Male fertility is a complex issue, especially when coupled with IVF procedures. Beyond standard sperm analysis (count, shape and motility), analyzing the integrity of the DNA insider the sperm cells – using the DNA Fragmentation Index, or DFI, is a topic that I’m seeing...

The groundbreaking American Project Viva longitudinal study, which has been following pregnant women and their children since 1999, has released new data into the midlife effects of women in their study who have a history of infertility. The study found that women with infertility...

The importance of good nutrition during pregnancy cannot be stressed enough. A new prospective cohort study has followed over 11,000 women in the Nurses’ Health Study II (with its predecessor, the Nurses’ Health Study, among the largest investigations into the risk factors for major...

Studies into the links between glycemic index and fertility are not new. The connection between high insulin levels and disruptions in hormone levels (particularly testosterone in the case of PCOS) is well documented. Now, a new study has expanded the nutrition question to include...

A new study from China has explored an issue of rapidly increasing importance: the effects of air pollution on early miscarriage rates. The study followed pregnant women in Nanjing, China, where the annual mean concentrations of air pollutants are three times higher than the...

A successful IVF cycle is dependent not just on having good quality embryos, but also on a successful implantation in the uterus. More and more fertility clinics are recommending frozen embryo transfer (FET) over fresh transfers – meaning that the transfer is delayed by...

As the research flurry into recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) continues, new research has emerged around glucose metabolism and RPL – particularly regarding insulin resistance. A recent study from the Vali-E-Asr Reproductive Health Research Centre in Tehran, Iran, has found that standard testing of fasting...

Celiac disease (CD), an auto-immune condition triggered by the consumption of gluten that damages the small intestine, is a known factor in fertility and reproductive health even in asymptomatic cases, as I discuss in this post and in my online programs.  Now, a recent Italian study...

In recent posts I have been sharing research on recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) and male fertility factors, particularly sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) rates (the quality of DNA inside of the sperm cell). DNA fragmentation is known to result from oxidative stress, and typical treatments...

As I discussed in this post and in my online program, screening for sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) is emerging as an important tool in assessing male fertility, as it provides information beyond the count and shape of the sperm found in standard sperm analysis, giving critical...