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 [...]
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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 be born after egg [...]
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India is attracting English-speaking couples looking for surrogates and other treatments.
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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 spiritual figures. They put a [...]
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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 period of [...]
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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 is–and what [...]
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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 fertility plummets? A [...]
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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 who are [...]
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Welcome to the new and improved Endometriosis and Fertility Resource Page! It was once known as the EndoPhil Resource Page, but we have taken steps to make it even better, now on our very own website.
This resource page has been set up to collate the latest news on endometriosis, fertility, infertility, medications and medical procedures. It is also a source of basic facts and hopes to bust myths of human reproduction.
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