Monthly Archive: February 2010

Feb
15

What a bunch of sperm donors

The Times recently reported that the Department of Health is planning to target sports fans in a recruitment drive for sperm donors. St Mary’s Hospital in Manchester was chosen to pilot a scheme to introduce regional sperm donation centres – the Trust is providing advice and support to donors and the clinic. Setting up this …

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Feb
11

IVF and the risk of ovarian cancer – more positive news

From http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_13667.asp Researchers at the Danish Cancer Society have ascertained that taking fertility drugs does not increase a woman’s chance of developing ovarian cancer. This is a persistent concern for egg donors. There have been many studies over the last 30 years on whether fertility treatment – especially where it involves stimulating ovaries to produce …

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