A new study, presented on July 3rd at the 2018 annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), provides more evidence to confirm that fertility drugs do not increase a woman’s risk of developing ovarian cancer.
Researchers analyzed data from more than 58,000 women in Denmark, who underwent fertility treatment with assisted reproductive technology (ART) between …
The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) recently published their Preliminary Clinic Summary Report for 2016 and the data shows some positive trends that are leading to healthier pregnancies for moms and babies. Most notably, there has been a rise in elective single embryo transfers, which has led to fewer multiple gestation pregnancies.
SART’s Preliminary Clinic Summary Report consolidates IVF …
A new study is showing that lack of good quality sleep may affect a woman’s chance of successfully conceiving with assisted reproductive technology. This study was presented at the 2017 American Society of Reproductive Medicine annual Congress and showed that women with poor sleep quality undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) had lower fertilization rates than women with better sleep quality.…
A new study published in the journal Human Reproduction found that there is a relationship between vitamin D levels and fertility treatment success rates from assisted reproductive technology. The researchers concluded that women with sufficient levels of vitamin D have higher live birth rates after undergoing fertility treatment with assisted reproductive technology than women with low vitamin D levels.…
A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine is showing that women who eat foods with high amounts of pesticide residue may have reduced fertility. The study looked at 325 women undergoing infertility treatment with assisted reproductive technology (ART). Intake of high-pesticide residue fruits and vegetables was associated with a lower likelihood of having child via ART. Intake …
On May 11, 2017, a couple in Virginia welcomed sextuplets after trying to conceive for 17 years. This story made headlines in every major news outlet not only because of the number of babies born at one time, but also because of how long the couple had been trying to conceive. While it’s definitely a happy occasion that this couple …
Since the dawn of assisted reproduction in the late 1970’s the question of whether those conceived through “artificial means” would be as smart and healthy as those conceived naturally was debated.
Here’s the latest answer: Children conceived artificially don’t have worse cognitive skills than babies conceived naturally. In fact, kids born through techniques such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), or …
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Around this holiday season we need to lighten up a bit in the quest for a child. Here is a study reported by Reuters which may give you a reason to smile.
Nearly 1% of young women in a U.S. study who have become pregnant claim to have done so as virgins, according to a report online December 17 …
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. …
