When it comes down to it, in vitro fertilization has two ingredients: a sperm and an egg. But it isn’t quite as easy as “one plus one equals embryo,” as there are several points in the process where ...

ST. LOUIS – The pandemic has couples rethinking what is important in life. For many, that means having a baby. New technology is dramatically increasing a woman’s chances of getting pregnant through ...

In a recent story by National Geographic, doctors are saying that a new wave of AI-assisted IVF tools — some of which can identify hidden sperm, grade embryos and even automate the fertilization ...

There are many reasons why families choose to have children later –- work commitments, economic stability, resources, but the knock-on effect is that more and more couples are turning to IVF to help ...

A woman's risk of suffering one of the most common types of miscarriages can be predicted based on a specialized analysis of her genome, according to a Rutgers study. Scientists said this insight ...

Heidi Collins Fantasia is an associate professor of nursing at University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022 ended the federal right to abortion, legislative ...

A team, consisting of embryologists, reproductive medicine clinicians, computer scientists, and precision medicine experts, trained an artificial intelligence algorithm to discriminate between poor ...

Heidi Collins Fantasia is the editor for Nursing for Women's Health. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022 ended the federal right to abortion, legislative attention has extended to many ...

The political debate around access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) intensified this year, following an Alabama Supreme Court decision in February that frozen embryos could be considered children. An ...

A doctor may prescribe the birth control pill (BCP) before starting in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. It can help improve the effectiveness of the procedure by scheduling the optimal timing for ...

Instead, some couples turn to options such as compassionate transfer, in which a spare embryo is released into a patient’s body at a time when she’s unlikely to get pregnant. Others choose to ...