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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Should you freeze your eggs?

Fertility clinics are now offering women the chance to freeze their eggs for future use. Is this the baby-making silver bullet? Australian Women's Health investigates.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

More women seeking help to conceive

The use of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs, or IVF) in Australia and New Zealand grew by almost 50% over the 5 years to 2009, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Egg freezing Q&A

Egg freezing has been traditionally used as a fertility preservation option for women who are having some forms of cancer treatment. However, clinics are increasingly providing egg freezing for “social reasons” – for women who want to reduce the risk of age-related infertility. Egg freezing has been in the news lately, so VARTA provides this Q&A.
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Professor Gab Kovacs AM, International Medical Director at Monash IVF, appeared on The 7pm Project after being quoted in The Age as saying that women might have to settle for have to “settle for Mr Not-Too-Bad” if they could not find Mr Right rather than risk age-related infertility. The interview with Professor Kovacs is about 6:55 in to the program.  
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