‘IVF success rate has peaked with one in four resulting in pregnancy’

The figures have reportedly been obtained from the national registries in 36 European countries. The researchers assessed 800,000 IVF and ICSI treatment cycles performed in 2016, which resulted in the birth of 165,000 babies. The success rate of two common fertility treatments–in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) have increased with only one in four attempts resulting in […]

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Conception by IVF may increase risk for rare childhood cancer

(HealthDay)—There is a small association between conception by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and childhood cancer, particularly hepatic tumors, according to a study published online April 1 in JAMA Pediatrics. Logan G. Spector, Ph.D., from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and colleagues used data from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinical Outcomes Reporting System on IVF cycles that resulted […]

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