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Infertility News

News on Infertility continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

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Embolization Successfully Treats Male Infertility

Embolization is found to be a simple and successful treatment for male infertility, which is caused by varicoceles.

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Related Topix: Tufts University, Medicine, Health, Circulation

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Newswise

Little Evidence That Treating Varicoceles in Men Boosts Pregnancy Rates

A recent review of studies from the Netherlands finds no evidence that treating varicoceles - ' a somewhat common condition in men with fertility problems - ' improves a couple's chances of conceiving a baby.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Camden, NJ

MediLexicon

N.Y. Insurance Dept. Fines HealthNow For Denying Claims From Women Seeking Infertility Treatment

The health insurance group HealthNow New York will be forced to pay more than $1 million for improperly denying claims from women who were infertile and seeking treatment and failing to give enough notice of ...

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Related Topix: Ithaca, NY, Medicine, Health

Insurance News Net

New York Fines HealthNow $1 Million Following Probe of Infertility Treatment DenialLoading...

A.M. Best Company, Inc. Source: BestWire Services Wordcount: 468 New York insurance regulators have fined HealthNow New York Inc.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Earth Times

California Supreme Court Gay-Marriage Ruling Reinforces Top Bay Area...

IVF clinic expands welcome to out-of-state intended parents SAN RAMON, Calif., July 23 SAN RAMON, Calif.

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Related Topix: Wedding, San Ramon, CA, California, Gay/Lesbian, Medicine, Health

Wed Jul 23, 2008

LiveScience

Simple Procedure Improves Male Fertility

A simple, minimally invasive procedure can treat a common cause of male infertility and improve a couple's chances of having a baby, a new study finds.

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Related Topix: Tufts University, Circulation, Medicine, Health

Medical News Today

New York Times Magazine Examines Continuing Debate On IVF

Main Category: Fertility Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Article Date: 23 Jul 2008 - 6:00 PDT Although in vitro fertilization developments over the 30 years since the first infant was born using ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Health, Health

Democrat & Chronicle

Health insurance should cover in vitro fertilization

July 25 marks the 30th anniversary of in vitro fertilization, in which Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby," was born in the United Kingdom.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Medicine, Opinion

WebMD Health News

Male Infertility Treatment Skips Surgery

July 22, 2008 -- A new treatment for a cause of male infertility may reduce the need for surgery while increasing couples' chances of becoming pregnant .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Tufts University, Radiology

Tue Jul 22, 2008

WSYR

Insurance company denies coverage: The Real Deal

A complaint from one Ithaca woman has lead to a one million dollar fine for the insurance company who denied her infertility treatment.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Secondhand Smoke

Moving Toward Reproductive Cloning

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Moving Toward Reproductive Cloning Scientific American , an anything goes pro-cloning magazine, has two articles out dealing with the future of human cloning.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Business First of Buffalo

HealthNow draws million-dollar fine

A single complaint by an Ithaca woman during a routine State Insurance Department audit of HealthNow New York Inc.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, State University of New York System, Buffalo (State University of New York System), New York

Buffalo News

HealthNow fined more than $1 million

State insurance regulators have fined HealthNow New York more than $1 million for improperly denying claims for infertility treatment and failing to give enough notice of rate hikes.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Metro, Albany Metro

Medical News Today

Topics At Behavior Conference Include Hermaphrodites, Predatory Actions And Fertility Decline

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Fertility ; Conferences Article Date: 21 Jul 2008 - 0:00 PDT Behavior spanning the wide spectrum of the animal and human world will be examined at the ...

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Yale University, Cornell University, Vanderbilt University, Health

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Guardian Unlimited

Bosses join the IVF learning curve

Thirty years after the first test tube baby, firms are starting to acknowledge the need of would-be parents to take time off, says Neasa MacErlean On Friday Louise Brown will celebrate her 30th birthday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

CFRA

Researchers Discover Ovulation Gene

Experts say the discovery opens the door to new infertility treatments and contraceptives.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Yellow Submarine, Family, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Adventure

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Personal Injury Law News

Woman can sue over firing tied to infertility

A federal appeals court has ruled that an Indiana woman who says she was fired from her suburban Chicago job after taking time off to undergo infertility treatment can proceed with a discrimination lawsuit ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

The Daily Star

Infertility: The pain and the hope

At least 15 percent of couples usually experience some degree of infertility with all of its feelings and frustrations at some point in their life.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Medicine, Health

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Z95.3 FM

Want a baby? Don't want a baby? This news is for you...

There's hope for potential infertility treatments and contraceptives. Montreal researchers say they've discovered the gene that controls ovulation.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

HealthDay

Health Highlights: July 18, 2008

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: A gene that governs ovulation -- the release of a mature egg from a female's ovary -- has been identified by ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming

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