Ever since fertility drugs were used to enhance egg production for IVF there have been rumors that they can increase the risk of ovarian cancer. The poster person for this concept was Gilda Radner who suffered from infertility and then tragically was discovered to have advanced ovarian cancer. Many blamed the fertility drugs she used in attempts to conceive with …
That’s one of the misconceptions (#7) in our book, “Conceptions & Misconceptions,” more is better.
And now a study reported from ASRM 2013 again shows that’s not true.
Retrieving more than 15 eggs from a woman during IVF increases the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome with only a minimal increase in live birth rate, according to Anish Shah, MD, of …
Two? Five? Twenty?
I have always said that it's not about quantity; it's more about quality. Now a study in the August 2011 issue of the medical journal Fertility & Sterility shows that more eggs after you reach a certain threshold does not make success more likely. They studied 737 women having their first IVF cycle with their own eggs. …
According to s new study reported in Science Daily, AMH (anti-Mullerian Hormone) has been shown to be of predictive value in determining the response of IVF patients to various stimulation protocols.
According to the study to be printed next month in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and reported online, AMH is made by small follicles in the …
