Women are twice as likely to give birth to a girl if they experienced more stress around the time of conception, a study has found. Researchers from Spain recorded the levels of the stress hormone ...

Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk is Doctor Yau Thum, a fertility specialist, who shared four "profound" factors when it comes to natural conception. "Lifestyle factors have a profound effect on ...

Modern medicine is already allowing women to have children far later in life than their ancestors, but how far can female fertility really be extended? “It's one of nature’s great inequities,” says ...

Here are some fertility-boosting foods recommended by experts that support hormone balance, egg and sperm health, and improve ...

Women who take folic acid supplements every day have a better chance of getting pregnant, say researchers. Long known to safeguard the health of the unborn baby, this is the first time folic acid, a ...

Thyroid disorders can quietly disrupt women’s reproductive health, affecting periods, fertility, and pregnancy. Understand ...

Sperm develops best in cool surroundings. Men who sit with computers on their laps can have reduced fertility levels. Men should also avoid long, hot baths. One study found that switching to cool ...

TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has urged women to put off higher education and a career in favour of having children because their "fertility falls off a cliff". In a recent interview with Jeremy Paxman ...

Scientists have debunked the popular myth that men were more attracted to the smell of a woman at the peak of their fertility in a new study. Previous research, including one published as recently as ...

Moderate drinking does not appear to affect a woman's fertility, according to new research. A study, external looked at the alcohol drinking habits of more than 6,100 Danish women aged between 21 and ...