Fertility Info

A updated study (as reported in the journal Pediatrics) suggests that billions of dollars could be saved in the United states if mothers breastfed their babies for 6 months. It has been reported that some hospitals push formula even when the mother wants to breastfeed. The study confirms the oft handed down notion that breastfeeding should start as soon after birth as possible.

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A gene essential to ovulation has been isolated by a team of Canadian and European researchers who say their findings could pave the way for new contraceptives and treatments for infertility.

Researchers at the Universite de Montreal have discovered how a gene, known as Lrh1, effects the ovaries and ovulation, according to Dr. Bruce D. Murphy, director of the animal research centre at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

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