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Understanding of Sperm Function May Improve IVF
Scientists now have a better understanding of how sperm function in two discoveries that could someday improve in vitro fertilization (IVF), success rates and male contraception. Two papers from...
View ArticleChemotherapy Has Bigger Impact on Fertility
New research indicates that chemotherapy has a bigger impact on female fertility than many reports reveal. The research was completed by the University of California at San Francisco. According to...
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Choosing Embryos for Transfer in IVF
One of the biggest issues in vitro fertilization (IVF) is knowing which embryos have the best chance of implantation and normal development during pregnancy. The standard technique for selecting...
View ArticleEliminating Multiple Pregnancies
AbstractThe manuscript in this issue of the journal by Bissonette et al. reports on a new government-sponsored intervention into the practice of IVF within the province of Quebec, Canada, which in the...
View ArticleFertility Preservation for Childhood Cancer Survivors
About 1 in every 500 children is diagnosed with cancer. Roughly 75% of these children beat the disease, but aggressive treatment protocols leave many of these children infertile. Looking forward in...
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Will New IVF Procedure Re-Energize Older Women’s Eggs?
Women seeking help from a fertility clinic often do so because of their age; it is well understood that conception and pregnancy are less likely in older women. A woman’s eggs lose their vitality as...
View ArticleUse Genetic Testing to Ensure Children Won’t Inherit Fatal Brain Disease
A 27-year-old woman wanted to have children but she did not want her childrento live as she does, knowing she is genetically inclined to develop a very rare crippling brain disease that usually...
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Infertility is When You Have Problems Getting Pregnant
Large Image: A couple is considered to be infertile if they have not conceived after 12 consecutive months of unprotected intercourse (6 months if the woman is over 35 years old) or earlier if there...
View ArticlePresent Concept of Unexplained Infertility
Unexplained infertility is the failure to conceive of a couple in whom no definitive cause for infertility can be found and it has an incidence of 10-20% in all infertile couples. Despite improvements...
View ArticleMorphometric Analysis and ART
Morphometric analysis is used to determine embryo volume. Researchers from UZ Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg recently completed a study using morphometric analysis to determine if embryo volume played an...
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Obesity Doesn't Affect Pregnancy with Donor Eggs
Many studies suggest that obesity decreases a woman's chance of becoming pregnant through IVF but most of this research has focused on women who use their own eggs. A new study reveals that obese women...
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Combination Approach for Oncology Infertility Patients
Medical advancements have improved survival rates for women with cancer, but many cancer treatments cause infertility or sterility. According to a new study from Erlangen University Hospital in Germany...
View ArticleIndustrial Chemicals and Ovarian Response to IVF
Exposure to some types of industrial chemicals can adversely affect reproductive health for both males and females. Scientists already suspect one group of chemicals, known as phthalates, as a cause of...
View ArticleInfertility Guide
All your questions about infertility and how to get tested for fertility answered.
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Assisted Reproductive Technology Procedures and Risks
ART or assisted reproductive technology is used to increase the chance of conception when couples have difficulty conceiving naturally. Thanks to ART treatments couples that would not have otherwise...
View ArticleProgesterone - Low levels
Q: I am concerned about my low progesterone levels. A: At 7 weeks of pregnancy your best indication that the fetus is doing well is to check the fetal heartbeat. Checking the progesterone level can be...
View ArticleMultiple Births - Risks to the Mother
Am I at risk?At present, about 1 in 4 in vitro fertilization (IVF) / intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) pregnancies leads to the birth of twins. This means that after IVF/ICSI, you are around 20...
View ArticleClinical Trial to Test Benefits of Sticky Sperm
Sticky spermatozoa may hold the key to greater success rates among couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. IVF is a procedure in which scientists inject spermatozoa, commonly...
View ArticleMediterranean Diet: Impact on IVF Success
Researchers in the United Kingdom are looking for 110 couples who are planning on in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the near future. A recent study involving mice demonstrated a "major impact" on the...
View ArticleShould Technology Allow Parents to "Design" Their Babies?
The "increasing convergence among genetic, genomic, and reproductive technologies" has prompted Thomas H. Murray to question parenthood of the future. In a commentary published in the journal, Science,...
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