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Nearly three-quarters of fertility patients offered unnecessary treatments, report finds

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Nearly three-quarters of fertility patients are being offered unnecessary add-on treatments, according to a report. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) - the UK's independent regulator of fertility treatment and research using human embryos - said almost all additional tests, treatments or emerging technologies were "not proven to increase the chance of having a baby for most patients".

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Science Daily

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New IVF method mimics fallopian tube environment, increasing sperm viability

The success of in vitro fertilization depends on many factors, one of which is sperm viability. A recent study documents a new way to select viable sperm and prolong their viability in the laboratory, reducing one source of variability during the process.

3 days ago·United States

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Sky News UK

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Nearly three-quarters of fertility patients offered unnecessary treatments, report finds

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) called the finding "concerning" because almost all additional tests, treatments or emerging technologies "are not proven to increase the chance of having a baby for most patients".

3 days ago·United Kingdom

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Majority of fertility patients offered unnecessary tests and treatments – report

The report by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority also highlights use of sperm from overseas and waiting times for NHS patients.

3 days ago·United States

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Property Rights in Children?

Whatever one’s personal views about in vitro fertilization (IVF) may be, there’s one aspect of it that lawmakers, and the public more broadly, need to be more aware of: nearly every IVF-related contract hinges on ruling out any notion that the embryo is a rights-bearing “person.” These agreements, in fact, require that one assume the living, human embryo amounts to no more than legal “property.” I’ve covered some of this in more detail elsewhere…

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Bioethics.com

Fertility patients sold unproven add-ons, HFEA says

(BBC) – Many fertility patients in the UK are being offered unnecessary add-on treatments that have little or no proof of improving the likelihood of pregnancy, a report suggests.Add-ons are optional, non-essential treatments some private clinics offer in addition to proven treatments, such in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). According to the regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) , 73% of 1,500 patients surveyed between Se…

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Great Yorkshire Radio

Nearly Three-quarters Of Fertility Patients Offered Unnecessary Treatments, Report Finds - Great Yorkshire Radio

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) – the UK’s independent regulator of fertility treatment and research using human embryos – said almost all additional tests, treatments or emerging technologies were “not proven to increase the chance of having a baby for most patients”. They called the findings of their 2024 national patient survey “concerning”. The regulator, which gathered the experiences of 1,500 patients in the UK, als…

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