Clues to how endometriosis affects fertility
Doctors have long known that women with endometriosis, a condition in which tissue from the uterine lining grows elsewhere in the pelvis, frequently have difficulty conceiving. Whether one condition causes the other, however, has remained unclear.
( BY ALISON MCCOOK, Reuters, 10/18/2002 10:48 AM PST)

Ob-Gyn Docs, Nurses Don't Know When Fertility Falls
Healthcare providers may be just as confused as their patients when it comes to discussing infertility. Research presented here at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's annual meeting found that doctors and nurses working in reproductive healthcare did not realize just how early fertility begins to decline.
( BY ROXANNE NELSON, Reuters, 10/17/2002 08:27 AM PST)

Low weight at birth may impair man's fertility
Low birth weight may affect testicle size--and perhaps fertility--later in life, results of a preliminary study from Italy suggest. The researchers found that teenage boys who are born small for their gestational age, meaning they were smaller than average but were not born prematurely, tended to have smaller testes and lower levels of testosterone, according to a report in the September issue of the Journal of Pediatrics.
( Reuters, 10/14/2002 06:57 AM PST)

Support helps couples struggling with infertility
Participating in just a few sessions with a support group appears to lessen anxiety and increase optimism in some men and women who are undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments for infertility, study findings suggest.
( Reuters, 10/10/2002 10:23 AM PST)

Mercury in seafood linked to infertility
High blood levels of mercury, possibly caused by eating a lot of seafood, are associated with infertility in both men and women, researchers reported on Tuesday.
( Reuters, 09/24/2002 07:18 AM PST)