Tag: fertility
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Are YOU unknowingly eating ‘forever chemicals’? Shock study reveals up to 95% of fruit and vegetables sold in the UK contains toxic substances thought to cause cancer and damage the heart
[ad_1] Strawberries top a list of fruits and vegetables from UK supermarkets found to contain potentially dangerous pesticide toxins. The man-made substances, called PFAS, are known as ‘forever chemicals’ because they may never leave the body once they are consumed. They are linked to serious health issues including cancer, high cholesterol, reduced kidney function, thyroid…
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Warning for men living in cities: Air pollution might be ruining your sex life by making you impotent and ejaculate prematurely, claims study
[ad_1] Air pollution might be killing men’s sex lives. Research suggests men living in heavily polluted cities can find it harder to get erections. They’re also more likely to struggle with premature ejaculation, according to the same study. And tests showed extroverted men with a normal BMI were worst affected. Chinese experts tracked over 5,000…
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Alarm over forever chemicals as scientists find ‘clear’ proof the toxic chemicals lurking in our blood can harm the heart
[ad_1] Toxic chemicals lurking in cookware, make-up and toiletries may be harming the heart, another study suggested today. Scientists have for years warned about the dangers of perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. Dubbed ‘forever chemicals’ — because they can linger in the environment for thousands of years — they have been linked to everything from cancer to infertility.…
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Giant blow for tissue maker Kleenex as lawsuit accuses company of polluting entire Connecticut town with cancer-causing PFAS chemicals
[ad_1] Tissue maker Kleenex has been accused of polluting a town’s air and drinking water with toxic ‘forever chemicals’. Locals in New Milford, Connecticut — about two hours from New York City — say the company’s plant has been releasing these substances which have been linked to cancer and infertility. The lawsuit — which is seeking millions…
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Scandal of unlicensed midwives linked to deaths of hundreds of newborns – as mother tells DailyMail.com that ‘fake’ practitioner ignored signs baby’s heart was failing
[ad_1] Danielle Yeager once believed she’d never be able to have children. In 2012 she was diagnosed with stage 1 cervical cancer and feared she may never get pregnant because of treatment and possible complications that could affect fertility. So, when the casino-worker became pregnant in 2013, she and husband Michael were overwhelmed with joy. …
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Relatives of men with fertility issues may be at higher risk of cancer
[ad_1] The study looked at men who produced less than 1.5 million sperm per millilitre of semen, which is considered very low, or no sperm at all Joshua Resnick/Shutterstock The relatives of men with fertility issues may be at an increased risk of cancer, with the odds varying considerably from one family to the next.…
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Blasting sluggish sperm with ultrasound waves gets them moving
[ad_1] Sperm that don’t move fast enough may struggle to reach an egg, resulting in fertility issues Alexey Kotelnikov / Alamy Exposing immobile sperm to ultrasound waves gets them moving, a lab study has shown. Sperm that don’t move properly are a key cause of infertility, as it is harder for them to reach the…
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‘It has been devastating’: One of the 130 women at prestigious NHS fertility clinic whose eggs were destroyed by ‘horrifying’ fault breaks silence – as expert says MORE could be affected
[ad_1] One woman who lost her eggs and embryos at a top fertility clinic after a fault with the freezing process, has said the impact on her has been ‘devastating’. More than 100 women might have heartbreakingly lost the chance of becoming mothers because of a fault with the egg freezing process at Guy’s and St…
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Operation wipe out cervical cancer: How doctors plan to eliminate disease that is on the rise by 2033
[ad_1] Doctors are racing to cure cervical cancer in less than ten years, calling it that only cancer ‘that we can say we can eliminate.’ Cervical cancer is the fourth-most common form of the disease in women. However, unlike most other cancers on the rise, doctors know what causes it. Most of the time, it’s…
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Why sperm counts are falling and what we can do to increase them
[ad_1] THE year was 1974. As newspaper columnists were busy wringing their hands over the development of in-vitro fertilisation and the prospect of “test-tube babies”, an alarming discovery about male fertility completely escaped their notice. Comparing contemporary semen samples with historical data, two doctors in Iowa named C. M. Kinloch Nelson and Raymond Bunge showed…