And, in May 2016, Mitsubishi Motors Tetsuro Aikawa resigned from his position as president after the company admitted to rigging fuel-efficiency tests for years.As a startup, you're well advised to navigate cautiously around your industry s public image.Here are four steps to help you get started:1.Look at the fast-food industry, for example, which is consistently under fire for causing health problems such as obesity, heart disease, diabetes and even infertility.Managing your reputation is a process that never ends.Listen to what people are saying, and correct what you can.

Now FDA-approved, the company s product Trak will be the lifestyle coach and home-diagnostics tool to help deliver happier sperm and tiny shouty miracles.The company announced this week that its Trak product has been approved by the FDA, and suggested that it d be starting to ship its product towards the end of the summer this year.Trak is a complete system that not only gives couples the ability to conveniently measure semen quality at home, but also provides digital health tools and population-based data to help men take charge of their reproductive health in a whole new way.I can see how that could be the case, and it s worth point out that doing the same at home is often ranked highly among men s favorite pastimes.Sandstone s Trak uses centrifugal force to isolate and quantify sperm cells using specially designed and mercifully disposable, single-use cartridges.In addition to being FDA-approved to offer semi-quantitative guidance on the measured sperm count such as low , moderate or optimal , the companion app gives feedback and wellness advice on ways to improve and track sperm count.

The researchers now want to see more research on HHV-6A, among other things, to explore appropriate therapies. Scientists may be one explanation for the tracks to why some women can not have children naturally. It is about a human herpes virus called HHV-6A which turned out to be in the endometrium of 43 percent of 30 surveyed infertile women. No one in a control group of 36 fertile women had the virus, according to a study published in the journal PLoS One. Researchers at Ferrarauniversitetet in Italy was also observed that the viral infection seemed aggravated by the hormone estradiol, without this having any noticeable symptoms or seen on a blood test. Estradiol levels were higher in the infertile women with HHV-6A infection, also had more abnormal levels of cytokines - signaling molecules important for conception and fetal development to function well.

Sometimes, having it all is just about good planning.For the 21st century woman looking to balance her personal and professional life, timing can be everything.And now, there s a new company to help stretch that timing just a bit more.Extend Fertility Medical Practice is branded as a one-of-a-kind, specialty egg freezing practice in New York City.By offering egg freezing services at lower prices, Extend Fertility promises a way to accommodate the lifestyle and goals of women looking to start a family … later.Currently most practices that offer egg freezing are more focused on providing solutions for infertility, says Ilaina Edison, Co-founder and CEO of Extend Fertility.

In order to successfully get pregnant, many women calculate ovulatory periods carefully – but sometimes they do it in an inaccurate way.Comper Healthcare, a smart medical devices maker in Beijing, wants to make the process helping women get pregnant easier, by measuring the subtlest change in body temperature and predicting the once-in-a-month date of ovulation with their devices.Seize the day It s one chance in a month for a woman.Our fertility tracker can tell them the exact date of ovulation this month, and predicts the next one, said Ms. Du Han, Founder and CEO of Comper Healthcare.A woman has about 500 eggs in her lifetime.In the United States, 12.3% percent of women aged from 15 to 44 suffer from impaired fecundity, according to a study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, using data covering 2011-2013.In China that ratio is 12.5%, meaning one in every eight couples have difficulty getting pregnant, according to official data.Comper s vision is to develop smart devices to resolve the infertility problems haunting millions of women.The fertility tracker is essentially a precise thermometer plus an app – but it is smarter than a common thermometer, more like a private doctor at home.Costing about RMB 599 USD 90 , the tracker calculates the date of ovulation according to two measurements.One is that a woman s basal body temperature – the lowest body temperature during rest – rises a little, around 0.2-0.5 degree centigrade, when she is ovulating.

A popular fertility treatment introduced in the early 1990s has been linked to low sperm counts in men born from the procedure.Scientists aren t entirely sure why this is happening, but it s entirely possible that fathers are passing their fertility issues down to the next generation.A new study published in Human Reproduction has linked intracytoplasmic sperm injection ICSI to lower sperm counts and lower sperm quality in men conceived by the popular fertility treatment.This common type of IVF treatment is used to help couples in which the prospective father has some form of infertility, leading the study s authors to suspect a genetic link — though that has yet to be proven.These findings are not unexpected, said André Van Steirteghem, a consultant at the University Hospital in Brussels and a co-developer of the treatment.Before ICSI was carried out, prospective parents were informed that it may well be that their sons may have impaired sperm and semen like their fathers.

Human embryo of five cells.For the first time ever, scientists have changed the dna of healthy human embryos.The ethically sensitive research performed at the Karolinska institute in Huddinge, sweden.In an attempt to better understand the causes of infertility alters researcher Fredrik Lanner and his colleagues at the Karolinska institute KI the genome in human embryos.Attempts are made with the help of the so-called CRISPR/Cas9 technology, which makes it possible to carry out very precise changes in the genome.for Example, why not some of the embryos attach to the uterine wall, " says Fredrik Lanner.

Using skin cells extracted from mice, researchers in Japan have produced fully functional egg cells that were used to produce healthy mouse pups.This is the first time ever that scientists have produced functional mammalian eggs entirely within the confines of a petri dish.In a new study published in Nature Research, Katsuhiko Hayashi and colleagues from Kyushu University in Japan describe a new technique in which viable artificial eggs can be generated with stem cells, and then fertilised to produce healthy and fertile mouse pups.Egg cells are the only type of cell in the body capable of dividing and producing all of the distinct and highly specialised cells in an organism.This same group of scientists has already succeeded in turning mouse skin cells into primary germ cells, and they ve been trying to turn these germ cells into full-fledged egg cells.It now appears that they ve finally found a way to do it.

Image: O. Hikabe et al., 2016/Nature Research Using skin cells extracted from mice, researchers in Japan have produced fully functional egg cells that were used to produce healthy mouse pups.This is the first time ever that scientists have produced functional mammalian eggs entirely within the confines of a petri dish.In a new study published in Nature Research, Katsuhiko Hayashi and colleagues from Kyushu University in Japan describe a new technique in which viable artificial eggs can be generated with stem cells, and then fertilized to produce healthy and fertile mouse pups.Egg cells are the only type of cell in the body capable of dividing and producing all of the distinct and highly specialized cells in an organism.This same group of scientists has already succeeded in turning mouse skin cells into primary germ cells, and they ve been trying to turn these germ cells into full-fledged egg cells.

Hazardous hormone-disrupting chemicals commonly found in plastic bottles, metal food cans, detergents, toys and even cosmetics could be costing the US as much as $340 billion in healthcare.A damning report by the New York Langone Medical Center found that constant low-level exposure to these chemicals could be linked to more than 15 different medical conditions, some deadly.According to researchers the chemicals are found to slowly build up inside the body after being ingested through direct contact with everyday items such as water bottles, toys or flame retardant furniture.The research, which looks at the US specifically, took almost three years to complete and found that routine exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals could be responsible for increased rates of neurological and behavioural disorders, male infertility, birth defects, obesity, diabetes and even some cancers.Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, an associate professor at NYU Langone said: Our research adds to the growing evidence on the tremendous economic as well as human health costs of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, The team reviewed blood and urine samples from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study which annually surveys 5,000 volunteers from the US.

According to the Telegraph, the World Health Organization will change its definition of disabilities to classify people without a sexual partner as infertile.The controversial new classifications will make it so that heterosexual single men and women, as well as gay men and women who are seeking in vitro fertilization to have a child, will receive the same priority as couples.The move to extend the definition of a disability to include social conditions has, predictably, angered some who consider it overreach by a medical organization that sets global standards.Josephine Quintavalle, a pro-life activist and director of Comment on Reproductive Ethics told the Telegraph, This absurd nonsense is not simply re-defining infertility but completely side-lining the biological process and significance of natural intercourse between a man and a woman.Quantaville took it a step further down the anti-science road by saying, How long before babies are created and grown on request completely in the lab?For the WHO s Dr. David Adamson, one of the authors of the new standards, this move is about creating medical equality.

Earlier this week, news made the rounds that an Australian woman gave birth to twins conceived 10 days apart, in an extremely rare case of superfetation .To make matters more intriguing, the woman had polycystic ovary syndrome, meaning her body doesn t ovulate naturally.Apparently, she underwent a hormone treatment, to spectacular results.But despite the extraordinary nature of the medical case in question — there are less than 10 reported instances of superfetation in humans, and it s not clear any have been proven — few outlets bothered to run it by a fertility expert.Gizmodo ran the case by two, and, shockingly, the internet s breathless conclusions turn out to be rather dubious.It s more likely that the twins were indicating different gestational ages, which is pretty common.

Your browser does not support HTML5 videoPlayPausePlayPauseMute0%00:00 / 00:00FullscreenSmallscreen CloseEmbed Feed Black Friday: Top tips on getting best deals on smartphones, laptops, tablets and games consoles IBTimes UKBlack Friday deals and discounts are beginning to crop up as the day itself 25 November approaches and if you're hoping to pull the trigger on buying one of the latest crop of video game consoles, there's never been a better time.With multiple versions of each console available to purchase, and new ones driving the price of older ones down, there is going to be a wide variety of devices and bundles available at a range of prices: anywhere between £350 more for some of the outlandish bundles and £199.99, which we're sure some original model PS4 and Xbox Ones will go for this week.In this article however, we'll be focusing just on Sony's PlayStation 4, in relation to games as well as console bundles.Here's the best of what we've been able to find so far.IBTimes UK will be updating this page with the best deals on PS4 consoles and accessories as they become available.

A heavily pregnant woman holds her belly.Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after 12 months of regular, unprotected intercourse.However, as this inability is often not absolute, the term subfertility is also used.However, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC , ART has caused health challenges such as multiple delivery, preterm delivery, and low birth-weight delivery.Considering the high spending, the government should review whether the program leads to best results.In Korea, 71.6 per cent of the infertile couples receive traditional Korean medicine-based treatments.

The teaser trailer for Hulu's upcoming adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale has arrived, and it's as dark and dystopian as you'd imagine.The 10-episode series stars Elisabeth Moss Mad Men and is based on the book by Margaret Atwood.Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale is set in the fictional town of Gilead.Facing widespread infertility, fertile women known as "handmaids" are sent by the government to wealthy families to maintain the population.These handmaids are forced into a form of sexual slavery to help couples conceive.The trailer opens with Moss saying: "I had another name, but it s forbidden now.

The tech boom is spreading worldwide and it comes with a cost.Between 2010 and 2015, e-waste generated in East and South-East Asia rose 63 per cent, according to a report from the United Nations University.When not recycled or disposed of properly, these are often burned or washed in acid to extract the copper and other metals inside.This can pollute water and air, and lead to cancers and infertility in workers exposed to the fumes.For the new report, researchers studied e-waste generation in 12 countries in East and South-East Asia – including China, which more than doubled its volume of e-waste over the five years.They attribute the rise in e-waste to several key factors, including an increase in products on the market, a growing middle class that can afford to buy more of them, and a faster turnover of gadgets as technology advances and fashions change.

With a simple smartphone device and a chip that slurps up sperm, men can easily and cheaply measure the count and motility of their swimmers.The test is about 98 percent accurate, takes less than five seconds, and requires no training to run, Harvard researchers report Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine.Researchers are hopeful that the invention will help couples trying to have children—as well as those trying not to.Worldwide, it's estimated that more than 30 million men face fertility issues at some point.On the flip side, those who undergo vasectomies are encouraged to monitor their sperm counts afterward to make sure the procedure worked.A simple, mobile phone-based test could help both groups.

A new device from Harvard could change that soon.Your self-diagnosing powers are about to get a lot more … personal.The bright minds at Harvard University created a new device that allows men to measure their ability to procreate with no more than their smartphone.The cost of production is a measly $4.45 and a prototype of the device requires less than five seconds to test how strong your swimmers are.It also analyzes sperm count with 98 percent accuracy.“Although male infertility is as common as female infertility, it often goes undiagnosed because of socioeconomic factors such as stigma, high cost of testing, and availability of laboratory facilities,” the Harvard team noted in an abstract published in Science.

Let’s get the most important concern out of the way first, and here we’ll quote the media organization that President Donald Trump would like to defund.“At no point does semen touch the smartphone.”Yup, you read it here first – or second, if you happened to catch NPR’s online report about a new development in the fight against infertility.“Current methods to diagnose male infertility require laboratory equipment that can cost up to $100,000.On top of that, standard methods often require a specially trained technician,” NPR reported this week.“A team of researchers at Harvard is trying to change that.”Now that we’ve covered off the fact that the researchers’ solution will not require a bleach-bath for the smartphones in question, we can get serious.“Up to 15 percent of couples are infertile,” according to the Mayo Clinic.And no matter if a couple behaves like a pair of cottontails in the spring, according to the folks at Mayo:“They aren’t able to conceive a child even though they’ve had frequent, unprotected sexual intercourse for a year or longer.”But which of the parties in this couple is responsible?Either could be infertile.Those Harvard researchers say they’ve found an inexpensive, high-tech method of finding out whether the male member of the couple has the problem.Low sperm count can indicate infertility, and the researchers have developed technology to test sperm count using a smartphone and an associated app, according to the NPR report.“First, you load a small amount of a semen sample onto a disposable microchip,” NPR instructed.“Then you put the microchip into the cell phone attachment through a slot.The attachment turns the phone’s camera into a microscope.“After the sample is loaded, you run the app, which allows the user to see a video of the sample.Then hit record, and the app analyzes the video to identify sperm cells and track their movements.”Abnormal sperm samples were identified with 98 percent accuracy, according to the researchers.Although they designed the system for Android devices, they’re working on an iPhone version.

Bees buy population association infertility clinic and connect them to the Bee Malinda -chain.the population of the alliance will focus on after the acquisition to develop therapy and home services.Together, the company has 88 employees and their total turnover is around 10 million.the Bee said in the announcement that the public sector's role in infertility treatment has been strengthened and the competitive situation the private sector has intensified.”the population of union strategic choice is to focus on reform and diversify the company in the shape of therapy, and home services,” said federation president Maria Kaisa Aula bulletin.”in These areas the population association of human relations skills as well as organisation-based in the dedicated business is healthcare and social solutions in the light of more new to offer customers, as specialized medical areas of infertility treatments,” he said.