Infertility and hormonal fertility treatments may influence the amount of dense tissue in the breast, a risk factor for breast cancer, according to a study involving 43,313 women, published in the open access journal Breast Cancer Research.
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Congress Scuttles Bill on Fertility Treatments for Troops, Vets
The hopes of veterans who need help starting a family as a result of injuries sustained in combat were dashed Wednesday when Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., pulled a bill that would have allowed the Veterans Affairs Department to fund fertility treatments.
VA Cannot Pay for Fertility Treatments for Injured Veterans
Current federal law does not allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay for the treatments. The current law went into effect 23 years ago, but is now being challenged from both sides of the political aisle, as injured heroes from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars try to have children.
$30,000 Baby: U.S. Sees Boom in Fertility Treatments
Delayed childbearing has allowed more women to join the workforce, but many who wait until their late 30s and 40s struggle to get pregnant.
Fertility Treatments Aren’t Significantly Linked to Birth Defects
The risk of birth defects is low among children conceived using assisted reproductive technologies (ART), according to a new study.
Black Women Fare Worse with Fertility Treatments
Black women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) are only about half as likely as white women to become pregnant using the popular assisted reproduction technique, new research indicates, and the racial disparity persists even when donor eggs are used.
NHS Accused Of Rationing Fertility Treatments
The NHS has been accused of rationing fertility treatment for couples who desperately want to have a baby.
Insurance Coverage for Fertility Treatments Varies Widely
As many people with fertility issues quickly learn — 7.4 million women used infertility services from 2006 to 2010 — few employers and insurers pay for many procedures, including in vitro fertilization. Though 65 percent of businesses with more than 500 employees will pay for an initial evaluation by a fertility specialist, just 27 percent cover in vitro fertilization, according to a 2013 study conducted by Mercer, a consulting firm. (That number was 23 percent in 2012.) Drug therapies were covered by 41 percent of large employers, according to the study.
Fertility Treatments May Increase The Risk Of Psychiatric Disorders In Children
Certain factors may increase the risk of psychiatric conditions in newborns. A recent study found that children born to women who underwent fertility treatments were at an 33 percent increased rate for developing certain behavioral health issues.
Fertility Treatments ‘Threaten Our Humanity’, Warns Robert Winston
IVF pioneer Lord Winston has warned that a growing market for fertility treatments could “threaten our humanity”, including if the rich were able to pay for so-called “designer babies”.