Fighting IF On 04/02/2008
The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Metro | Bank option for infertility
tags: donor semen, donors, semen, sperm bank
The first semen bank in Calcutta has opened its doors. Semen will be collected from donors and stored in a frozen form in the Bhowanipore bank.
“Medicines used for treating infertility are often ineffective. Donor insemination is a low-cost and more effective procedure. It is far cheaper than test tube babies,” said Baidyanath Chakraborty, the director of the Institute of Reproductive Medicine and the chairman of the guidelines committee for assisted reproductive technology at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
According to doctors, about 20 per cent couples in Calcutta suffer from infertility. Male infertility is behind 40 per cent of the cases.
“For the past six years, cryo-preserved semen was being used to treat infertility in the city. The semen was usually brought from Delhi,” said Rajiv Agarwal, the director of the city-based Care IVF, which has set up CryoBank Calcutta in collaboration with CryoCell India Pvt Ltd.
Study raises questions about cell phones and infertility | APP.com | Asbury Park Press
tags: app.com, fertility, infertility, sterility
Are men speed-dialing infertility by talking for hours a day on their cell phones?
A new study suggests that might be the case, but before potential papas ditch the devices, they should know that lead author Ashok Agarwal says the data are "quite preliminary."
Cell phones emit radiofrequency electromagnetic waves. Scientists have reported potential adverse effects of the waves on the brain, heart, endocrine system and DNA, Agarwal, director of the andrology lab at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and his co-authors write in the journal Fertility and Sterility.
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