Health & Fertility

Medical conditions that can affect fertility in both men and women. Articles explain endometriosis, PCOS, fibroids, infections and how various health problems influence conception.

Can Chemotherapy Affect Fertility?

Chemotherapy can damage your ability to have children, but there are options to discuss with your doctor before treatment starts.

Can You Eat Yourself Fertile?

Food and lifestyle changes like diet and exercise can boost your chances of getting pregnant, but it takes consistent effort over three months.

Diabetes and Male Fertility

Diabetes can damage sperm and reduce fertility in men, with research showing a clear link between the condition and conception problems.

Endometriosis

Endometriosis affects up to one in ten women and can impact fertility, causing pelvic pain, heavy periods and other symptoms you should know about.

Ethics of Egg Donation

Egg donation helps infertile couples have biological children, but raises difficult ethical questions about the practice.

Female Symptoms of Fertility Issues

Signs and symptoms of female infertility, including PCOS and endometriosis, and what they mean for your health.

Fertility Drugs and Cancer

Long-term studies show women who took fertility drugs to stimulate ovulation may face higher risks of uterine cancer.

Fibroids of the Uterus

Uterine fibroids are benign tumours that affect most women at some point, causing symptoms like heavy bleeding and bladder pressure depending on their location.

General Medical Problems That Can Lead to Infertility

Medical conditions like chlamydia and miscarriage can damage fertility in both men and women long after they're treated.

How Body Weight Can Affect Your Fertility

Extra weight can make it harder to get pregnant, and fertility experts often recommend checking your BMI first.

Hydrocele and Varicocele

Two scrotal conditions explained: what hydroceles and varicoceles are, how doctors identify them, and when treatment is needed.

Male Symptoms of Fertility Issues

Men account for about a third of infertility cases, and spotting symptoms like undescended testicles or varicocele matters.

Obesity and Male Fertility

Extra weight can significantly lower a man's ability to father a child, according to recent research on obesity and male fertility.

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

PCOS affects many young women and can cause irregular periods, excess hair growth, and infertility, here's what you need to know.

Pregnancy Test Technology: What's New?

Modern pregnancy tests use hormones scientists only figured out in the 1920s, a huge improvement over ancient methods and cruel animal tests.

Sexually Transmitted Infections

STIs like chlamydia can damage your fertility and go undetected for years, putting your health at serious risk.