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Blood test powered by AI ‘could detect infertility in men without semen testing’

A simple blood test that can identify men who are infertile without the need for semen testing could soon be on the horizon, according to researchers. Scientists say they have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can predict male ...

31 Jul 2024 at 10:00

One in five women ‘conceive naturally after having baby via fertility treatment’

Around one in five women conceive naturally after having had a baby using fertility treatment such as IVF, according to research. A review of previous studies has shown 20% of women who sought assisted conception for their first child are able ...

21 Jun 2023 at 00:05

Urine tests to track fertility ‘can improve pregnancy chances’

Couples who use urine tests to track fertility are more likely to get pregnant, new research suggests. An updated review from Cochrane experts found that pinpointing the fertile window using urine monitors specifically – and then timing sex ...

05 Jul 2022 at 21:09

Life

Fertility Week: 6 myths around infertility debunked

More than 3.5 million people in the UK endure fertility problems, with many of them suffering in silence. There’s still such a taboo about infertility, that a third of people worry about others learning of their struggles to have a family, ...

01 Nov 2024 at 09:50

Infertility, miscarriage and stillbirth ‘linked to an increased risk of stroke’

Infertility, miscarriage and stillbirth have been linked to an increased risk of stroke in a new study. Experts examined global data and found that women who had had three miscarriages or more appeared to have a 35% increased risk of ...

23 Jun 2022 at 00:30

Hormone treatment shows promise for couples with unexplained infertility – study

A hormone treatment could help increase the likelihood of a couple experiencing unexplained infertility having a baby, research suggests. The study compared couples trying to conceive naturally with couples where the woman used a ...

26 Jun 2023 at 09:30

Health

‘My cancer treatment caused menopause when I was 15 – I felt unwomanly and like I was trapped in an 80-year-old’s body’

A woman whose treatment for rare cancer caused early menopause at 15 felt “unwomanly” and like she was “trapped in an 80-year-old’s body” as she came to terms with infertility and halted puberty. Ellie Waters-Barnes, now 24, was ...

29 Oct 2025 at 06:30

‘Nearly half of teenagers concerned about having children in future’

Nearly half of teenagers are concerned about having children in the future and many do not feel they are being taught enough about reproductive health, researchers have found. The relationships and sex education curriculum ...

13 Feb 2024 at 00:01

Infertility in men linked to higher chance of developing breast cancer – study

Infertile men may be twice as likely to develop breast cancer than those without fertility issues, new research suggests. The study also found there were significantly more men with no children among those who had been ...

17 May 2022 at 02:25

Family

Woman who spent £25k and a decade trying to conceive had triplets at 41 and has now written a book on her unique journey

A woman who gave birth to triplets at 41 after a decade spent trying to conceive said she felt “lonely, desperate and depressed” during her IVF journey and has written a book to provide an insight into her unique ...

17 Nov 2023 at 07:25

Health

Woman who was born without ovaries and started menopause at 15 is desperate to become a mother whatever the cost

A woman who discovered she was born without ovaries when she started the menopause aged 15 has said she is willing to “break” her family finances to become a mother. When Jolene McCaw, 41, from County Tyrone in ...

28 May 2025 at 00:25

Family

Woman conceived by IVF welcomes her own IVF baby after infertility: ‘The fact I was an IVF baby gave me hope’

A woman who was conceived by IVF in the 1990s has just welcomed her own IVF baby into the world after struggling to conceive for just under five years, battling baby loss, chemical pregnancies and abnormal ...

21 Jan 2026 at 06:30

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