News tagged with multiple births

IVF insurance coverage yields fewer multiple births, researchers find

The proportion of in vitro fertilization (IVF) multiple births was lower in the eight states that provide insurance coverage for couples seeking IVF treatment, primarily due to fewer embryos transferred per cycle, Yale School ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Chromosomal break gives scientists a break in finding new puberty gene

A break in the two chromosomes has given scientists a break in finding a new gene involved in puberty, Medical College of Georgia researchers report.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Europe leads the world in assisted-reproduction technology

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 today.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Single embryo implants work better: study

Implanting single embryos into the wombs of women seeking to boost fertility is more effective and less costly than placing two embryos at a time, a pair of studies released Wednesday found.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

World's first baby born from new egg-screening technique

Meet Oliver, the first baby in the world born using a new egg-screening technique that could double the odds of an implanted embryo taking hold in the womb, unveiled by British experts Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sheep study finds young mothers have more lambs

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research suggests that being a young mother is not a bad thing for a sheep and may mean ewes have more lambs that are just as healthy than those that are older when first bred.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Parental infertility and cerebral palsy in children born spontaneously or after IVF/ICSI

Doctors have known for some time that children born after fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are at increased risk of cerebral palsy. However, it was not known ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Canada's universal health care system should fund in-vitro fertilization

Canada should extend universal health coverage to fund in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection, writes Dr. Renda Bouzayen, Division Head, Reproductive Endocrine and Infertility, Dalhousie University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Fertility drugs contribute heavily to multiple births

The widespread use of so-called fertility drugs, not just high-tech laboratory procedures, likely plays a larger role than previously realized in the growing problem of premature births in the United States, because these ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0