Read more reproduction stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1129/reproduction.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:49:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72042/professional-group-expels-octomom-doc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Kamrava, the fertility doctor who twice implanted six embryos into octomom Nadya Suleman (two embryos reportedly split into twins), has been kicked out of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. The society recommends no more than two embryos for women under 35, to reduce the risk of multiple births;...http://www.newser.com/story/72042/professional-group-expels-octomom-doc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 14:17:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71508/sex-mints-no-thanks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe press release was so intriguing that Jen Phillips had to know more. Linger mints are being promoted as "internal feminine flavoring"—you read that right—with the catchall please-don't-sue-us warning that they're "for novelty use only." And no wonder: They're mostly sugar, which is a recipe for a yeast...http://www.newser.com/story/71508/sex-mints-no-thanks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 17:10:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56348/who-needs-males-not-self-cloning-tropical-ants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAre men really necessary? Not if you’re a Mycoceperus smithii ant. Researchers have discovered that the tropical ant species is comprised entirely of females, the BBC reports. A colony’s queen will clone itself, producing only daughters. Though such sex-free reproduction is common in the ant world, this is the first...http://www.newser.com/story/56348/who-needs-males-not-self-cloning-tropical-ants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Apr 2009 10:49:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53437/do-cougars-really-spawn-a-brighter-brood.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"At last, science has produced the case for cougars," writes Emily Nussbaum in New York . A study analyzing more than 50,000 pregnant women found that older fathers produce progeny that score lower on concentration, memory, and learning tests. Older mothers, on the other hand, are associated with smarter children,...http://www.newser.com/story/53437/do-cougars-really-spawn-a-brighter-brood.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 11:22:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49937/frank-female-writers-put-new-spin-on-period-piece.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWarning: Reading this may cause queasiness and catharsis. Women are firing up their best (or worst) lodged-tampons stories, yeast-infection remedies, and bloody-period sex tales for America’s commiserating pleasure. “Oversharing is in,” Rebecca Traister declares in Salon. “It’s not so much ‘too much information’ as it is the next, necessary step...http://www.newser.com/story/49937/frank-female-writers-put-new-spin-on-period-piece.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Feb 2009 15:58:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49736/long-living-whales-shed-light-on-menopause.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStumped scientists finally have a clue about the evolutionary purpose of post-menopausal women. Female killer whales—who outlive males by decades—stick around to nurture their kin through maturity, the Los Angeles Times reports. Similarly, human mamas may stick around to ensure their kids really, truly, don't need them anymore....http://www.newser.com/story/49736/long-living-whales-shed-light-on-menopause.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 16:14:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49770/benjamin-button-jellyfish-are-immortal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor some aging jellyfish, their best years may still be ahead: Faced with a threat, one species can essentially turn itself younger again, National Geographic reports. Turritopsis dohrnii reverts its cells to a “younger state,” says a researcher, and becomes a blob; from there, it develops into a colony reminiscent...http://www.newser.com/story/49770/benjamin-button-jellyfish-are-immortal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 11:41:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49595/egg-freezing-a-risky-way-to-go.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish doctors are warning women in their 20s and 30s against freezing their eggs to have children later in life, the Telegraph reports. "The central issue is that it doesn't work very well," one doctor said. "The chance of a baby from a frozen egg with vitrification is less than...http://www.newser.com/story/49595/egg-freezing-a-risky-way-to-go.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Feb 2009 16:35:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47472/baby-born-in-uk-screened-to-be-cancer-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UK’s first “cancer-free” baby was born yesterday, but not without a shower of criticism for the parents and doctors, the BBC reports. Doctors screened the embryo for the altered BRCA1 gene, whose carriers have an 80% chance of developing breast cancer. “The parents will have been spared the risk...http://www.newser.com/story/47472/baby-born-in-uk-screened-to-be-cancer-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 13:10:02 CST