While IVF is an increasingly popular treatment for infertility, only one in five treatment cycles results in pregnancy and live birth. In order to combat one inexact science another is adopted, and many IVF practitioners try to increase the chances of pregnancy rates in women by implanting multiple embryos for each cycle. But this technique is not without significant risks, and those risks are sometimes not communicated to recipient couple...
23 May 2006
Dairy Products Set Stage For Twins
An expert in multiple-birth pregnancies has found that dietary changes can affect a woman's chances of having twins...
22 May 2006
Genetic Disorder Transmitted In Donor Sperm
Five children conceived using donor insemination contracted severe congenital neutropenia -a genetic disorder passed on from the donor sperm...
19 May 2006
Biopsy Effect Puzzles Fertility Doctors
Completely unexpected results from biopsies performed on women with fertility problems have led fertility experts on a new path of discovery that may hold hope for women trying to conceive...
14 February 2006
Most Say Leave Gender To Chance
A nationwide survey has found that most people would not choose the sex of their child if given the option...
9 February 2006
Another Warning For Mothers-To-Be Taking Antidepressants
Newborns suffering withdrawal symptoms from their mother’s antidepressant use may also be at risk of a life-threatening hypertensive condition...
6 January 2006
Baby Boys Likely When Conception Takes Time
The longer it takes to get pregnant, the more chance there is of having a boy, says a study in the British Medical Journal...
1 November 2005
Marijuana Impairs Sperm’s Ability To Fertilize
If you’re trying to conceive, make sure your partner isn’t on the wacky backy...
28 October 2005
Chromosome Worries For Twins Conceived Through IVF
Assisted reproductive technologies like IVF seem to increase the chance of chromosomal abnormalities in twins...
Increasing Your Chances of Conceiving
(20 October 2005)
Fertility issues are becoming more common for both men and women. What you should not do is believe that you are somehow abnormal or different because you are having trouble conceiving. It’s not as easy as it is made out to be and the best advice is to stay cool, calm, relaxed and healthy…
13 September 2005
Infertility Linked To Common Pesticide
A pesticide that is used to kill flies, cockroaches and other insects may interfere with the correct development and function of the reproductive tract...
1 September 2005
Stress Won't Affect IVF Success
Past research on the effects of stress on IVF outcomes has been conflicting, but a new, more accurate study says that women need not be concerned about stress affecting their chances of conceiving...
Female Genital Mutilation Associated With Infertility
(29 July 2005)
Girls who undergo genital mutilation in childhood appear to be at a greater risk of infertility in later life...
Fertility Drugs Ineffective For Some Women
(22 July 2005)
Fertility drugs may not improve ovulation rates in women whose genetic make-up lacks a gene called the estrogen receptor beta...
Sex Selection Before IVF Implantation Likely To Be Popular
(11 March 2005)
Experts believe that the gender selection of embryos before implantation is set to become a controversial issue. Of women receiving fertility treatment, nearly half of those surveyed said they would use preimplantation sex selection if it were offered to them...
NK Cell Testing & Treatment Of No Benefit
(29 November 2004)
Far from helping infertile women, tests for natural killer (NK) cells and associated treatments, may actually harm the process of conception...
High Protein Diet Doesn't Help Fertility
(2 July 2004)
A moderately high protein diet could reduce a woman's chances of becoming pregnant by affecting the levels of ammonium within the female reproductive tract...
Maintaining Fertility In Women With Cancer
(16 June 2004)
A new method to preserve the fertility of women who undergo chemotherapy does not involve surgery or hormonal stimulation of the ovaries...
Herbal Fertility Supplement Shows Positive Results In Study
(30 April 2004)
A small study shows promise for a nutritional supplement that may help boost fertility in women who have difficulty conceiving...
Assisted Conception Babies Face Higher Risk At Birth
(26 January 2004)
Babies born following medically assisted reproduction, such as IVF, face a much higher risk of problems during delivery compared with babies conceived naturally...
IVF & ICSI Safe, Says Study
(10 July 2003)
A study of children conceived through IVF and ICSI has confirmed that these children are healthy and, in general, doing as well as children conceived naturally...
IVF May Be Linked To Bladder Defects
(20 March 2003)
Researchers say that a group of rare urological defects, including bladder development outside the body, may be more common in children conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF)...
IVF May Be Linked To Birth Defects
(18 November 2002)
Scientists suggest that in vitro fertilization (IVF) may be associated with a rare combination of birth defects characterized by the excessive growth of various tissues...
PGD Could Prevent IVF Miscarriages
(9 September 2002)
Women who suffer repeated unexplained miscarriages can be assisted if preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is carried out on their embryos beforehand...
Lack Of Partner Drives Donor Insemination
(18 July 2002)
More than two-thirds of single women who choose to have a baby by donor insemination (DI) do so because they feel that they are running out of time to have a baby...
Female Fertility Starts Declining From 20s
(2 May 2002)
A woman’s fertility starts declining as early as her late 20s - not in her 30s as was previously thought, according to a new study...
Delayed Childbirth And Long-Term Health Consequences
(10 April 2002)
Women who delay childbirth until after the age of 35 may be more likely to develop cardiovascular disease and conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and congestive heart failure …
Researchers Identify Possible Cause Of Recurrent Miscarriages
(2 April 2002)
Women who carry a particular genetic mutation that predisposes them to blood clots have a significantly higher chance of miscarrying…
No Link Between Fertility Drugs And Ovarian Cancer Say Researchers
(30 March 2002)
Fertility drugs do not put women at a higher than average risk of ovarian cancer, according to the largest analysis to date on the topic…
Moderate Drinkers Do Not Wait Longer To Become Pregnant
(27 March 2002)
Women who regularly drink a moderate amount of alcohol while trying to conceive do not have to wait longer than teetotallers to become pregnant…
Simple Way Of Identifying The Likeliest Days To Conceive
(26 March 2002)
A simple way of establishing on which days in a woman’s menstrual cycle she is fertile has been identified by US and Italian fertility experts…
Doctors Issue Alert Over Spontaneous Natural Conception While Undergoing IVF
(24 March 2002)
A woman undergoing fertility treatment in the USA has given birth to quadruplets of whom at least one, and possibly two, were conceived spontaneously while she was undergoing fertility treatment…
Prayer May Influence In Vitro Fertilization Success
(21 March 2002)
Prayer seems to almost double the success rate of in vitro fertilization procedures that lead to pregnancy, according to surprising results from a study carefully designed to eliminate bias…
Successful Pregnancy Is Poor In Older Women, Regardless Of Reproductive History
(9 March 2002)
The chance of a successful pregnancy declines considerably in women aged more than 35 years, irrespective of her reproductive history…
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