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9 March 2011: Fertile Mindset.
The Fertility Focus Telesummit is happening all over again, starting on March 21st!
We have a fabulous line-up of fertility experts who can't wait to share valuable information to help you conceive, via f'ree live
presentations you can listen in to over the phone or on the internet.
So who is featured at this year's Fertility Focus Telesummit?
I am pleased to announce that Toni Weschler, author of the worldwide
best-selling book Taking Charge of Your Fertility will be speaking. Also we have Zita West, of the Zita West clinic in London and author of several
bestselling books. This year we are also featuring new topics such as acupuncture and herbal me dicine for fertility, the Law of Attraction and also astrology for fertility.
And this week long information-packed fertility event is F'REE for you
to attend live PLUS you get the amazing opportunity to ask these experts YOUR questions about your fertility!
This is such a unique event, and I'm excited to be inviting you along.
So sign up now using this link >>
www.FertilityFocusTelesummit.com
"I learnt things that I would never have known. I also felt I had
support. Better than the fertility clinic I have been to!" - Shelley, London , UK
"It was extremely confidental as well as really informative in an easy to
understand way. It was a great opportunity as I didnt have to leave my
home to get all this information & help. Thank you". - Margaret , Ireland
"There was a variety of expertise in dealing with lots of aspects of fertility.
The Summit was an excellent way to learn and open your mind to different
ideas on fertility." - Jen , USA
22 July 2010: IVF kids as mentally healthy as others
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE66145420100702
22 July 2010: Acupuncture fails to boost IVF success in study
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE66C66D20100713
Nuffield Health: Fertility Service Open Event
Nuffield are hosting: Nuffield Health: Fertility Service Open Event on Sunday 16th May 2010 2pm to 4pm, and Sunday 4th July 2010 2pm to 4pm. Event will consist of a mini presentation, embryology presentation and then a tour of the facility.
ASDA announces 'not for profit' on IVF drugs
2010-03-03
ASDA today announces 'not for profit' price on drugs.
The retailer's own research found 63% of people were unaware that private prescription prices varied between pharmacies, with the majority of customers (76%) going to the same pharmacy to pick up prescriptions. It found 92% of people had never compared the prices of private prescription drugs.
Asda Pharmacy will charge £1,171.41 for drugs to accompany one IVF cycle, saving up to £820 compared with other high street pharmacies, it claimed.
See the press release here
See related articles below:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7353786/Fertility-drugs-on-sale-in-supermarket.html
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/815671-asda-to-cut-ivf-drugs-by-800
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/161420/Asda-offers-cheap-IVF
Counselling helps “perfectionist” women regain their fertility and become pregnant, US researchers say. They found cognitive behaviour therapy alone was enough to help some women who had stopped having periods and ovulating to regain their fertility.
22.06.06
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A drug which may encourage embryos to implant in the womb has shown encouraging results in early trials - producing babies for women who had endured repeated IVF failures.
The drug, LIF, will now move to wider trials before it is offered routinely to women.
05.06.06
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24.11.05
The public is to be asked if embryo screening should be extended to check for faulty genes which are not guaranteed to cause disease.
Embryos are now screened for inherited diseases such as cystic fibrosis. But the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is asking if embryos should also be checked for genes linked to cancer and Alzheimer’s.
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16.10.05
Fertility clock test for women
A test is being launched in January which should be able to predict how many viable eggs a woman has left. Doctors and chemists are expected to offer the test which measures levels of three hormones in the blood to spot when menopause is imminent.
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01.10.05
Advances in Sperm Research
Recent advances in sperm research using GFP could potentially help fertility experts explain the many thousands of cases every year, of couples who are diagnosed with unexplained infertility.
A technique which makes sperm glow green could aid this research into infertility, say scientists.
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09.03.05
Sperm protein fertility aid hope
Scientists have identified a protein essential for human sperm to fuse to an egg, which could lead to new methods of treating infertility.
The Japanese team has named the protein Izumo, after a Japanese shrine dedicated to marriage.
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21.02.05
Sorter weeds out dud sperm cells
DNA damage increases the risk of infertility. Scientists have developed a machine to separate out healthy sperm from that which is damaged and unlikely to be of use in IVF.
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14.10.04
Pregnant on 5th and Final Attempt of IVF
A woman whose husband died two and a half years ago has given birth to his daughter after IVF treatment. Diana Scott, 44, from Chippenham, Wiltshire, had 6lb baby girl Grace in September of this year in a Bath hospital.
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11.10.04
New fertility treatment closer
Fertility treatment has tended to rely on freezing embryos. The prospect of women routinely freezing unfertilised eggs for IVF has moved a step closer after research.
Thirteen children were born after 68 couples underwent treatment by Italian doctors who froze unfertilised eggs.
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20.09.04
Extreme exercise can stop a woman’s periods
Injections of a hormone made by fat cells can jump-start an idling reproductive system, research shows. Twice-daily injections of leptin restored menstruation in female athletes who had become so lean that their periods had stopped.
Their findings are reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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