Cheap, effective alternative to IVF may be possible
Flushing the fallopian tubes has been very successfulThe fertility industry could have a strong competitor after a cheap, simple, time-tested fertility remedy has been proved...
Beware of IVF incest, ethicists warn clinics
ART clinics must prepare for “intrafamilial reproductive arrangementsâ€, says the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.Oedipus led from Thebes by his daughter (and sister) Antigone IVF...
UK IVF providers trading “free treatment” for egg donation
Journalists allege that women are being pressuring into exchanging eggs for free IVF treatment. The Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has announced an investigation...
Costa Rica’s resistance to legal IVF crumbles
First child born in local clinicRonald Reyes/The Tico Times A girl named Maria José has become the first IVF baby to be born...
IVF world market to reach US$12 billion
Market is expanding to Asia and Africa The world market for IVF and IVF products will grow from US$8.4 billion this year to $12.5 billion...
Dutch IVF clinic tries hard, could do better
26 women may have received wrong sperm The eggs of 26 women at a Dutch IVF clinic may have been fertilised with the wrong sperm....
Mexican IVF clinic to use three-parent embryo technique
It expects 20 patients in the first half of the yearAlejandro Chavez-Badiola: director of New Hope Fertility Center Mexico The three-parent baby technique for...
Murky picture of IVF complications in UK
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome can be fatal, but the statistics are confusing. Five years ago, a paper published in the BMJ came to the startling conclusion...
Australian IVF clinics attacked by regulator over deceptive advertising
IVF advertising a "race to the bottom" targeting vulnerable people. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has delivered a blistering attack on the advertising...
Canadian reproductive rights pioneer in disgrace over IVF mix-up
Dr Norman Barwin is being sued by former clientsDr Norman Barwin after a disciplinary hearing in 2013 An Ottawa fertility specialist secretly used his...
More couples crowd-funding IVF
Desperate couples try to defray expensive treatment costs More and more couples are resorting to internet crowd-funding sites to finance their IVF treatments in the...
Does IVF actually work for women over 40?
Miriam Zoll says that the technology has not worked for 20 million women Critics of the IVF industry in the US have attacked “misleading” marketing...