The latest data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) show that Assisted Reproductive Technology, basically IVF, (ART) usage in the United States is increasing, while the multiple birth rate from ART cycles is decreasing. SART’s Preliminary Clinic Summary Report for 2016 consolidates data from 377 member clinics, performing 242,618 ART cycles, resulting in the births of 71,296 babies.…
This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, former partner and Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
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Doctors are reporting an epidemic — of twins. Nearly half of all babies born with advanced fertility help are multiple births, new federal numbers show.
In the five years since the “Octomom” case, big multiple births have gone way down, but the twin rate has barely budged. Twins have much higher risks of prematurity and serious health problems.
The Centers …
This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
You would think that in even a …
This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
One of the two clinical advances that …
An article in the October 2012 issue of the medical journal Obstetrics & Gynecology examines factors which lead to good birth outcomes after assisted reproductive technology procedures (ART). IVF accounts for 99% of the ART procedures performed in the U. S.
They surveyed single live births at term among the live births (444,909) from ART procedures in the U. S. …
An analysis of three decades of twin births (2009 data are the most recent year included) finds large increases in twin birth rates for all age groups, among all racial and ethnic groups and in the U. S. The overall U.S. twin birth rate increased 76%, from 18.9 in 1980 to 33.2 per 1,000 births in 2009.
And for …
This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
There are many reasons that the …
It does, at least according to a study in the July 2010 issue of Fertility & Sterility.
The authors surveyed 4976 clinical pregnancies from one large IVF center and found ninety-eight cases of monozygotic twins (MZTs) were diagnosed after first-trimester ultrasound evaluation (2% incidence). In naturally conceived pregnancies the incidence is about 0.25-0.5%.
The incidence in women transfering embryos from …
Reproductive Partners Medical Group has created the Elective Single Embryo Transfer (eSET) Encouragement Program to provide a financial incentive for patients with good embryo quality and a good prognosis for success to consider reducing the chance of twins by transferring a single embryo.
Reducing the number of multiple pregnancies, even twin pregnancies, is one of the biggest issues in advanced …
