Now playing Next Health Could 'sperm-injecting robots' be the future of affordable IVF? A study reported by MIT Technology Review has managed to automate the conception stage of in vitro fertilisation - but is it the future of fertility? 03/05/2023
Now playing Next Work Beyond menstrual leave: This company now offers ‘endometriosis leave’ French retail giant Carrefour is allowing workers diagnosed with severe endometriosis to take 12 days of extra paid leave per year. 21/04/2023
Now playing Next Rethink Rethinking the vagina: Has science stopped ignoring female bodies? Is science finally giving female sexual and reproductive organs the attention they deserve? Author Rachel E Gross set out to narrow the knowledge gap. 20/04/2023
Now playing Next Green News Air pollution harms health from before birth to old age Researchers say pollution affects our quality of life and impacts our ability to work, learn and contribute to society. 17/04/2023
Now playing Next Health Spanish TV star has surrogate baby using her late son's frozen sperm Ana Obregón, 68, said only parents who had lost a child have a right to express an opinion on the matter. 06/04/2023
Now playing Next Health 1 in 6 people suffer from infertility, new WHO report finds The World Health Organization is now calling for better access to fertility treatments. 04/04/2023
Now playing Next Health Can’t get pregnant? 'Forever chemicals' in your home may be to blame A new study links PFAS - “forever chemicals” found everywhere from cookware to toilet paper and period products - to lower fertility in women. 24/03/2023
Now playing Next Health After Roe v Wade rollback, vasectomies go viral on TikTok As abortion rights are challenged in the US, more men are getting a vasectomy - and dispelling some of the myths surrounding the procedure. 10/03/2023
Now playing Next Health Manual work may boost sperm counts, Harvard study finds Men with physically demanding jobs were found to have higher sperm counts and testosterone levels than white-collar workers. 28/02/2023
Now playing Next Green News Chemical pollution could be increasing average penis length They say that every cloud has a silver lining. While pollution is a life threatening problem in many places, for some this could be an upside. 21/02/2023
Now playing Next Health ‘Game changer’: New contraceptive can switch sperm off on demand Scientists hope their findings will pave the way to a contraceptive pill that men could take shortly before sex. 15/02/2023
Now playing Next Health This smart toilet can give you health tips and help you get pregnant U-Scan by Withings is a new device for at-home urine analysis. You place it inside your toilet bowl so it gathers health data from your urine. 08/01/2023
Now playing Next Health Sperm counts worldwide are falling even faster than we thought Researchers warn of a global fertility crisis that "looks like a pandemic” as sperm counts drop sharply around the world. 15/11/2022
Now playing Next Health Expecting a boy? Pollution may already be harming his future fertility New research shows air pollution particles and "forever chemicals" are entering the developing organs of unborn babies. 07/10/2022
Now playing Next Health Babies born from frozen embryos may be at higher risk of cancer The researchers behind the study say we need to know more about the impact of freezing on the health of future generations. 01/09/2022
Now playing Next Poland Controversial passage on fertility removed from Polish school textbook According to critics, the book suggested that children born via IVF would not be loved. 23/08/2022
Now playing Next Poland New Polish school textbook provokes anger over section on fertility According to critics, the book says that no one loves children who are conceived via IVF. 17/08/2022
Now playing Next Health Sperm count down: Urine samples show 'alarming' levels of chemicals Researchers who studied urine samples from nearly 100 Danish young men said they were "astonished" by a cocktail of hormone-disrupting chemicals. 10/06/2022
Now playing Next Health Infertility cure? Meet the scientist using 3D printing to create sperm Scientists have 3D printed human testicular cells in the hope of helping men with fertility issues finally produce sperm. 22/03/2022
Now playing Next Health Ukraine war leaves surrogate babies stranded in a Kyiv bomb shelter Dozens of babies born to surrogate mothers are waiting in a Kyiv bomb shelter for their foreign biological parents to claim them, as the war in Ukraine tears through a once booming cross-border business. 11/03/2022