ivf

The profile: US-born male citizen, 50, married. Born, raised and living in Arizona. Educated middle class, die-hard Christian and Republican. The issue: Fertility problem (unknown if male or female) makes them get an IVF. The question: Am I correct when I call this a double standard or is...

Nadya Suleman, you just added eight more children to raise your total to 14. You're going to Disneyland. "The eight babies _ six boys and two girls _ were delivered by cesarean section weighing between 1 pound, 8 ounces and 3 pounds, 4 ounces. Forty-six physicians and staff assisted in the...

Placebo Acupuncture Tied to Higher IVF Pregnancies I think what this really tells us is, are we using the right cutoff for the measure of statistically significant endpoints? That would explain a lot of supposedly positive relationships between nonsensical treatments and outcomes that studies...

So it seems. Of course, the acupuncture council say: Er....., shouldn't that read: "the fertility specialists have good results"?

Grand Chamber of European Court decides that consent is required from boyfriend who provided sperm for frozen embryo to be used by ex-girlfriend. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6530295.stm Case has dragged its way through the courts for the best part of four years. Must have run up huge...

http://www.asrm.org/Patients/FactSheets/invitro.html Your average couple is late 20's- mid 30's. The web page cites IVF as being around $12500 Add in the cost of exams, hormone/fertility testing, the cost of forcing ovulation (if required), cycle charting... this can easily slap on $10000 or...

Louise Brown is 25 years old this week. (Happy Birthday). So where will fertility research take us in the next quarter century?