Counsel patients with uterine septum on spontaneous abortion risk: US guidelines
Patients with a septate uterus should be warned of their increased risk of spontaneous abortion and obstetric complications, but there is insufficient evidence of an…
Tag: infertility
A GP guide to perimenopausal bleeding
Abnormal uterine bleeding is a common presentation in primary healthcare, and for perimenopausal women in particular there can be significant changes in menstruation that can…
Laws passed to protect IVF doctors following frozen embryo death ruling
Alabama has passed legislation shielding doctors from potential legal liabilities raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. The state signed into…
Judges in the US rule that frozen embryos are ‘extrauterine children’
A Supreme Court in the US has ruled that frozen embryos created through IVF should be considered “extrauterine children” and therefore potentially subject to wrongful…
A GP guide to male factor infertility
Male infertility is common, affecting one in 20 Australian men of reproductive age.1 It manifests as the inability to achieve conception despite regular unprotected intercourse…
A GP guide to loss of ovarian function in younger women
Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is defined as loss of ovarian function before age 40, and early menopause (EM) as menopause occurring between the ages of…
Conceiving the future of assisted reproductive technology
Need to know: Assisted reproductive technology continues to be a rapidly evolving field of medicine. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering the medical community…
Deceased organ donors a ‘feasible’ option for uterus transplants
Future demand for donor uterus transplants to treat uterine infertility could be met through existing deceased organ and tissue donation programs, according to new research.…
‘I donated sperm as a medical student, and now I have nine children’: A doctor’s remarkable story
In the past year, sexual health physician Dr Darren Russell has discovered he fathered nine now-adult children through donations he made as a medic…
‘This could blow up lives’: Sperm donor doctors fear being tracked down by biological children
New laws allowing donor-conceived children to make contact with their biological parents are being debated in Queensland.
