Morning After Pill To Be Available ‘Over The Counter’ in Canadian Pharmacies

The emergency contraceptive pill Plan B will now be sold on the front shelves of Canadian pharmacies without any medical consultation after a landmark decision came down Thursday to make the drug more accessible.

In its final ruling, the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) has given Plan B, or Levonorgestrel, full over-the-counter status.
Norway, the [...]

First Baby Born From Egg Matured In Lab and Frozen

The first test-tube baby created from an egg matured in the laboratory and then frozen has been born in Canada, in a breakthrough offering hope to women with cancer and others unsuited to normal IVF treatment.

The baby is doing well and another three women are pregnant by the same method, researchers told a medical meeting [...]

Generous Friend Who Donated Eggs May Be Left Infertile

A generous woman who gave her eggs to help two childless friends fears she has been left infertile by her act of kindness.

Donna Stickels, 26, revealed her personal ordeal to warn other women about the potential dangers of egg donation.

Her story began seven years ago when she offered to help a married friend who was [...]

New Test Reduces Risk Of Multiple Births

Researchers at McGill and Yale universities say they have found a safe way for women to use in-vitro fertilization which reduces the risk they’ll bring home enough babies to fill a nursery.

McGill chemistry Prof. David Burns led the team which designed the test, a non-invasive procedure which will allow clinicians to choose only the healthiest, [...]

Young Women Earn A little Extra Money And Sell Their Eggs

I can honestly say that no matter how much I needed the money, I would not allow anyone to have my eggs.

Your eggs are the link to recreating yourself, they are your future children. Why would you allow someone to create one of your own children?

Human egg donation was a rarity not so [...]

Womb Transplant??

I have heard of liver, kidney and heart transplants, but never a womb.

The journal Obstetrics and Gynecology reports that current organ donor networks appear able to supply human wombs, or uteruses, for transplantation as a possible approach to treating infertility.

Dr. Giuseppe Del Priore of New York Downtown Hospital and colleagues came to this conclusion [...]