Topic: In Vitro Fertilization
AFP Global Edition | 2009-02-08 08:00:08
<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 ...
AFP American Edition | 2009-02-05 21:00:36
<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 ...
AFP Global Edition | 2008-12-08 07:00:24
<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 ...
guardian.co.uk | 2008-11-13 16:10:09
<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 ...
