Couples with fertility problems receive varying recommendations for conceiving depending on their doctor’s opinions. The medical community has long debated whether refraining from sex for several days would improve the chance of pregnancy for couples hoping to conceive. Some doctors are now recommending the best way to have a baby is to have more sex.

Research presented by Dr. David Greening of Sydney IVF, an Australian center for infertility and in vitro fertilization, indicates that increasing sexual activity may be the right approach. Dr. Greening studied 118 men with above-average sperm DNA damage. Read the rest of this entry »

You wouldn’t go into a meeting without your lies and evasions in order, right? Toe the line at a marathon with just your left shoe on? Hell no, you say. But tell us: Why do you step out the door on the most important days of your life with any old swill in your stomach?

Guilty as charged, right? The thing is, a nutritional edge is such an easy advantage to claim. Your premeeting, pregame, pre-bacchanalia foods can bring mind and body in tune, and supply you with fuel that will sustain you through the last Power Point, the final fit with the caddie, the last snog in the corner. Read the rest of this entry »