The return of bad medicine

A medicine that had been banned for its harmful effects, may soon stage a comeback

Multiplication vexes

Exposure to environmental estrogens reduces male fertility

Stress and miscarriage

Cure before birth

Genetically weak foetuses can grow into healthy humans with bone marrow transplants

Tiny trouble-maker

Taking the placenta route

A nice, worm surprise

Who would have thought that the roundworm could ever shock the geneticists?

LANKA FERTILITY RATE

Inside information

A tiny transmitter will soon help doctors keep a tab on life before birth

Embryos obtained from test tubes are often defective, says study

Choosing the best embryo is the key to success in IVF

Relaying remedy

Dead before birth?

A case for late pregnancies

Middle-aged mothers live an unusually long life

The unborn pain

The foetus can hear, smell and is sensitive to taste, but can it also feel pain?

Life after death

Technology allows doctors to retrieve sperms from a dead man and impregnate his widow

Evils of advancement

Test-tube babies face higher health risks

Down the nuclear trail

Incidence of Down's syndrome linked to fallout from nuclear weapons testing

Shot to birth

A recently-developed Indian birth control vaccine is being debated to death

INDIA

Natural clones

Researchers look into the possible benefits of producing identical offsprings

Manpower?

Female hormones can boost your sperms

Milestone

Jumbo revival

Umbilical discord

Lack of enforcing protocols is pushing up cesarean deliveries in India

Science crucified

A recent meet combats the anti-science wave in Europe