Infertility, high blood pressure, varicose viens and back pain have been attributed to leg crossing – but what does the evidence say?
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By Merlin Thomas, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute
Almost everyone crosses their legs, whether it’s conscious or unconscious, for custom, for comfort, for effect, to stop your legs splaying, to take pressure off a foot, or for no reason at all. But is…
Kate Middleton’s path to motherhood, like any woman’s, could take unexpected turns.
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After weeks of speculation about the contents of her uterus, it was revealed overnight that Catherine Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, is indeed pregnant.
However, Catherine is in the early weeks of her…
Those who know the identity of their donor from a young age are less likely to experience psychological problems.
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University of Tasmania academic Meredith Nash recently argued on The Conversation that women who donate their eggs for fertility treatments should be financially compensated. It’s a risky and time-consuming…
What are the real aims of the pro-life movement?
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An American blog by a relatively unknown author about the goals of the pro-life movement went viral recently, racking up around 100,000 hits in a mere two days.
The blog questioned the selective and…
Paying up to $5,000 in a carefully regulated market would recognise the inconveniences associated with donation.
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Women are generally born with about a million eggs. Yet, women with reproductive problems or “older” women (over the age of 40) often cannot conceive with their own eggs. The solution is to use donor eggs…
Some women question the long-term impact of the contraceptive pill on their fertility.
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The combined oral contraceptive pill is the most popular form of contraception in Australia and is taken by an estimated 100 million women worldwide.
The pill’s most obvious use is to prevent pregnancy…
Back, sperm, back: a human egg on the tip of a pin.
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Elephants in the room, part two
For all our schemes and mantras about making our lives environmentally “sustainable”, humanity’s assault on the planet not only continues but expands.
What are the deep…
It’s important men can identify potentially cancerous lumps in their testes.
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Testicular self-examination is turning men into “ball-watching neurotics” – that’s the view of Keith Hopcroft, a GP from Essex in the United Kingdom. It’s unnecessary, he explained recently in the British…
Researchers say women may be able to prolong their fertility in future by having an ovarian tissue transplant.
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In future, women could remain fertile for longer by undergoing an ovarian tissue transplant, according to paper published this week by American and Danish researchers.
The Reproductive Biomedicine paper…
A prospective voter – will the Gillard government’s paid maternity leave scheme affect the birth rate?
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Although the introduction of the baby bonus in 2004 was designed to provide financial assistance to families, a clear pro-natalist intent was also apparent.
Treasurer Peter Costello’s quip is now famous…
Tight underwear may increase scrotal temperature but there’s no evidence to show it reduces fertility.
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Most men have a preference for boxers or briefs, but which are better when it comes to fertility?
Many things can affect a man’s ability to make or transport sperm, including sexually transmitted infections…
Inherited only from mothers, the mitochondria may harbour male-harming mutations.
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As many as a one in 20 men is infertile, but in many cases the underlying cause for it remains unknown.
Recent research has found that a peculiarity in the way in which the DNA inside our mitochondria…
