Latest Assisted reproductive technology Stories

NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- MedTech For Solutions, Inc. and the Sallop Insurance Agency, Inc. today announced a new coverage designed specifically for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) practices and laboratories called CryoProtect. The coverage specifically addresses risks associated with embryos, Oocytes and sperm in storage at an ART practice or IVF laboratory. Sallop Vice President, Gina Matarazzo says, "The CryoProtect coverage is designed to protect...

Asthma is more common among children born after infertility treatment than among children who have been planned and conceived naturally, according to findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study published online today (Thursday) in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction. The study found that at the age of five, children born to sub-fertile parents – those who had either had to wait longer than a year before managing to conceive or who conceived via some form of...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Male fertility is one of the most controversial issues in medical science. Recent studies have shown that some chemicals can harm male fertility while others have shown foods that actually boost it. Despite all the science, it seems sperm counts in men are dropping all around the world. And no place seems more threatened by sperm loss than France. In a new study reported in the journal Human Reproduction, French researchers have...

New research from Queen’s University Belfast has uncovered the cause of infertility for 80 per cent of couples previously diagnosed with ‘unexplained infertility’. At present some 50,000 couples require fertility treatment across the UK each year, with the figure reaching one million worldwide. Up to one third of these couples are diagnosed with unexplained or idiopathic infertility. This means that, using current tests, neither partner has been diagnosed with any detectable problem....

Couples who adopt after unsuccessful IVF treatment have a better quality of life than both childless couples and couples without fertility problems, reveals a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. A research group comprising midwives and doctors at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, studied quality of life five years after IVF treatment in 979 men and women in the Västra Götaland region. The study compared couples whose IVF treatment had...

ATLANTA, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Servy Massey Fertility Institute celebrated its one-year anniversary in September 2012 by offering a free IVF cycle to a randomly selected Georgia OB/GYN practice. The selected practice will award the free IVF cycle to one of their patients. Joseph Edwards, MD, of Savannah, Georgia won the IVF drawing, and is in the process of awarding the IVF cycle to a patient. The Servy Massey Fertility Institute is a clear leader in providing...

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey (RMANJ), one of the nation's leading fertility clinics, today announced that in recognition of Veterans Day it has extended its Helping Heroes Build Families program into 2013. The program is designed to help New Jersey-based active duty United States Military Services personnel and their spouses realize the dream of parenthood. (Logo:...

NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Fertility Association (The AFA) recognizes the significance of the report released November 1, 2012, by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, noting the relationship between Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and the finding that "...women who undergo ART procedures are more likely to deliver multiple-birth infants than those who conceive naturally." The report highlights the "significant risks" that multiple births...

An Indiana University study has found that women undergoing in-vitro fertilization report that the process of infertility treatment has many negative impacts on their sexual relationship with their partner. Little attention has been given to the sexual dynamics of couples as they navigate infertility and treatments such as IVF, despite the important role that sex plays in a couple's attempt to conceive a child. "Sex is for pleasure and for reproduction, but attention to pleasure often goes...

Drs. Spencer Richlin and Joshua M. Hurwitz of Reproductive Medicine Associates of Connecticut (RMACT) have distinguished themselves by receiving the “Patients’ Choice 2012” award, which is given to only five percent of the nation’s 870,000 active physicians and dentists. The fertility specialists earned this award based on patient reviews and ratings on care and service on websites such as Vitals.com. Norwalk, CT (PRWEB) October 24, 2012 Two infertility specialists from...