Caffeine consumption linked to female infertility, study suggests
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 22:30
in Health & Medicine
Caffeine reduces muscle activity in the Fallopian tubes that carry eggs from a woman's ovaries to her womb. "Our experiments were conducted in mice, but this finding goes a long way towards explaining why drinking caffeinated drinks can reduce a woman's chance of becoming pregnant," says one of the researchers.