India becoming a designer baby factory: Author Kishwar Desai (With Image)
May 31st, 2012 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Life is no longer a gift of love; it is being created with care to fit specifications furnished by parents in the age of surrogacy ... Read more...
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Mexican woman with nine babies a fraud, say doctors
May 1st, 2012 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 1 (IANS) A 32-year-old Mexican woman, who said she was pregnant with nine babies, was not pregnant at all and "just obese". She could not be expecting because ... Read more...
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Vedanta foundation officials quizzed in misappropriation of funds
March 26th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Police informed a Delhi court Monday that they have quizzed various officials of Microsoft and Vedanta Foundation with regard to alleged misappropriation of funds by ... Read more...
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Infertile women can still conceive
February 21st, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 21 (IANS) One in every four women with a history of infertility can still conceive without treatment, says new research.The study, led by Danielle Herbert, from the University ... Read more...
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Probe against Bedi still on, police tell court
January 7th, 2012 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A Delhi court was informed by police that the probe into alleged misappropriation of funds by Team Anna member and former police official Kiran Bedi ... Read more...
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Aamir can’t get enough of his newborn
December 24th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) If there's anything that actor Aamir Khan loves doing these days, it is spending time and playing with his newborn son, Azad."It's a great joy ... Read more...
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Aamir-Kiran name son after Maulana Azad
December 10th, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Bollywood couple Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao have named their newborn son Azad Rao Khan after freedom fighter and independent India's first education minister ... Read more...
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Aamir, Kiran blessed with a son
December 5th, 2011 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Bollywood couple Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao have been blessed with a son, who was born through IVF to a surrogate mother at a ... Read more...
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Premature, underweight triplets doing well
November 23rd, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
Faridabad, Nov 23 (IANS) The premature triplets born in this industrial town in Haryana a month ago via in vitro fertilisation (IVF) method have gained weight and are doing well, ... Read more...
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Aide quits Bedi’s NGO over travel row
October 25th, 2011 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Team Anna member Kiran Bedi's travel agent Anil Bal left her NGO India Vision Foundation (IVF) Tuesday, saying his reputation had suffered due to charges ... Read more...
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Skinny women have low fertility
October 23rd, 2011 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 23 (IANS) Being too skinny is far worse for women than being too fat when trying for a baby.A study found that such women are less likely to ... Read more...
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Singapore fertility centre fined due to sperm mix-up
June 22nd, 2011 - 11:07 am ICT by IANS
Singapore, June 22 (IANS) A medical facility in Singapore offering fertility procedures has been fined after a different person's sperm was used in an in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) process, Channel NewsAsia ... Read more...
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Medical advance may allow women to freeze their eggs in 20s, have babies at 50
April 3rd, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 3 (ANI): A new IVF breakthrough could allow women to have babies in middle age after freezing their eggs years before.Midland Fertility Services of Aldridge, near Walsall, developed a new ... Read more...
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Womb transplants possible next year: Expert
March 27th, 2011 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 27 (IANS) Womb transplants that would allow childless women to have babies could be possible early next year, according to a medical expert.
The forecast will bring hope ... Read more...
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Lesbian couple in Oz beat 60 million-to-one odds to have quintuplets
March 8th, 2011 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 8 (ANI): A lesbian couple in Australia has entered the record books after they became the proud parents of quintuplets.Melissa Keevers, 27, had conceived the five babies through the help ... Read more...
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Spanish gay couple’s child dream comes true in India
February 16th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) A Spanish gay couple who wanted to have a child saw their dream come true in India where, through artificial fertilisation, a surrogate mother delivered their twin ... Read more...
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Baby Addict “Octomom” Seeks Financial Solution In “Oprah Winfrey Show”
January 17th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Nadya Suleman, who is better known to the world as "Octomom", for giving birth to octuplets in 2009, appeared on the "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on ... Read more...
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UK woman to freeze her eggs so infertile daughter can give birth to sibling
January 11th, 2011 - 1:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 11 (ANI): A woman in Britain has decided to freeze her eggs so that her two-year-old daughter, who was born without ovaries, will be able to give birth in the ... Read more...
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Oz couple desperate for daughter abort twin boys
January 8th, 2011 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 8 (ANI): A couple in Australia are so determined to have a girl that they recently terminated twin boys conceived through IVF.They are now fighting to choose the sex of ... Read more...
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Katie Price, Alex Reid jet off to secret island to save marriage
January 2nd, 2011 - 11:43 am ICT by ANI
London, Jan 2 (ANI): Alex Reid and Katie Price have reportedly flown out to a secret desert island in a bid to save their troubled marriage.The couple's relationship has been on the ... Read more...
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80pc Aussies disapprove of sex-selective abortions
December 23rd, 2010 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 23 (ANI): A recent Australian survey has found that most people Down Under disapprove of abortion based on sex of the baby.Dr Rebecca Kippen from the School of Population Health ... Read more...
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Cancer survivor to become father with years old sperm
November 30th, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 30 (IANS) Christopher Stone, aged 33, was just 17 when he was told he had testicular cancer. His testicle was removed but samples of his sperm were stored. And now, ... Read more...
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Alex Reid is envious of big families
November 7th, 2010 - 6:33 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 7 (IANS) Cage fighter Alex Reid is "envious" of couples who have big families.Reid, who has undergone two unsuccessful attempts at In-vitro Fertilisation (IVF) with wife Katie Price, loves his ... Read more...
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Celine Dion inspired by Mandela for baby name
October 30th, 2010 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 29 (IANS) Singer Celine Dion and her husband Rene Angelil named their twin sons Eddy and Nelson after record producer Eddy Marnay and former South African president Nelson Mandela.Dion and ... Read more...
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New IVF test trebles chance of healthy baby
October 27th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 27 (IANS) An in vitro fertilisation (IVF) test that trebles a woman's chances of having a healthy baby has been developed by scientists.IVF is a process by which egg cells ... Read more...
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Giuliana Rancic Opens Up About Her Miscarriage
October 12th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Oct 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) E! correspondent (and Washington area native) Giuliana Rancic, had a hard time after she underwent a miscarriage. She could try in every possible way to get ... Read more...
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Breakthrough fertility technique could herald end of ‘biological clock’
September 15th, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 15 (ANI): A new fertility technique could herald the end of the 'biological clock - by allowing women to have babies well into their 50s and 60s.The treatment, to ... Read more...
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Louise Pollard: Bin Laden’s grandchildren miscarried after assault in Syria
September 14th, 2010 - 8:58 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Louise Pollard who was carrying the twin grand children of the leader of the Al Qaeda Terrorist network and most wanted man in the world, Osama Bin ... Read more...
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Fast-freezing sperm boon for childless men
September 14th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 14 (IANS) A new technique could be a boon for men with low sperm counts, cancer, or HIV, helping them father healthy kids.
Fast-freezing of sperm, known as vitrification, as against ... Read more...
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Rod Stewarts’s wife thinks she lost 2nd baby to ‘killer cells’
September 14th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 14 (ANI): Rod Stewarts's wife Penny Lancaster suspects "killer cells" may have terminated a twin to her new baby.Model Penny, 39, said doctors believed she was expecting twins but one ... Read more...
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Scientific breakthrough in creating synthetic blood
August 17th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 17 (IANS) Scientists have created red blood cells for the first time from spare IVF embryos cells in Britain as part of a multi-million pound project to manufacture synthetic blood ... Read more...
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Brit surrogate who agreed to have Osama’s grandchild expecting twins
August 9th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 9 (ANI): A British surrogate to Osama bin Laden's son Omar and his wife, Zaina, is expecting twins.Louise Pollard discovered that she's pregnant with two babies during her eight-week ... Read more...
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Fertility treatments show diminishing returns
August 6th, 2010 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 6 (IANS) Beware, fertility treatments might not work if they are tried repeatedly. A woman's chances of becoming pregnant with in-vitro fertilisation or IVF falls dramatically after just the second ... Read more...
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Now, a test to predict successful pregnancy
June 30th, 2010 - 1:36 am ICT by IANS
London, June 30 (IANS) Scientists have developed a new test to predict which of a woman's eggs are likely to lead to a successful pregnancy.
At present, the only way of deciding which ... Read more...
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Women in thirties freezing eggs to wait for ‘Mr Right’
June 29th, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 29 (IANS) An increasing number of women in their 30s and 40s are freezing their eggs while they continue their search for their Mr. Right, say British doctors.
"They come in ... Read more...
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