Archives of In Vitro fertilization

Covid-19 has stall all activities and treatments in the fertility world

COVID-19 has stall all activities and treatments in the fertility world

The Covid 19 has stall all activities and treatments in the fertility world. The fears are generated from concerns of the viral impact to the unborn and the mother. Not much information is available, nonetheless the existing and progressively accumulating information is rather encouraging. If this trend continues, it is conceivable that in the near […]
4 years ago

Age & BMI take # 1

In 2007 The Society of Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) compiled the information from all the clinics in the United States (US) that performed in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments and compared the live birth rate and the frequency of miscarriages to the body weight of the treated patient. There were over 45,000 cases reported in that year […]
5 years ago

Fresh versus Frozen Embryo Transfer

Although fresh embryo transfer (ET) is the norm during assisted reproductive therapies (ART), in the past few years, avoiding a fresh embryo transfer and instead of freezing all the good quality embryos has emerged as an alternative strategy during in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles (Roque, 2015). The success of IVF depends not only on embryo […]
5 years ago

Ketogenic Diet and Fertility

The last few decades different approaches have been advanced to address medical epidemics such as obesity, diabetes, and for women in reproductive age, polycystic ovaries syndrome (PCOS) and its cause of infertility. One of the most common measure is a diet. In the recent past almost every year a new diet is introduced, frequently sponsored […]
5 years ago

Details Matter… It’s Worth Waiting To Get It Right

Infertility affects 1 out of 10 patients of reproductive age! More than 1 out of 20 babies in the USA are born to couples that have received evaluation for infertility or have received infertility treatment! Over the last decade there are major breakthroughs and considerable success in the reproductive medicine armamentarium for both of these […]
5 years ago

A Nod is As Good As a Wink to a Blind Horse

In Vitro fertilization (IVF) is offered to couples that undergo infertility treatment when all the other measures to achieve pregnancy fail. The success of IVF, as a treatment modality, has gradually improved over the last 4 decades, due to scientific and technological advances. Nonetheless the resulting pregnancy rate has been modest and seems to have […]
6 years ago