I didn't know how babies were made until I was pregnant with my fourth child.

- Loretta Lynn






Topic: Eggs

(Since these results are pulled from all sites, you may see some duplicate stories).

  • National Survey Shows Most Women Are Not Satisfied With Their Progesterone Treatment
    posted on 11/13/07 by
    According to a nationwide survey of 350 women conducted on the American Fertility Association (AFA) Web site, few women undergoing an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) treatment for infertility, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), realize that as they approach the finish line comes another treatment -- progesterone supplementation. [click link for full article]

  • MPS Issues Advice To Doctors Of Patients Who Have Had Elective Fertility Treatments Abroad, UK
    posted on 11/01/07 by
    Some female patients are obtaining IVF medication abroad and then asking their GPs to administer it. MPS has received a number of calls from doctors who are unsure about how to deal with this situation as it is a relatively new phenomenon. Case Scenario A patient returned from Malaysia with an unidentifiable fertility treatment which she had brought back in an icebox. [click link for full article]

  • ASRM Issues Guidelines For Egg Freezing To Preserve Fertility For Some Young Women
    posted on 10/24/07 by
    The American Society for Reproductive Medicine recently issued guidelines recommending physicians provide women with a list of warnings about freezing their eggs for possible future use before conducting the procedure, the AP/Google.com reports.According to the AP/Google. [click link for full article]

  • Scientists In Japan Developing Microchip Device That Seeks To 'Mimic' Womb To Improve IVF Outcomes, Boston Globe Reports
    posted on 10/24/07 by
    The Boston Globe on Monday profiled Teruo Fujii of the University of Tokyo, who with his research team is developing technology that seeks to "mimic the womb" in an effort to improve in vitro fertilization outcomes. [click link for full article]

  • New Service Allows IVF Couples To Use Surplus Embryos For Creation Of Stem Cell Lines
    posted on 10/18/07 by MedicineNet
    California-based StemLifeLine on Monday at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's annual meeting in Washington, D.C., presented a pilot study of its service in which couples who have undergone in vitro fertilization pay for stem cell lines to be created from surplus embryos, London's [click link for full article]

  • 3-D/4-D-Guided Embryo Transfer And New Placement Target Improve In-Vitro Fertilization
    posted on 10/15/07 by MedicineNet
    The pregnancy rate for patients undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is improved when doctors use advanced 3D/4D imaging to guide the placement of embryos to the point where the endometrium is most receptive to implantation, according to a study presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).Placing embryos in the optimal location within the uterus is a key factor determining the success of in-vitro fertilization. [click link for full article]

  • Pregnant women should eat fish after all, experts urge
    posted on 10/04/07 by MedWorm
    Fish consumption during pregnancy and breastfeeding remains a heated topic. Fish is the dietary source with the highest levels of long-chain omega-3 essential fatty acids. However, there is concern about trace levels of methyl mercury that are present in fish. A new report recommends the consumption of a minimum of 12 ounces of seafood per week (salmon, tuna, sardines) or DHA-fortified eggs. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

  • Ivf technique enables pregnancy without multiple births, study finds
    posted on 10/02/07 by MedWorm
    An in vitro fertilization technique that can avoid multiple births appears to be effective for women older than 35, according to new research. More than half the women in a retrospective study became pregnant after undergoing the procedure, called a single blastocyst transfer, which transferred just one embryo into the womb. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

  • Pregnancy Without Multiple Births Enabled By New IVF Technique
    posted on 10/01/07 by Medical News Today
    An in vitro fertilization technique that can avoid multiple births appears to be effective for women older than 35, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.More than half the women in a retrospective study became pregnant after undergoing the procedure, called a single blastocyst transfer, which transferred just one embryo into the womb. [click link for full article]

  • Pregnancy Without Multiple Births Enabled By New IVF Technique
    posted on 10/02/07 by MedicineNet
    An in vitro fertilization technique that can avoid multiple births appears to be effective for women older than 35, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.More than half the women in a retrospective study became pregnant after undergoing the procedure, called a single blastocyst transfer, which transferred just one embryo into the womb. [click link for full article]

  • 14th World Congress On In Vitro Fertilization at MUHC
    posted on 09/14/07 by MedicineNet
    The 14th World Congress on In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and the 3rd World Congress on In Vitro Maturation (IVM) will be held in Montreal from September 15 to 19, 2007. These two events will unite the main experts in these fields for a five-day meeting in Montreal that could lead to potentially enormous scientific and human impacts.Researchers from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) will be among the leading speakers at the event. [click link for full article]

  • MU Scientists Will Receive $1.25 Million To Study Cryopreservation Of Eggs
    posted on 09/13/07 by MedicineNet
    More than 10 million people in the United State have cancer, and more than half of them are women. For those who could still give birth, cancer treatments might signal the end of their fertility. Now, a new $20 million, 5-year program from the National Institutes of Health is creating a national team of scientists to investigate every aspect of fertility preservation for women with cancer. Part of that effort is being led by University of Missouri-Columbia researchers. [click link for full artic

  • "Fat Eggs" Likely Cause Of Infertility In Obese Women
    posted on 08/25/07 by MedicineNet
    A researcher at the University of Adelaide, Australia, has discovered scientific evidence that obesity is a key factor in infertility because of how it affects women's eggs.While obesity has long been thought to be a major factor in couples' inability to conceive, this is the first time the effects of obesity on the egg have been discovered. [click link for full article]

  • California Supreme Court To Hear Case Involving Physicians Who Refused To Perform IVF Because Of Religious Beliefs
    posted on 08/07/07 by MedicineNet
    The California Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a case involving two physicians who refused to perform in vitro fertilization for a woman because of their religious beliefs, USA Today reports. [click link for full article]

  • Your Gamete, Myself
    posted on 06/04/07 by New York Times
    Using donor eggs for in vitro fertilization is one of the fastest-growing infertility treatments today. But women struggle with many questions as a result of it.