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Health Encyclopedia: Infertility In Women Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- Infertility In Women - Assisted Reproductive Technologies
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- Introduction
- The Reproductive System
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Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are medical techniques that help couples conceive. These procedures involve either:
- A couples own eggs or sperm
- Donor eggs, sperm, or embryos
Fertilization may occur either in the laboratory or in the uterus. In the U.S., the number of live birth deliveries from ART increased by 128% between 1996 and 2002. More than 45,000 babies are now born in the U.S. each year using assisted reproductive technologies.
ART includes fertili...
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Expert & Community Posts
The link between fertility treatments and birth defects
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...52,000 infants were born in the US as a result of in vitro fertilization and related... Read more »
We Have Confirmed Fertility Issues - What Now???
By Amy Hendel , Health Expert...undergo several rounds before conception happens. In Vitro Fertilization If the cause... Read more »
Age Affects IVF Success Rates
By Jerry Kennard , Health ExpertFor many thousands of women, in vitro fertilization (IVF) provides the only realistic hope of... Read more »
Selecting Healthy Children: At What Cost?
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert“A British woman has made history by conceiving the country’s first ‘designer baby’... Read more »
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By PJ Hamel , Health Expert...to be highly predictive for breast cancer.) After in vitro fertilization, while the embryo is at... Read more »
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Infertility in Men: Assisted Reproductive Technologies
...from the follicles. Higher doses of fertility drugs for subsequent cycles do not appear to add any advantage in women who have a poor response the first time.To harvest eggs, the doctor generally... Read more »Infertility In Women: Medications
...of a risk for treatment complications and side effects. It is not clear, however, if they offer any advantages in achieving pregnancies.GnRH-a drugs are administered by injection or nasal spray.... Read more »Infertility In Women: Treatment
...clear, in any case, whether either laparoscopy for removing endometrial implants or ART has additional advantages in many of these women compared to simply trying to become pregnant through... Read more »Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
ChemotherapyChemotherapy regimens are designed to kill cancer cells throughout the body. It has advantages for nearly every patient regardless of whether the cancer is hormone receptor-positive or... Read more »Infertility In Women: Highlights
...associated with ART treatments. According to a study in Obstetrics and Gynecology, patients who receive in vitro fertilization (IVF) or fertility drugs are at increased risk for:Pre-eclampsia... Read more »Images
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