Experts advise ban on free IVF for obese women
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Severely overweight women should be  denied access to free fertility treatment in England and Wales  and obese women must lose weight before being offered the  chance to try IVF, experts said on Wednesday.
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Experts are calling for fertility treatment rules to be harmonised across the EU to deter couples travelling for care.
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An older womanâs slim chances of becoming pregnant could be made worse if embryos are screened for defects before being implanted into the womb.
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Leading scientists have urged peers not to block the use of human-animal hybrid embryos for research.
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BOSTON - An appetite-curbing hormone that failed to live up to its early buzz as a possible key to slowing obesity is now being probed as a potential aid for women who suffer from infertility and eating disorders.
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Britain&#39;s leading scientists today urge the United Nations to ban cloning of babies but leave open the door for cloning of embryo stem cells as treatments for so-far incurable illnesses.
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NEW YORK  - The lining of the uterus or "endometrium" appears to play a small but significant role in reducing fertility among women who are overweight, Spanish researchers report.
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Making human-animal embryos for  scientific experiments should be allowed because of the  benefits to science and medicine, British experts said in a  report released for Sunday.
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The prospect of women routinely freezing unfertilised eggs for IVF has moved a step closer after research. Thirteen children were born after 68 couples underwent treatment by Italian doctors who froze unfertilised eggs.
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A new, large study suggests that treating women who develop diabetes during pregnancy greatly reduces the chances that their baby will become obese during childhood.
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A couple's chances of receiving IVF treatment on the NHS are down to a &quot;postcode lottery&quot;, according to a report.
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with the diabetes  drug rosiglitazone, which is marketed under the trade name  Avandia, can restore ovulation in obese women with polycystic  ovary syndrome (PCOS), a disease involving high levels of male  hormones resulting in fertility and menstrual problems, new  research shows.
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In the complex, expensive and emotionally charged world of fertility treatment, doctors are sounding a call to arms to reverse the soaring rate of multiple births.
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The contraceptive pill is less likely to work in women who are obese or overweight, according to new research. Scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle found that overweight women
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Women in their early 30s should be offered the option of freezing their eggs, a fertility specialist has said.
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If people are believed to be incompetent to bring up children, is it ethical to turn them down for fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization?
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Government warnings could be sent to parents of obese children as young as five.