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FERTILITY
Another desperate attempt to raise the country’s fertility rate
Testing 15-year-olds?
The fall appears to be strong and continuing
The Irish government will soon introduce detailed fertility treatment laws.
The treasurer of a peak international fertility body has warned women not to rely on egg freezing to have children.
The West needs to rethink egg freezing, says Canadian bioethicist Francoise Baylis.
Perhaps egg freezing doctors have learned from Antarctic explorer Shackleton that highlighting dangers may not discourage clients.
This month’s issue of LGBT Health contains a fascinating interview with two Boston fertility specialists who cater for gays and lesbians who want to become parents.
The unintended consequence of vigorous campaigns to remind women that their fertility declines with age may be a rise in the number of abortions among women over 40.
An international fertility conference early next year will teach participants how to create embryos with stem cells.
Women could remain fertile indefinitely if they freeze slices of ovaries, IVF doctors believe.
More and more baby-boomers, desperate to have grandchildren, are pushing daughters to freeze their eggs, the New York Times reports.
Fertility drugs could more than double the risk of offspring developing childhood leukaemia, academics cautioned this week.
Julie Barth, was over the moon when her doctor told her she might be able to get pregnant via IVF. But the Illinois doctor didn’t stop there – he referred her to a “fertility finance” company which lent her US$5,000 at an interest rate of 7.99% to help pay for the $24,000 procedure. The case reveals a new trend in the commercialisation of fertility.
Swedish researchers have found a reliable way of deciding whether one or two embryos should be transferred during fertility treatment.
High doses of drugs used to stimulate the ovaries of older women undergoing fertility treatment may result in failed pregnancies and babies with conditions such as Down’s syndrome.
Sara Ottoson, 25, of Stockholm, Sweden, could be the first woman to bear a child using the same womb in which she was conceived and carried to term.
Only 10% of eggs remains at 30
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