Lack of data still makes IVF add-ons guidance challenging
The updating of the HFEA's traffic light system for add-ons highlights an inherent problem with gathering evidence for these treatments...
by Dr Nathalie Vermeulen and 2 others
The updating of the HFEA's traffic light system for add-ons highlights an inherent problem with gathering evidence for these treatments...
Australia saw the birth of its first baby conceived via capacitation in-vitro maturation or CAPA-IVM treatment last week...
by Dr Tim Child
As the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority publishes its updated rating systems for add-ons, Dr Tim Child, chair of its Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee, explains the reasoning behind them...
The Human Fertility and Embryology Authority has updated its traffic light system for IVF treatment add-ons, to have five categories, rather than three...
UK fertility clinics have maintained their run of reporting none of the most serious types of adverse incidents for the second year running, a Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority report has shown...
by BioNews
by Jen Willows
A large-scale study comparing two protocols for stimulating the ovaries in IVF has found that one has a lower risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, a potentially serious complication of IVF treatment...
Assisted reproduction is associated with an increased risk of vascular and pregnancy-related complications, especially in women with pre-existing health problems, a comparative study using hospital data from the USA has shown.
In the decades since the world's first IVF baby was born in the UK in 1978, fertility treatment has changed from being experimental to routine...
Many countries worldwide implement compulsory pension funds and medical savings schemes that are contributed to by both employees and employers. In some countries, employees are allowed to withdraw from such funds to pay for fertility treatments, such as IVF…
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