More than one in eight couples of childbearing age have difficulty conceiving or carrying a pregnancy to term, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) have designated infertility a disease. Recently, delegates at the 2017 AMA Annual Meeting voted in support of WHO’s …
A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine links data from the SART Clinic Outcome Reporting System to show that, with favorable patient and embryo characteristics, IVF live-birth rates approach those of natural conception.
In a widely reported study, the ICSI procedure was found to result in a greater chance of congenital abnormalities than either in the general or infertility population. It's well-known that couples dealing with infertility have a higher chance if birth defects so the real question is whether the increase seen in this study is due to the procedure or …