An unprecedented collaboration between ESHRE, the ASRM, and the World Endometriosis Society (WES) has resulted in the creation of the World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF) – the first global charitable organisation with an aim to foster research into endometriosis to improve knowledge and treatment(s) for the tens of millions of women across the world who [...]
By Carol Nader Health reporter April 12, 2006 A baby conceived using a woman’s frozen eggs has been born in Victoria. The birth is believed to be the first in Melbourne and the second in Australia of a child so conceived. Last year Adelaide clinic Repromed delivered the first baby in the country known to [...]
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India is attracting English-speaking couples looking for surrogates and other treatments. WEB EXCLUSIVE By Silvia Spring Newsweek Updated: 4:49 p.m. ET April 12, 2006 April 12, 2006 – When it comes to new ways to promote fertility, Bobby and Nikki Bains have been open-minded. They’ve tried herbal medicine, prayer, astrologers, soothsayers and babajis, the Hindu [...]
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2006-04-15 / taiwan news, STAFF REPORTER / Jenny W. Hsu For infertile couples that are against in vitro fertilization, a new method called Natural Procreative Technology was introduced in Taiwan yesterday. The new fertilization method is based on the observation of the changes in women’s vaginal discharge, which doctors say can help to determine the [...]
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An expert on infertility answers our questions. Newsweek March 13, 2006 issue – Infertility among young women has risen almost 20 percent since 1995, according to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control. Tip Sheet’s Raina Kelley spoke to Joseph Isaacs, president & CEO of Resolve: The National Infertility Association, about why that [...]
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New technology allows women to put their eggs on ice. Doctors urge caution, but some people can’t wait. By Claudia Kalb Newsweek Aug. 2 issue – Sauntering into a coffee shop in Pasadena, Calif., Cassandra McCarthy—pink flip-flops, big smile—looks carefree. But McCarthy, 34, is worried: will she find a mate and have kids before her [...]
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Published: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 Dr. Judith Gerber, a medical psychologist at Fletcher Allen Health Care, provides counseling to individuals and couples using fertility treatments. Along with educating patients, she helps couples work through issues such as relationship problems, and religious and ethical beliefs as they relate to treatment. Gerber had this advice for people [...]
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Stress is just one of many obstacles to pregnancy, but it’s one you can control. By Alice D. Domar, PH.D. Newsweek International Oct. 4 issue – Melissa was 33 when I met her, and she’d been trying to get pregnant for more than two years. Fertility tests had found nothing wrong with her or her [...]
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What’s normal, what’s not—and what a woman’s period may reveal about her health. WEB EXCLUSIVE By Barbara Kantrowitz and Pat Wingert Newsweek Updated: 1:02 p.m. ET Jan. 31, 2006 Jan. 31, 2006 – Maybe you grew up calling it Aunt Flo. Perhaps you referred to it as “my friend.” But despite references that imply familiarity, [...]
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By Raina Kelley Newsweek July 4 issue – Three years ago, Leslie Bienen, a veterinarian from Missoula, Mont., easily became pregnant with her first child, a boy she named Pel. Now 39 and ready for her second child, Bienen isn’t taking any chances. After seven months of trying, she saw a reproductive endocrinologist who started [...]
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