NB: this is the subject of a news briefing by Dr Suzanna Frints at 10.00 hrs (CEST) on Tuesday 29 June [Hall 10, Room A] Rome, Italy: Researchers in The Netherlands believe they are on the verge of developing a simple, prenatal blood test that would be able to detect accurately chromosomal abnormalities in the […]
Category: Fertility
Overweight women undertaking ART twice as likely to miscarry as their slimmer counterparts
NB: this is the subject of a news briefing by Dr. Vivian Rittenberg at 11.45 hrs (CEST) on Monday 28 June [Hall 10, Room A] Rome, Italy: Being overweight leads to a greater risk of miscarriage for patients undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART), the 26th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and […]
Endometriosis has a significant effect on women’s work productivity, first worldwide study finds
NB: this is the subject of a news briefing by Dr. Kelechi Nnoaham at 11.45hrs (CEST) on Monday 28 June [Hall 10, Room A] Rome, Italy: The first worldwide study of the societal impact of endometriosis has found a significant loss of work productivity among those women who suffer from the condition, a researcher told […]
Study of incidence of transmissible disease in ART patients shows EU requirement for screening at each donation to be unnecessary
Rome, Italy: European legislation that requires all couples undergoing assisted reproduction treatment (ART) to be screened for HIV and hepatitis at the time of every sperm or egg donation is unnecessary, expensive, and potentially distressing for patients, the 26th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today (Monday). Ms Ciara […]
Studies of women’s attitudes to ‘social egg freezing’ find that young professionals put career ahead of motherhood, while older women are still waiting for Mr. Right
NB: this is the subject of a news briefing by Drs. Srilatha Gorthi and Julie Nekkebroeck at 11.45hrs (CEST) on Monday 28 June [Hall 10, Room A] Rome, Italy: Women of different ages differ in their reasons for wishing to undergo egg freezing, show two studies presented to the 26th annual meeting of the European […]
Researchers develop accurate way to predict the age when women will hit the menopause
Rome, Italy: Researchers have developed a way of accurately predicting when women will hit the menopause using a simple blood test. The average difference between the predicted age and the actual age that the women in their study reached the menopause was only a third of a year, and the maximum margin of error was […]
Children born after assisted reproduction at greater risk of congenital malformations; doctors should be prepared to inform parents of these risks, scientists say
Gothenburg, Sweden: Couples considering undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment should be informed about the increased risk of congenital malformation posed by the use of ART, the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics will hear today (Monday). Dr. Géraldine Viot, a clinical geneticist at the Maternité Port Royal hospital, Paris, France, will […]
World first: woman gives birth to two healthy babies in separate pregnancies after ovarian transplant
For the first time, a woman has given birth to two children after her fertility was restored using transplants of ovarian tissue that had been removed and frozen during her cancer treatment and then restored once she was cured. Following her ovarian transplant, Mrs Stinne Holm Bergholdt gave birth to a girl in February 2007 […]
Risk of stillbirth is four times higher after IVF/ICSI compared to pregnancies achieved spontaneously or after non-IVF fertility treatment
Women who become pregnant with a single foetus after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) have an increased risk of a stillbirth, according to new research out today (Wednesday). The study of over 20,000 singleton pregnancies, published in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction [1], found a four-fold increased risk of […]