Los Angeles | 4 months ago
Adoption helped overcome miscarriages pain, says Jackman
Los Angeles, Dec 18 - Actor Hugh Jackman says adopting his first child Oscar with wife Deborra-Lee Furness helped them cope with the pain of miscarriages.The 44-year-old actor talked about his wife's miscarriages and adoption plan on Katie Couric's talk show Katie.Until you go through it, you understand it's not talked about a lot. By the way, to be clear, Deb and I always wanted to adopt. So that ... read more

London | 6 months ago
Grandma becomes carrier mom for daughter's baby
London, Oct 15 - A 45-year-old woman from the US state of Georgia has given birth to her grandson after IVF treatment because her daughter could not conceive.Angie Stockton's daughter Krista Saxon asked her to bear her child as a gestational carrier because she was unable to carry the baby through pregnancy herself, the Daily Mail reported.The baby named Tucker spent nine months inside the womb of ... read more

London | 6 months ago
Grandma becomes carrier mom for daughter's baby
London, Oct 15 - A 45-year-old woman from the US state of Georgia has given birth to her grandson after IVF treatment because her daughter could not conceive.Angie Stockton's daughter Krista Saxon asked her to bear her child as a gestational carrier because she was unable to carry the baby through pregnancy herself, the Daily Mail reported.The baby named Tucker spent nine months inside the womb of ... read more

London | 6 months ago
Grandma becomes carrier mom for daughter's baby
London, Oct 15 - A 45-year-old woman from the US state of Georgia has given birth to her grandson after IVF treatment because her daughter could not conceive.Angie Stockton's daughter Krista Saxon asked her to bear her child as a gestational carrier because she was unable to carry the baby through pregnancy herself, the Daily Mail reported.The baby named Tucker spent nine months inside the womb of ... read more

Kolkata | 7 months ago
IVF gaining popularity among villagers: Expert
Kolkata, Sep 19 - With a success rate of nearly 40 percent, in-vitro fertilisation - has been steadily gaining popularity among rural couples suffering from infertility, an expert said here Wednesday.'On an average, one out of every 14 couples suffers from infertility in the country. With a success rate of nearly 40 percent, IVF has been a boon for infertile couples and the treatment has been stea ... read more

Gurgaon | 8 months ago
Britain's Bourn Hall opens second IVF clinic in India
Gurgaon, Sep 7 - Britain-based Bourn Hall Clinic, responsible for the world's first test-tube baby in 1978, Friday opened its second hi-tech infertility treatment facility in India and announced that it will open 20 such centres in the country by 2016 investing some $50 million -.Bourn Hall is the world's first in-vitro fertilisation - clinic. It had opened its first clinic in India at Kochi last ... read more

9 months ago
Hope floats for childless in city of lakes
Udaipur -, Aug 2 - As thousands of tourists arrive here this September, the start of the tourist season, so will Rajan and Parul. But this couple from Delhi will have on their minds things other than just exploring this city of lakes, often called Venice of the East.While on their weeklong vacation, the childless couple, in their 30s, will be undergoing a session for a test-tube baby at a medical ... read more

New Delhi | 11 months ago
Embryo stem cell therapy brings hope to those with incurable diseases
New Delhi, June 10 - Simran Kaur, 42, was suffering from cerebellar ataxias, a rare genetic disorder, which left her wheelchair bound, incontinent, with slurred speech and no chances of improvement. Her family then came to know about human embryonic stem cell therapy. A few weeks of treatment later her condition improved, giving a new ray of hope to the family.Simran is among the few people from 4 ... read more

New Delhi | 11 months ago
Laser technique to separate twin foetuses in womb
New Delhi, June 8 - It is a medical procedure that is fast opening a world of hope for women in India pregnant with identical twins.For foetuses sharing blood vessels and struggling for nutrition in the same sac, a surgical in-womb separation through laser helps doctors save twin lives from abortion -- earlier the only suggested solution to this rare complication.In India for over two years, laser ... read more

New Delhi | 11 months ago
Drama, innocence & creativity on bookshelf
New Delhi, June 2 - The bookshelf this week is pure innocence and drama - from children's cult writer Ruskin Bond to one of the greatest story-tellers of our times Toni Morrison... Browse with IANS.1. Book: 'Hip Hop Nature Boys & Other Poems'; Anthology by Ruskin Bond; Published by Penguin India, Priced at Rs.150If a tortoise could run/And losses be won/And bullies be buttered on toast; If a song ... read more