Earlier this year, more than 4,000 eggs and embryos were inadvertently lost as a result of cryogenic tank failures at two fertility centers. Today, Columbia University Fertility Center announced it has developed and built ...
Nov 1, 2018
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Just like a carton of store-bought eggs carries an expiration date, the eggs in a woman's ovaries have a limited "shelf life" when it comes to fertility. This isn't news to most women, but what many might not realize is that ...
Aug 6, 2018
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When Joan Jorgensen was an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her roommate confided that she had just one period before going through menopause in high school. Doctors told Jorgensen's roommate that she ...
Aug 2, 2018
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Despite dramatic uptake in the numbers of women electing to freeze their eggs as insurance against an anticipated age-related fertility decline, there is still little that clinics can predict about outcome based on real-life ...
Jul 4, 2018
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At 23, Erin Keith didn't know if she wanted children, but she knew she wanted a choice.
Apr 23, 2018
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Large doses of a sperm protein that is ineffective in infertile males can be injected directly into eggs to kick-start fertilization, giving couples hope of conceiving.
Apr 18, 2018
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Halle Berry. Janet Jackson. Mariah Carey. Those are just a few celebrities who gave birth well after turning 40. Browse any tabloid rack at your local supermarket and you're bound to see stories of women—some even pushing ...
Apr 16, 2018
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Freezing eggs is extremely unsuccessful. Although it's never admitted, it is true from the national statistics, how poor the chances of pregnancy are afterwards.
Nov 9, 2017
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Women who receive a breast cancer diagnosis while they are still young enough to bear children can take time to freeze their eggs and embryos without fear of delaying their cancer treatment, according to research by UC San ...
Sep 11, 2017
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A commentary and accompanying editorial published in the May issue of Reproductive BioMedicine Onlinecalls for a registry of egg donors to monitor long-term health after egg donation.
May 2, 2017
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