32nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
Over 5,000 births of healthy children thanks to Crete Fertility Centre!
Dr Mattheos Fraidakis and his team of medical experts bring people closer to the blessing called parenthood! When it comes to assisted reproduction technologies (ART), Crete Fertility Centre in Heraklion, Greece has been leading the way since 1993, offering quality services at the highest standards. Clinical and scientific director of the IVF Unit, Dr Mattheos
Endometrial scratching in women appears to increase chance of clinical pregnancy, live birth
There is a much disputed claim that "injury" to the lining of the uterus - whether inadvertent or deliberate - increases the chance of embryo implantation and thus the chance of pregnancy in certain groups of women having IVF. The "injury" has usually been performed as a biopsy from the womb lining (endometrium), whose action
Childless: how women without kids are treated in 2016
About a quarter of Australian women now in their reproductive years will not become mothers. How are childless women treated in 2016? And how do they treat themselves? In 1976, when I was 10, I was sold my first fertility fairy tale. The bearded prince wore lime-green trousers and a red-and-orange striped sweater. The princess
Medical tourism has huge untapped potential
Medical tourism in Greece has vast potential that remains largely untapped. Despite efforts by the ministries of Tourism and Health to create a legal framework for the expansion of this significant special form of tourism, which would also benefit other areas of the sector, little in the way of results has been seen, resulting in
Huge rise in IVF for single and gay mothers since law requiring father figure was removed
The number of single women and lesbian couples receiving fertility treatment has soared since the Government took the controversial decision to remove the legal requirement for any child conceived to have a father or father figure. In 2007, before the change in the law, only 350 single women had IVF. But by 2010, the last
One-fifth of UK women over 35 struggling to conceive
Nearly one-fifth of women aged 35 to 44 years have had problems conceiving, according to a survey of over 15,000 British people. The results of the survey, which were published in Human Reproduction, also revealed that, of those who reported experiencing infertility, 42.7 percent of women and 46.8 percent of men did not seek medical
Study analyses advantages of using fractions of ejaculate in IVF
Sperm in the first fraction of ejaculate are more numerous, move more and present better quality DNA than those lagging behind. This is the conclusion of a study led by the Ginemed fertility clinic, which confirms that while the objective of the first fraction is to fertilise the egg, the second phase is so that
Retrieving eggs at earlier stage of fertility treatment may improve pregnancy rates for older women
IVF success rates for women aged 43 and above could improve by retrieving eggs from their ovaries at an earlier stage of fertility treatment, according to a new study published today in the Journal of Endocrinology. US-based researchers found that the function of cells which nurse and support the development of eggs declines rapidly after
Study finds children from solo mother families have positive feelings about family life
The number of children born to single women is increasing, partly as a result of social and legislative changes (in most jurisdictions) in the rights to parenthood. While technology has been readily able to meet this rising demand through donor insemination and even IVF, little is known about how children think, feel and fare growing
