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Patients can now experience one-to-one treatment with consultants whom are leaders in the field of reproductive medicine in Dublin. Sims IVF has built a 7-year relationship with Intersono in the Ukraine, a leading IVF Clinic, chosen because in Western Europe, where the trend is to have children later in life, the number of recipients outstrips the number of available donors. READ MORE YESTERDAY contentWHAT IS ONCOFERTILITY?
Her research in reproductive endocrinology has increased awareness of fertility management and the role it plays in quality of life for the increasing number of women who are also young cancer survivors. In a wide ranging interview with Northwestern University’s Medill school Reports, in Chicago, Dr Woodruff says ''Oncofertility involves all the dimensions of a patient’s decision process and the provider’s information. It is the ethics, the law, the religious constraints..of fertility management' You can read the full interview here. ONE WEEK AGO contentDO YOU REALLY NEED FERTILITY TREATMENT?
Geoffrey Sher, co-founder and Executive Medical Director of the Sher Institutes for Reproductive Medicine (SIRM), has written a fascinating blog, about a study published online in the journal Fertility and Sterility which claims that about 44% of 7, 000 Australian women aged 28-36 years who said they had experienced difficulty conceiving for at least a year, subsequently achieved a pregnancy without having to undergo any type of fertility treatment. The authors concluded that almost half of “infertile” women in this age category probably don't need treatment. But, says Dr. Sher, it's not as simple or straightforward as that. QUICK TOUR
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LINK BETWEEN CIGARETTE SMOKE AND INFERTILITY
publication date: Feb 16, 2012
An exposure to cigarette smoke as a baby or foetus could reduce a female's fertility, new Australian research has found. The Herald Sun newspaper reports that a three-year study examined the effect of three chemicals found in cigarettes, had on ovarian development and egg fertilisation. Females who were exposed to the toxins through cigarette smoke during the early stages of life could experience a reduction in the quality and number of their eggs. "We believe that exposure to these toxins as a foetus dramatically reduces egg quality and quantity before birth and that this reduced fertility may be passed on to the next generation," Professor Eileen McLaughlin from the University of Newcastle said. "It means that if your grandmother smoked - either while pregnant with your mother or near her when she was a baby - you and possibly your children may be at risk of reduced fertility." According to the Australian Institute of Family Studies, more than one-third of pregnant Australian women under the age of 25 continue to smoke during pregnancy and premature ovarian failure continues to be a major cause of female infertility before the age of 40. Prof McLaughlin's research has been published in the Journal of Toxicological Sciences and the Journal of Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, and was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council. |
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Sims Clinic, Ireland’s largest IVF unit, has announced details of their new European Egg Donation (EDE) Programme, offering a range of egg donors with proven fertility available immediately.
