Woman gives birth to another patient’s baby following embryo mix-up
IVF regulation is in the spotlight after a mix-up led to a woman giving birth to a baby not related to her, with little chance…
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Spot Dx — Why so short of breath after IVF?
Nicki is a 32-year-old who presents with three days of shortness of breath and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. Test your clinical know-how by taking the…
Monash IVF settles class action alleging it destroyed ‘potentially viable’ embryos
Monash IVF has reached a $56 million settlement with over 700 former patients for allegedly destroying embryos during faulty genetic screening. The class action, led by…
Air pollution exposure linked to 40% drop in births among IVF patients: Aussie study
Exposure to air pollution can significantly reduce the chances of IVF leading to a live birth, an Australian study shows. The odds of a live…
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…
Conventional IVF ‘still reliable’ with single oocyte retrieval
Limited oocyte availability should not dictate the use of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), according to Italian doctors, who say conventional IVF is reliable even when…
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection does not help increase live births
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection does not improve the live birth rate versus conventional IVF in couples with non-severe male infertility, a Lancet study shows. Researchers randomly…
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 doctor’s advice on how to tell a woman she’s had a miscarriage – and how not to do it
A fertility specialist has shared her version of an empathetic way to deliver the tough news that a patient has had a miscarriage — as…
Most eggs frozen by hopeful mothers go unused, Aussie study shows
Researchers are decrying a wasted opportunity as thousands of frozen eggs sit unused in storage instead of being used in potentially valuable medical research. Hopeful mothers froze…
