Comparing pregnancy outcomes for 150 women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), US researchers have found that those who exercised lost the most weight and had more live births than those who didn’t.

Reuters

The North East Essex CCG will now only fund IVF for patients undergoing cancer treatments, or who have a disease or a condition requiring medical or surgical treatment which could make them infertile.

Maldon and Burnham Standard

A new study in Science has identified a version of calcineurin that is found only in sperm and is necessary for sperm to penetrate an egg’s zona pellucida.

LA Times

The Health Research Authority has given the go-ahead for a team at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London to carry out 10 womb transplants in the UK. The British Fertility Society has responded in the piece.

BBC News

The Guardian newspaper is running a special feature on endometriosis, a condition that affects an estimated 176 million women globally and which may be responsible for half of all unexplained infertility. It’s editorial calls for menstruation to be less taboo to talk about, for primary care practitioners to be more aware of the condition and […]

The US-based Endocrine Society has issued a preview of their latest scientific statement on endocrine disruptors. The statement has reviewed the association of endocrine disruptors with various diseases including obesity, diabetes, fertility, and PCOS.

Healio

A report in Nature Genetics has found genes that control two important repair mechanisms in the human body – both which influence the number of eggs a woman has.

BBC News

A Belgian study of 129 European children aged 1 to 3 who had prenatal exposure to cancer treatment showed their mental processes and heart function developed normally compared with children from the general population. The study was presented at the European Cancer Congress in Vienna and is published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) may be able to improve their fertility through weight loss and exercise, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Medical News Today

The Mail on Sunday reports that at least 25 straight women have given birth in the last five years without ever having had sex. Metro