Lowering Odds of Multiple Births
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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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NEW YORK  - Women who've undergone a c-section for a pregnancy with two or more infants can usually avoid this operation in future pregnancies with just one infant, according to a report in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.
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New research suggests that obesity can reduce the quality of men&#39;s sperm as well as lower a woman&#39;s chances of successfully conceiving a child using in vitro fertilization.
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Every year, in vitro fertilization clinics produce more embryos than they use in helping women get pregnant. A new study shows a wide discrepancy in what happens to the extras, from incineration to freezing. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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Mothers and fathers with multiple  sclerosis are equally likely to pass genetic risk for it on to  their children, according to a study countering a previous  finding that fathers were twice as likely to do so.
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There is no added risk to the mother or baby when a woman has five or more repeat cesarean deliveries compared with three or four c-sections, according to a study from Saudi Arabia.
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http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1042 3886&fsrc=RSS Looking for the right man SIR â My husband and I enjoyed your article on spousal selection and its finding that women have better choices the higher the ratio of males to females (âA buyers' marketâ, December 15th). But there may be limits to this. We travelled to Alaska ten years ago and read several [...].
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WYNNEWOOD, Pa. - A woman gave birth to two sets of identical twins - two boys and two girls - a rare occurrence even among quadruplets...
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NEW YORK  - Black and Asian women have much  lower rates of success with assisted reproductive techniques  such as in vitro fertilization than other racial groups,  researchers reported at the annual meeting of the American  Society of Reproductive Medicine that is underway in  Philadelphia.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Babies conceived through fertility treatments have higher rates of birth defects, but the overall risk is so small that it should not keep couples from having children this way, doctors are reporting.
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Expensive genetic screening reduces the chance of successful IVF, rather than boosts it, a study finds.
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An older woman's slim chances of getting pregnant could be made worse if embryos are screened for defects before being implanted into the womb, doctors said Wednesday.
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A fertility technique that repairs a woman&#39;s faulty eggs using DNA transferred from elsewhere in her body has led to the births of 20 children, scientists have revealed.
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Doctors are reporting two advances that may give women with cancer safer ways to preserve their ability to have children without compromising their chances of beating the disease.    One involves a new way to help women store up eggs before having cancer treatments that often leave them infertile...
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The World Health Organization is campaigning to reduce the numbers of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth. Here we introduce six women around the world who are pregnant.
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Going abroad for a sunshine break before trying for a baby may not be a good idea, fertility experts says.
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Women pregnant with twins, triplets or quadruplets are at greater risk of serious health complications than are women carrying just one fetus, according to a Canadian study published on Wednesday.