IntegraMed(R) Adds Austin Fertility Institute To Its Attain Fertility ... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 IntegraMed America, Inc. (NASDAQ: INMD), the leader in developing, marketing and managing specialty healthcare facilities in the fertility and vein care markets, announced it had entered into an agreement with Austin Fertility Institute to begin offering IntegraMed's Attain® IVF Programs to Austin Fertility Institute's patients...
Fertility Clinics Seek To Improve Access By Lowering Costs, ... Mon, 26 Jul 2010 Some fertility clinics are offering in vitro fertilization at lower costs to make the treatments more accessible to patients who could not otherwise afford them, Newsweek reports. A study by the European Society of Human Reproductive and Embryology found that the average cost of infertility treatment in the U.S. is about $13,775, compared with $4,012 in Japan and $3,109 in Belgium...
Why The Medical Research Council Didn't Fund Research That Led To The ... Mon, 26 Jul 2010 Thirty-two years ago today, the world's first baby was born after in vitro fertilisation. However, the work that led to the birth of Louise Brown on 25 July 1978 had to be privately funded after the UK's Medical Research Council decided in 1971 against providing the Cambridge physiologist Robert Edwards and the Oldham gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe with long-term financial support...
Why Did In Vitro Fertilization Occur Without Any Public Funding? Sun, 25 Jul 2010 On 25th July, 1978 Louise Brown, the first in vitro fertilization baby was born thanks to privately funded research carried out by the Cambridge (UK) physiologist Robert Edwards and the Oldham (UK) gynecologist Patrick Steptoe. The whole thing was privately funded because the Medical Research Council (MRC), UK turned down a request for long-term financial support in 1971...
Fertility Decline Driven By Marriage Patterns Fri, 23 Jul 2010 Researchers at the University of Sheffield have applied an evolutionary 'use it or lose it' principle when studying past marriage patterns, to show that marriage can influence the evolution of age-patterns of fertility...
Study On Guppies Sheds Light On Long-Term Costs Of Early Rapid Growth ... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 University of California, Riverside biologists working on guppies - small freshwater fish that have been the subject of long-term studies - report that rapid growth responses to increased food availability after a period of growth restriction early in life have repercussions in adulthood...
American Woman With Double Uterus Expecting Two Babies Who Are Not ... Tue, 20 Jul 2010 An American woman with a double uterus, a rare condition that affects around 1 per thousand women in the US, is expecting two babies, due one week apart, but they are not twins because one baby is growing in one womb and the other baby, conceived at a separate time, is growing in the other womb...
A Dead Sirt(3) To Protect Preimplantation Embryos Tue, 20 Jul 2010 Infertility affects approximately 10% of couples worldwide. Although assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization are commonly used in developed countries to treat infertile couples, the processes remain relatively inefficient...
Stanford Develop New Test To Predict Success Of IVF Treatment Tue, 20 Jul 2010 Women who fail to become pregnant after undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment often grapple with the decision of whether to try IVF again. It's a difficult one to make: The procedure carries hefty financial, physical and emotional costs, and there are no guarantees it will work...
Univfy And Stanford Scientists Develop The First Personalized ... Tue, 20 Jul 2010 Univfy, a pioneer in the development of personalized in vitro fertilization (IVF) prognostic tools, announced the publication of new research findings in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) by its founding scientific team and clinical collaborators from Stanford University...
Experts Confirm Favorable Benefit-risk Profile Of Combined Oral ... Sun, 18 Jul 2010 Leading experts in the fields of gynecology, reproductive endocrinology, hematology and epidemiology have affirmed that for most women the low absolute risks of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) are outweighed by the well-established benefits of hormonal contraception...
To Tell or Not to Tell: When Your Child Is Conceived Through In Vitro ... Thu, 15 Jul 2010 For Claudia Santorelli-Bates it seemed like the obvious choice to talk to her own children about how they were conceived through the process of in vitro fertilization (IVF)...
New Therapy For Vasculitis May Help Patients Avoid Infertility And ... Thu, 15 Jul 2010 Researchers have reported that Rituximab, a drug that is FDA approved to treat B cell lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis, can also treat severe vasculitis as well as the current standard therapy. Infertility and the development of cancers have been associated with the traditionally used medication, cyclophosphamide, and the risk of these complications is expected to be much lower with Rituximab...
Women's Libido Increased By Ticking Biological Clock According To New ... Fri, 09 Jul 2010 As more women wait until their 30s and 40s to have children, they are more willing to engage in a variety of sexual activities to capitalize on their remaining childbearing years, according to new research by psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin. Such "reproduction expediting" includes one-night stands and adventurous bedroom behavior, the research shows...
Washington Post Commentary Explores Embryo Freezing Thu, 08 Jul 2010 The Washington Post on Tuesday featured a commentary from Gillian St. Lawrence, a 30-year-old woman who underwent in vitro fertilization and embryo freezing as "a way to postpone parenthood without risking the higher miscarriage and genetic disorder rates that occur in babies conceived from parents older than 35...
Anti-Aging Supplement Is A Fountain Of Hope For Would-Be Mothers Mon, 05 Jul 2010 According to the American Pregnancy Association, six million women a year deal with infertility. Now, a Tel Aviv University study is giving new hope to women who want to conceive - in the form of a pill they can find on their drugstore shelves right now. Prof...
Do Eggs Matured In The Laboratory Result In Babies With Large ... Fri, 02 Jul 2010 A review of studies of babies born after in vitro maturation (IVM) fertility treatment has suggested that they are more likely to be born larger than normal and to have more difficult births requiring more obstetric interventions such as caesareans...
In Assisted-Reproduction Technology, Europe Leads The World Thu, 01 Jul 2010 Europe leads the world in Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) with most cycles initiated in the region, the 26th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard. According to data presented by the European IVF Monitoring Group (EIM), 479,288 treatment cycles were reported in 32 European countries in 2007 ...
A Woman's Quality Of Life Can Be Improved By New Nonsurgical ... Thu, 01 Jul 2010 A new, effective, non-surgical treatment for uterine fibroids can help women with this condition maintain their fertility, an American scientist told the 26th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Rome. Dr...
New Book - The Couples' Complete Guide To Getting Pregnant Thu, 01 Jul 2010 Infertility affects about 7 million Americans -- that's about one in six couples during their childbearing years. There are many reasons for infertility, with equal chances it's his medical issue as it is hers...
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