possibilities for the treatment of disease, but also giving rise to serious questions which had not been directly treated in the Instruction Donum vitae (22 February 1987).  A new Instruction, which is dated 8 September 2008, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, seeks to provide some responses to these new bioethical questions, as these have been the focus of expectations and concerns in large sectors of society.  In this way, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith seeks both...
  • The disappearing male - Studies show rise in birth defects, infertility among men

    11/07/2008 5:55:17 PM PST · by KayEyeDoubleDee · 19 replies · 1,462+ views
    Windsor Star ^ | Thursday, November 6, 2008 | Sonja Puzic
    Are males becoming an endangered species? That's the question scientists and researchers have been pondering since alarming trends in male fertility rates, birth defects and disorders began emerging around the world. More and more boys are being born with genital defects and are suffering from learning disabilities, autism and Tourette's syndrome, among other disorders. Male infertility rates are on the rise and the quality of an average man's sperm is declining, according to some studies. But perhaps the most disconcerting of all trends is the growing gender imbalance in many parts of heavily industrialized nations, where the births of baby...
  • Soy foods associated with lower sperm counts

    10/31/2008 8:09:31 AM PDT · by Oyarsa · 34 replies · 590+ views
    A study recently published in Human Reproduction demonstrated that intake of soy foods significantly reduces sperm counts in men. The study is especially significant because it is the largest study in humans to examine the relationship between semen quality and phytoestrogens (plant compounds that can mimic the physiological effects of the endogenous hormone, estrogen). Dr. Jorge Chavarro of the Harvard School of Public Health and his colleagues found that men who ate the most soy food had 41 million sperm per milliliter less than men who did not consume soy products. The normal sperm concentrations for men ranges between 80...
  • Half-man, half-beast fear over fertility Bill[UK]

    10/24/2008 10:09:29 AM PDT · by BGHater · 30 replies · 2,202+ views
    The Sun ^ | 23 Oct 2008 | GRAEME WILSON
    A RACE of half-man, half-beast “humanzees” could be created under new fertility laws, MPs were warned last night. Loopholes would let scientists fertilise animals with human sperm, the Commons was told during a debate on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. Tory MP Nadine Dorries claimed it would revive memories of Soviet tyrant Stalin’s attempt to create the “ultimate soldier” in the 1920s by cross-breeding humans and apes. Democratic Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson conjured up the spectre of a monster from Greek legend, saying: “The image that people find most abhorrent is of scientists producing GM babies or cloned adults...
  • Baby boy for woman in double transplant (First ever in Great Britain)

    10/12/2008 3:06:22 AM PDT · by Stoat · 6 replies · 802+ views
    The Evening Standard (U.K.) ^ | October 10, 2008 | Sophie Goodchild and Anna Davis
      Infertility fear: Emma Smith, 37, with her son Oliver   Baby boy for woman in double transplantSophie Goodchild and Anna Davis 10.10.08 A woman who had a double organ transplant has defied the odds to become a mother, the Standard can reveal today.Emma Smith, 37, feared she may be infertile because of the side-effects of her anti-rejection drugs.But last week, the former secretary from Hitchin in Hertfordshire gave birth without complications to her first child 6lb baby Oliver.She is the first woman in Britain to deliver a child by Caesarean section after receiving donor kidneys and a pancreas.Her...
  • Tribal Fertility Totem Elicits Strong Emotions

    09/02/2008 5:58:40 AM PDT · by reaganaut1 · 6 replies · 162+ views
    http://isteve.blogspot.com/ ^ | September 2, 2008 | Steve Sailer
    And here’s the fundamental reason underlying all the rage on one side and amusement on the other over Sarah Palin: it’s all about … female fertility. Human beings have extremely strong emotions on the topic of fertility. It’s an obsession — look at the celebrity gossip columns these days. ... Now, the Breeding Wars have moved into the political arena. Barack Obama launched his Presidential run at the 2004 Democratic convention by devoting the first 380 words of his speech to describing in great detail the two stocks from which he was crossbred. His message is that by uniting in...
  • Mad Cow Rules Hit Sperm Banks' Patrons (desperate quest for Nordic sperms)

    08/13/2008 5:14:22 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 66 replies · 294+ views
    WP ^ | 08/13/08 | Rob Stein
    Mad Cow Rules Hit Sperm Banks' Patrons By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, August 13, 2008; Page A01 When Julie Peterson decided to have a baby on her own two years ago, she picked a tall, blond, blue-eyed Danish engineer as a sperm donor to match her own Scandinavian heritage. But when she went back to the sperm bank to use the same donor to have another child, she was stunned to discover that the federal government had made it impossible. "I just cried," said Peterson, 43, who lives in North Carolina. "I was in complete shock. I...
  • Flabby men, flabby sperm: Overweight men may have trouble having kids

    07/09/2008 8:26:50 PM PDT · by Eric Blair 2084 · 37 replies · 92+ views
    NY Daily News ^ | July 9th 2008 | Grant Junkie
    Too many fatty foods are dangerous not only to men's waistlines, but to their sperm production. In research presented Wednesday at a meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, scientists found that obese men have worse sperm than normal-weight men. "There is a very long list of health hazards from being overweight," said Ghiyath Shayeb, the study's lead researcher at the University of Aberdeen. "Now we can add poor semen quality to the list." But experts aren't sure if that necessarily means obese men face major difficulties having children. "If you have a man who isn't fantastically...
  • Children of older fathers have greater risk of early death

    06/02/2008 6:52:36 PM PDT · by thinkingIsPresuppositional · 48 replies · 321+ views
    Modern Conservative ^ | June 02, 2008
    Children of older fathers have greater risk of early death Men, listen up. No longer can you comfort yourselves with the notion that you can father a child at any time...Children of older fathers more 'likely to die early': LONDON: When it comes to fertility and the prospect of having babies, it has always been assumed that men have no biological clock — unlike women, they can father a child late in their life. But a study has dispelled this myth. Researchers in Europe have found that children are almost twice as likely to die before adulthood if they have...
  • Japanese child numbers fall for 27th year to new low

    05/06/2008 5:26:45 AM PDT · by Bushwacker777 · 13 replies · 159+ views
    Tehran Times ^ | May 6, 2008 | AFP
    "TOKYO (AFP) -- The number of children in Japan has fallen for the 27th straight year to hit a new low, the government said Monday in a sign of the country's rapidly ageing population. Children aged 14 or younger numbered 17,250,000 as of April 1, down by 130,000 from a year earlier, the internal affairs ministry said in an annual survey released to coincide with the May 5 Children's Day national holiday. The figure is the lowest since 1950 when comparable data started. The ratio of children to the total population sank for 34 years in a row to 13.5...
  • From the Housing Market to the Maternity Ward

    02/01/2008 8:56:22 AM PST · by reaganaut1 · 6 replies · 71+ views
    New York Times ^ | February 1, 2008 | John Leland
    What is the relationship between fertility and real estate? ... Is real estate destiny? “It’s something a bunch of us have been thinking about,” said Morris A. Davis, an assistant professor of real estate and urban land economics []. “If you reduce down-payment constraints, more people can buy homes, or buy bigger homes. Does that encourage them to have more kids? I would say nobody knows.” Social scientists have long traced a connection between housing and fertility. When homes are scarce or beyond the means of young couples, as in the 1930s, couples delay marriage or have fewer children. This...
  • Fertility Rates Rise In US; We're At Replacement Level!

    12/21/2007 2:26:38 PM PST · by Marie2 · 48 replies · 145+ views
    Washington Post ^ | 12/21/07 | Rob Stein
    For the first time in 35 years, the U.S. fertility rate has climbed high enough to sustain a stable population, solidifying the nation's unique status among industrialized countries. The overall fertility rate increased 2 percent between 2005 and 2006, nudging the average number of babies being born to each woman to 2.1, according to the latest federal statistics. That marks the first time since 1971 that the rate has reached a crucial benchmark of population growth: the ability of each generation to replace itself. "It's been quite a long time since we've had a rate this high," said Stephanie J....
  • Warning issued over human egg freezing

    10/23/2007 12:19:46 PM PDT · by neverdem · 2 replies · 28+ views
    San Luis Obispo Tribune ^ | Oct. 22, 2007 | LAURAN NEERGAARD
    AP Medical Writer Don't count on freezing eggs to offset a ticking biological clock just yet. So say new guidelines for fertility specialists that conclude the procedure remains highly experimental even though it is increasingly offered. The recommendations are a dash of cold water for a field that proponents believe is slowly coming of age. But with perhaps 500 births from frozen-and-thawed eggs worldwide, compared with more than 200,000 from frozen embryos, it is a nascent technology. Now scientists are tweaking techniques to try to improve the odds that a woman who has her eggs removed and frozen will bear...
  • Having sex daily 'improves a man's fertility'

    10/16/2007 8:27:23 AM PDT · by numberonepal · 60 replies · 164+ views
    This Is London ^ | 10/16/07 | This is London
    Regular sex boosts a man's fertility, say doctors. In a contradiction of conventional wisdom on the subject, research has shown those who do not have sex often produce sperm of lower quality than those who do so daily. This is thought to be because sperms' DNA becomes more damaged the longer it remains in the body, cutting the chances of fertilisation and raising the risk of a miscarriage in the first weeks of pregnancy. The findings, presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's annual conference, will be of particular significance to couples undergoing fertility treatment. Men are currently advised...
  • British MPs to Propose Bill Investigating Abortion Breast Cancer Link

    10/08/2007 4:29:34 PM PDT · by wagglebee · 3 replies · 177+ views
    Life News ^ | 10/8/07 | Steve Ertelt
    London, England (LifeNews.com) -- Members of the British parliament wants to add an amendment to an abortion bill the legislative body will debate next month as the nation marks 40 years of legalized abortion. Labour Party MPs Claire Curtis-Thomas and Geraldine Smith say they want the abortion bill amended to tell women of the abortion-breast cancer link. Their bill follows on the heels of new research showing the number of breast cancer cases in England will skyrocket because of the high number of abortions in the European nation. The bill would focus on more research into the link between abortion...
  • New Study Shows Abortion is 'Best Predictor of Breast Cancer'

    10/03/2007 4:09:23 PM PDT · by wagglebee · 99 replies · 2,179+ views
    LifeSiteNews ^ | 10/3/07 | LifeSiteNews
    WASHINGTON, DC, October 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons published a study yesterday entitled, "The Breast Cancer Epidemic." It showed that, among seven risk factors, abortion is the "best predictor of breast cancer," and fertility is also a useful predictor.  The study by Patrick Carroll of PAPRI in London showed that countries with higher abortion rates, such as England & Wales, could expect a substantial increase in breast cancer incidence. Where abortion rates are low (i.e., Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic) a smaller increase is expected. Where a decline in abortion has taken place,...
  • Men With Younger Women Have More Children

    08/29/2007 3:10:46 PM PDT · by blam · 61 replies · 1,379+ views
    New Scientist ^ | 8-29-2007 | Roxanne Khamsi
    Men with younger women have more children 13:50 29 August 2007 NewScientist.com news service Roxanne Khamsi A woman should get together with a man several years older than herself if she wants a lot of children – at least in Sweden. The analysis of Swedish birth records reveals that men who partner with women six years younger than themselves produce the most offspring. Across many cultures men and women prefer younger and older mates respectively, says Martin Fieder, an anthropologist at the University of Vienna in Austria. In theory these age preferences make evolutionary sense, he says. However, there has...
  • Environemental Organizations Generate Green Guilt to Push More Population Control

    08/27/2007 6:58:46 PM PDT · by monomaniac · 4 replies · 305+ views
    LifeSiteNews.com ^ | August 27, 2007 | Colin Mason
    Environemental Organizations Generate Green Guilt to Push More Population Control Want everyone to become "eunuchs for the green kingdom" by Colin Mason Front Royal, Virginia, August 27, 2007 (pop.org) - If asked what function the San Francisco-based Sierra Club performs, most of its 1.3 million members would probably reply "protecting the environment," or "raising awareness of endangered species," or words to that effect. Yet, in their 2007 legislative report for Minnesota, the Sierra Club spent nearly 3 pages describing legislative initiatives that have virtually nothing to do with the environment. Rather, this section deals almost exclusively with population issues or,...
  • Tomato soup 'boosts fertility'

    07/28/2007 9:01:06 AM PDT · by CarrotAndStick · 14 replies · 549+ views
    The Times of India ^ | 28 Jul 2007, 2039 hrs IST | PTI
    LONDON: Craving for something sweet and sour at the same time? Don't think twice. Just have a bowl of spicy and creamy tomato soup to satisfy your desire. Yes, a bowl of hot tomato soup every day can boost fertility among men, according to scientists. Researchers at the UK-based University of Portsmouth have discovered that lycopene, which gives tomatoes their bright red colouring, can turn sperm into super-sperm, sources reported. The conclusion came after the researchers studied the effect of lycopene in the diet on a group of six healthy men, all in their early forties. They were asked to...
  • Call for EU-wide fertility rules

    07/03/2007 1:05:36 PM PDT · by WesternCulture · 9 replies · 562+ views
    news.bbc.co.uk ^ | 07/02/2007 | news.bbc.co.uk
    Laws on fertility treatment should be standardised across the European Union to deter 'fertility tourism', a leading expert has said.