News on In Vitro Fertilization

Triplet births rising and death rates high: study

2010-03-16T17:17:40Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Triplet births are on the increase, even when IVF pregnancies are discounted, and the death rate for triplets is 10 times higher than for single births, Norwegian scientists said on Wednesday.</p><p>The researchers, who said their findings were likely to be similar in other parts of Europe, said the increase in triplet pregnancies was pr...

IVF babies do fine, but their moms may be at risk

2010-02-23T12:30:29Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Babies born by in vitro fertilization (IVF) do not face an increased risk of birth defects, nor are they at greater risk of being smaller than normal, according to a study conducted in Japan.</p><p>But the researchers did find that women pregnant via IVF were more likely than those who conceived naturally to develop a pregnancy co...

Frozen donor embryos may often go unused: study

2010-02-22T09:47:06Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many women who successfully have a baby using donated eggs do not try to achieve a second pregnancy with the excess embryos they've chosen to store, a study at one fertility clinic suggests.</p><p>The findings, say the researchers, suggest that more fertility treatment centers should consider offering "shared donor" programs - in which eggs...

IVF costs higher for older women: Australian study

2010-02-22T10:01:47Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In Australia, a boom in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproduction techniques prompted a heated debate in 2006 on whether government should subsidize the treatments.</p><p>In a government-funded study just published in the journal Human Reproduction, researchers from Australia...

An Explanation of the IVF Procedure

2010-02-23T08:05:15Z

In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a process of assisted reproduction that offers infertile couples a chance to have a child who is biologically related to them.<br><br>With IVF, a man's sperm and the woman's egg are combined in a laboratory dish, where fertilization occurs. The embryo which forms is then put into the woman's uterus (womb) and left to naturally develop. Typically, 2-4 embryos are put in the woman's uterus each time. Each attempt is called a cycle, and...

More birth defects seen with assisted reproduction

2010-02-24T03:14:30Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study has found a higher rate of birth defects among babies conceived by assisted reproduction compared to babies conceived naturally.</p><p>In the study, almost 3 percent of infants conceived with assisted reproduction were diagnosed with a major birth defect, compared to less than 2 percent of babies conceived naturally, Frederick `Fred' Wirth Jr., physician for America's 1st test-tube baby, dies at 68</div><div><p>Dr. Frederick "Fred" Wirth Jr., the physician to America's first test-tube baby, has died, his family said Friday. He was 68.</p><p>Wir...

FRA: Fabienne Justel fights to have dead husband's child

2009-09-22T09:06:12Z

Fabienne Justel at her home in Lannion - this 39-year-old widow is currently fighting to retrieve her dead husband's sperm and undergo IVF treatment to have a child. Posthumous artificial insemination is forbidden in France. The Rennes Family Affairs Tribunal will decide this month to refuse or accept Justel's request. Her husband, engineer Croatia's government moved Thursday to amend a law on in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) after strong criticism from human rights and parents groups over its criteria for couples entitled to treatment.</p><p>Under the amendments forwarded to parliament, couples will now only have to sign a notarised statement confirming they are in a relationship rather than have to prove before a court they h...

Assisted reproduction rates increasing worldwide

2010-02-27T01:41:30Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Globally, the use of assisted reproduction technology, or ART, to overcome fertility problems continues to increase, and multiple births remain a concern, according to a new report.</p><p>"There was no real surprise in the trends, which are consistent with previous trends," Dr. J...

Croatia moves to adopt long-awaited IVF law

2010-02-27T04:43:26Z

<div><p>Croatia's parliament is to review a long-awaited bill on in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) which faced strong opposition from the country's powerful Catholic Church, a minister said Thursday.</p><p>"I believe we have formulated a bill which is acceptable for both the conservative part of Croatia, which forms a majority, and the liberal part,"

UK News - February 13, 2009

2009-04-21T22:51:53Z

MOTHERS WHO HAVE CONCEIVED AFTER UNDERGOING IVF TREATMENT...PIC SHOWS L-R TRACY NICHOLL (39) WITH HER CHILD AVA , YVONNE FINLAYSON (37) WITH HER TWINS AVA AND LEWIS , AND ELAINE MANGAT (35) WITH HER CHILD CHRISTOPHER

UK News - February 12, 2009

2009-04-21T22:46:09Z

PIC BY BILL FLEMING..MOTHERS WHO HAVE CONCEIVED AFTER UNDERGOING IVF TREATMENT...PIC SHOWS ELAINE MANGAT (35) WITH HER CHILD CHRISTOPHER

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Octuplets

2009-04-21T10:18:23Z

Journalists stand outside the Beverly Hills, Calif. fertility clinic of Dr. Michael Kamrava on Monday, Feb. 9, 2009. The mother who gave birth to octuplets identified the West Coast IVF Clinic in Beverly Hills in this building as the one which provided in-vitro fertiliz...

Baby business: Octuplets row boosts demands for controls

2010-03-02T03:49:52Z

<div><p>Controversy over the birth of octuplets to a 33-year-old woman in California who underwent in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) has amplified calls for tougher regulations on assisted reproduction.</p><p>When the eight babies were born in late January, the event was hailed as a heart-warming miracle.</p><p>But as the world learned more about the mother,

Canadian woman, 60, gives birth to twins

2010-03-02T06:53:43Z

<div><p>A Canadian woman gave birth to twins this week at age 60, with the help of in vitro fertilization after decades of dashed hopes for motherhood, public broadcaster CBC said Thursday.</p><p>Ranjit Hayer's boys were delivered Tuesday morning seven weeks prematurely by C-section at a Calgary hospital in western Canada. She is recove...

Acupuncture and Pregnancy Following IVF

2010-03-05T11:54:59Z

A review of seven clinical trials of acupuncture given with embryo transfer in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) suggests that acupuncture may improve rates of pregnancy. An estimated 10 to 15 percent of couples experience reproductive difficulty and seek specialist fertility treatments, such as IVF. IVF, which involves retrieving a woman's egg, fertilizing it in the laboratory, and then transferring the embryo back into the woman's womb is an expensive, lengthy, and stressful pro...

Indian woman gives birth aged 70: reports

2010-03-01T05:50:18Z

<div><p>An Indian woman has given birth to her first child at the age of 70 after receiving IVF treatment, newspapers reported her doctor as saying Monday.</p><p>Rajo Devi, who married 50 years ago, gave birth to a baby girl on November 28 after in vitro fertilisation, said Anurag Bishnoi, a doctor at the Hisar fertility centre in

Researchers find no link between IVF and breast cancer

2010-03-01T20:36:02Z

<div><p>Fertility treatment does not increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, according to a study of more than 25,000 women in the Netherlands.</p><p>The large study will help to reassure patients concerned that the powerful hormone doses that are part of fertility treatment might put them at risk of developing the disease in the future.</p><p>At ...