Reproduction

18 Nov 2012

Of all the thousands of food columns I've written over the years, none has prompted more teasing by my friends than when I used the word "sperm". I wasn't being rude or pornographic; it, like...

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New techniques in IVF

13 Nov 2012

Henry and Patsy had been trying for a baby for almost a decade without success; every month brought renewed disappointment.

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Health bites

25 Sep 2012

Scientists at Cardiff University in Wales are a step closer to treating male infertility with their latest discovery: adding a missing protein to infertile sperm can "kick-start" its ability to...

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Why is the Penis Shaped Like That?

29 Jul 2012

Why is the Penis Shaped Like That?
by Jesse Bering
Transworld Digital (e-book)

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Placenta smoothie, anyone?

17 Jul 2012

When Mina Bregman was having her third child, she had already decided she was going to eat the placenta after childbirth. It would not be the first time she had eaten her own afterbirth.

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One-child policy 'violates rights'

7 Jul 2012

Fifteen mainland scholars and businessmen have called for an overhaul of the one-child policy, arguing it violates the constitution's guarantee of human rights.

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

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Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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Family planning

Miss Chan, who has a daughter, did not want to leave anything to chance when she decided to have another child a year ago. For a foolproof way to conceive a boy, she turned to a local consultancy...

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Rich have traditional values on childbirth

Wealthy Hongkongers uphold traditional values when it comes to child birth, with most rejecting abortion, adoption or artificial insemination as family planning options despite their reluctance to...

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Surrogates here to stay

For wealthy mainland families, going overseas to give birth is just one of the many ways of evading Beijing's one-child policy. Using surrogate mothers is another - at least for the time being....

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Stand by me

Historically, women have been attended and supported by other women during labour. Yet in many places throughout the world, including Hong Kong - and because more women give birth in hospital than...

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Surgeons see rush for 12-12-12 babies

Private doctors expect to be fully booked for Caesarean sections on December 12 this year - or 12/12/12, the last triple such date of the century and a day some couples consider lucky or...

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The first 48 hours

Two indicators - the duration of pregnancy and weight at birth - are used to define how premature a baby is, paediatrician Barbara Lam Cheung-cheung says.

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