fertility
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Facebook Profits From Showing Teens Unethical ‘Abortion Reversal’ Ads
Facebook served dangerous “abortion reversal” ads viewed 18.4 million times since January 2020, according to a new report by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate. Abortion reversal, deemed unethical and unscientific, is so concerning that accredited researchers were unable to subject patients to a study.
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A Major Study on How Sperm Move Has Been Retracted
A study that claimed to overturn our understanding of how sperm moves has now been retracted. The research had suggested that sperm cells propel themselves forward through complex spins that created an optical illusion of them only swishing their tails back and forth under a microscope. The authors now agree that their conclusions can’t be…
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The World Is in the Middle of a Twin Boom, Study Finds
Across the globe, the rate of twin births has jumped tremendously over the past 40 years, new research suggests. The study’s authors say that twin births have likely reached an all-time high, thanks largely to the use of medically assisted reproduction, such as in-vitro fertilisation, along with more pregnancies in older mothers.
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Mother Leaves Hospital With Newborn, Not Knowing She’s Also Pregnant With Twins
A new mother in Bangladesh got quite a surprise last week: Less than a month after she had delivered a healthy baby boy, she returned to the hospital and delivered a set of fraternal twins, who, unbeknownst to her, had been growing inside a second uterus. Thankfully, all three children were delivered without complications.