Obstetrics & gynaecology

If you're poor, fertility treatment can be out of reach

Mary Delgado's first pregnancy went according to plan, but when she tried to get pregnant again seven years later, nothing happened. After 10 months, Delgado, now 34, and her partner, Joaquin Rodriguez, went to see an OB-GYN. ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Should egg donation be legalized in Switzerland?

In 2021, the Science, Education and Culture Committee of the Swiss National Council submitted a motion to legalize egg donation for married couples. The motion brought the discussion of an emotional topic into the political ...

Medical research

Solving the mystery of defective embryos

It's the dream of many infertile couples: to have a baby. Tens of thousands of children are born by in vitro fertilization, or IVF, a technique commonly used when nature doesn't take its course. However, embryos obtained ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Black women fare worse with fertility treatments, study says

(HealthDay)—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 ...

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