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IVF insurance coverage yields fewer multiple births, researchers find
Oct 20, 2009 |
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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 ...
Canada's universal health care system should fund in-vitro fertilization
Aug 31, 2009 |
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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 ...
Mothers of multiple births at increased odds of postpartum depression
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Mothers of multiples have 43 percent increased odds of having moderate to severe depressive symptoms nine months after giving birth compared to mothers of single-born children, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...
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Study may pave way for treatments to delay early multiple births
Jun 11, 2009 |
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A treatment that prevents premature births in single pregnancies may be ineffective in women expecting more than one child, a study has shown.
Premature births worsen US infant death rate
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday.
Procedure Predicts Embryos Most Likely to Result in Pregnancy
Mar 15, 2007 |
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To address the high rate of multiple births resulting from in-vitro-fertilization (IVF), researchers at Yale School of Medicine and McGill University have developed a procedure that estimates the reproductive potential of ...
Preterm births rise 36 percent since early 1980s
Jan 07, 2009 |
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New government statistics confirm that the decades-long rise in the United States preterm birth rate continues, putting more infants than ever at increased risk of death and disability.
Study examines live birth rates following in vitro fertilization
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Thirty years ago last summer, the world's first "test-tube" baby was born, and since then more than 1 million infants have been successfully conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF), the technique in which a woman's ...
Single embryo implants work better: study
Mar 25, 2009 |
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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.
Older moms face greater health risks
Dec 03, 2007 |
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The increasing number of women postponing childbirth until their 40s face greater risks during pregnancy and delivery, a California fertility specialist says.
ICSI or IVF: Babies born from frozen embryos do just as well
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Analysis of the longest running ICSI programme in the United States has found reassuring evidence that babies born from frozen embryos fertilised via ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) do just as well as those born from ...
Caesarean sections associated with risk of asthma
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Babies born by Caesarean section have a 50 % increased risk of developing asthma compared to babies born naturally. Emergency Caesarean sections increase the risk even further. This is shown in a new study based on data from ...
Gene linked to preterm birth among Hispanic women
Feb 03, 2008 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that the gene ENPP1 is linked to preterm birth and low birth weight among Hispanic women.
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