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Working women opting for frozen eggs to preserve fertility

February 25, 2013
Deepika Gupta, 35, a lawyer in a Delhi court, has been into a few relationships but has not been able to narrow down to Mr Right. With her biological clock ticking fast and her wish to have her own children in the near future, …

Ten HIV/AIDS myths busted

December 5, 2012
  The theme for World AIDS Day from 2011-15 is ‘Getting to Zero’ – zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths. Many people are gravely misinformed about the disease and how it spreads …

Breakthrough – sperm created from skin cells!

August 30, 2012
Scientists claim to have successfully created early-stage sperm from human skin that could potentially help infertile men, including survivors of childhood cancer, fulfill their dream of fatherhood. The breakthrough, which came …

Get pregnant faster

November 19, 2012
  You've wanted to be a mother for some time now. Tiny socks and ribbons call out to the mother in you. Your gal-pals are all either mothers already or pregnant. And there's nothing more you want right now but to be a …

Safe motherhood methods the norm in Rajasthan now

November 19, 2012
Will the baby live? Will the mother survive childbirth? Not very long ago, it was left to fate to decide how a pregnant woman and her unborn child would fare, but a slow change towards birth preparedness is taking place in some …

A gel to supercharge male fertility – coming soon!

April 16, 2012
Scientists have discovered chemical compounds that boost the swimming ability of sperm cells, opening the way for a new gel to help couples conceive naturally. Male fertility has been largely overlooked with most treatments …

Why are women now taking longer to deliver than their grandmoms?

April 2, 2012
Women take longer to deliver babies today than they did 50 years ago, according to an analysis of nearly 140,000 deliveries, conducted by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Researchers compared data on …

Sexual queries? Ask the Dutch

December 26, 2011
  Sex has been a taboo topic in India for years and sex education except family planning has been almost non-existent. This leads to adolescents finding out half-truths either from their peers or pornography. All this is …