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Thousands of Donated Human Eggs Are Missing, Possibly Stolen

A California egg donor agency might have stolen or misused more than 2,000 human eggs harvested from egg donors without their permission, according to this article from the Orange County Register. The egg donor agency, known as Options National Fertility…

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ICSI May Be Overused by IVF Clinics

by Abbie Waters in IVF

IVF clinics may be overusing the fertility treatment known as ICSI, or intracytoplasmic sperm injection, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. ICSI is a fertility treatment used to treat low semen count or…

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Clomid – Drug Description and Side Effects

by Abbie Waters in Fertility Medications

US brand name: Clomid

U.S. drug manufacturer: Sanofi-Aventis

Other brand names: Milophene, Serophene, Clomifert, Fertomid, Siphene, Omifin

Generic name: clomiphene citrate, clomifene citrate

How is it taken? Clomid is taken orally, in tablets.

What type of drug is Clomid?…

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Asian Egg Donor Programs: Find Asian Egg Donors Here

by Abbie Waters in Egg Donation

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PGD and IVF Is No Riskier Than IVF Alone

by Abbie Waters in IVF

Good news for aspiring parents at risk of passing on genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease to their children. According to a recently released study, children born from using PGD (preimplantation genetic diagnosis) do not experience any…

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Egg Harvesting to Preserve Women’s Fertility

by Abbie Waters in IVF

Female fertility peaks when women are in their twenties. By their mid-thirties, female egg quality begins to deteriorate quickly as a natural part of aging. This poses problems for women who wait to have children, as their chances of conceiving…

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Medical Tourism: Save Money and Stay Safe Overseas

by Abbie Waters in Reproductive Tourism

In a previous post about IVF vacations abroad I noted how medical tourism was becoming a popular way of trying to get high-quality, affordable medical care. Just how popular it was getting I didn’t know until today.

In a recently…

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Scientists Harvest Eggs from Young Cancer Patients, Preserve Fertility

by Abbie Waters in IVF

NurseTips tipped me off to this interesting story. For the first time scientists have harvested eggs from girls as young as five who have cancer and matured them in the laboratory before freezing them for later use. Before this, doctors…

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