A new study by researchers at the University of New Mexico has found 12 types of microplastics human testes. The study published in the journal Toxicological Sciences highlights the “potential consequences for male fertility.” The testes analysed were obtained from postmortems in 2016, with the men ranging in age from 16 to 88 when they … Read more
Cayley Benjamin and her husband sought fertility treatment after many months of trying to have another child — one of the many Canadians who turn to medical help, but increasingly struggle with the costs. “We were able to conceive and I had a miscarriage just over two years ago,” she said, speaking to Global News … Read more
The rising cost of living appears to be dragging down Canada’s birth rate, which recently hit its lowest level in recorded history. Ipsos polling done exclusively for Global News found most Canadians are having fewer children than they would like because it’s too expensive to raise them. The poll looked at responses from 1,001 Canadians … Read more
Experts are welcoming the news B.C. will soon start funding in vitro fertilization (IVF), saying it can help people struggling to grow their family with accessing care that can be prohibitively expensive. “Unfortunately, many people do require IVF to start and to grow their families,” Dr. Kimberly Liu, head of the University of Toronto’s Reproductive … Read more
As Sue says, “There were so many more steps” and each one comes with a price tag: transferring the eggs out of storage, thawing them, fertilizing them, monitoring your cycle, transferring the embryo(s) into the uterus, more monitoring. Stephanie had a bill of $41,600 for her three egg freezing cycles and five years of storage. … Read more
Early this past summer, I noticed an ad for cooling sheets on my Instagram feed. No matter how many ”Barbie”-related posts I clicked, I kept getting fed temperature-controlled clothing, and heating pads, too. The bizarre combo revealed an unfortunate reality for me: While everyone was fixated on a groundbreaking movie about womanhood, my own had … Read more