A renowned fertility clinic has carried out a scientific study which claims musical vibrations increase the success of IVF. Songs from the late soul legend such as ‘Can’t get enough of you baby’ have become the most streamed music through the iPods fitted in the incubators where embryos are developing.
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More Babies, Fewer Multiple Births, Are Resulting From Assisted Reproduction
2014 saw the birth of more babies than ever who got their start in the petri dish of a fertility clinic in the United States. In its yearly review, the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology reported a total of 65,175 live births resulting from a variety of procedures — up from 63,286 in 2013.
Squishy Embyros, Penis Transplants and 5 More Advances in Fertility
The first uterus transplant in the US failed this week, but doctors at the Cleveland Clinic plan to keep trying, hoping to replicate the success of surgeons in Sweden. It’s an exciting time for reproductive medicine around the world. Here’s a rundown of the latest advances in the lab, the operating room, and the fertility clinic.
Why I Can’t Just Throw Out Frozen Sperm
All it needs is for me to sign the 18 letters of my name, giving the fertility clinic permission to thaw and discard our donor’s sperm – the remaining fractions from a week he spent here four years ago for the sole purpose of donating his genes, his history and a little piece of his soul to help us build our family.
Patients Decry ProMedica’s Plans to Close Toledo’s Only Fertility Lab
As ProMedica finalizes plans to shutter Toledo’s only fertility clinic with an on-site lab at the end of this month, patients who are being forced to leave their doctor in the midst of fertility treatments are questioning why it is closing.
Calgary Fertility Clinic in Hot Water After Refusing to Help with Mixed-Race Babies
A Calgary fertility clinic is at the centre of an ethical and political controversy after it refused to help a woman become impregnated with sperm from a donor who did not share her skin colour.
Baby Blues: Facing Long Delays at Edmonton’s Fertility Clinic, Local Couples Head to Calgary to Get Pregnant
Edmonton-area couples struggling to conceive a child are frequently waiting more than a year to get seen at the city’s lone fertility clinic, an often unbearable delay for older adults in a race against their baby-making biology.
Mother Charged Over IVF Consent
A WA mother has faced court accused of forging her estranged husband’s signature to convince a fertility clinic to allow her to use a stored embryo to get pregnant.
Couples Welcome Babies Born From Embryos Saved During Sandy
They were some of Sandy’s smallest survivors: embryos trapped in a flooded fertility clinic and eggs ready to burst from the bloated ovaries of 21 worried women.
Finding the Super Sperm in Infertile Men
A NEW technique to identify “super sperm swimmers” has given couples struggling to fall pregnant an Olympic-sized boost. The number of couples resorting to donor sperm has dropped around 30 per cent over the last seven years as a result of the technique, a fertility clinic has claimed.