BMI should not determine access to IVFBut doctors agree even a 10% weight loss can improve chances of healthy pregnancy Clinic to promote single-egg transferEven in private clinics where patients have to pay thousands of dollars to undergo IVF treatments, counselling and judicious treatment can promote the use of elective single embryo transfers (eSET). Counselling key to encouraging singleton IVF Patients given proper information ‘have less regret about their choices’ Ethics of IVF treatment under fire Maternal mortality, premature/ill babies part of the ‘mess’ that results from multiple births, doctors charge Ignorance about aging, fertility ‘disconcerting’ Both men and women overestimate their knowledge, Canadian survey finds Single-embryo births more common Quebec leads way in reducing number of multiple IVF births Kangaroo care, pacifiers ease painful procedures for babies Canadian review underscores need for doctors and hospitals to update practices Less is more for FSH in anovulatory infertility Fewer cancellations with smaller incremental boosts of hormone Visanne for endometriosis pain New progestin is indicated for the management of pelvic pain associated with endometriosis. B.C. seeing wave of older mothers High blood pressure, diabetes and birth defects of greater concern for older cohort Is CoQ10 the fountain of youth for older mothers? So-called anti-aging coenzyme may help explain decreased fertility in older women, early research indicates Breastfeeding mothers risk exposing newborns to opioids Increased rate of depression reported in children exposed to oxycodone and codeine in breast milk First Previous 43 44 45 46 47 Next Last