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New league for fertility clinics
By Laura Lee Davies on 05/06/2006 01:34:07
The HFEA have published the latest information about fertility clinics across the UK as an interactive guide for patients.
The HFEA (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority) which regulates all licensed fertility clinics in the UK, has just released its latest report on the current state of clinics and the process of assisted conception.To tie in with this annual
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British Astrologist helping out American IVF clinic
By Kyrsty Hazell on 15/11/2010 17:29:24
Fertility clinic wants to test out Nicola Smuts claims that she can predict a woman’s chances of conceiving due to the alignment of the planets
, however a clinic in the US is interested in testing Nicola’s claims by providing her with the birth details of hundreds of their clients. She has been asked to calculate the luckiest dates for the clients to try and conceive and the clinic will monitor
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Rod Stewart’s sperm raced to clinic in a Ferrari
By Kimberley Smith on 01/04/2011 15:43:50
Rock star Rod Stewart reveals he rushed his sperm sample to the IVF clinic in his high-speed sports car
Rod Stewart has revealed he used a Ferrari to deliver his sperm to the IVF clinic on time, when he and wife Penny Lancaster were trying to conceive their son Aiden.“You have to keep the sperm in the bottle in the handbag on the driver’s seat
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Crackdown on ‘rip-off’ IVF clinics
By Paula Wilkinson on 23/05/2011 15:52:48
Fertility clinics charge too much and claim 'impossible' success rates, says expert
Private fertility clinics in Britain are set to come under increased scrutiny, amid growing complaints that some have been exploiting vulnerable couples.Fertility expert Lord Winston accused some clinics of misleading couples by making "quite
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Naturally Nurturing Sleep Clinic
By Sarah Lawson on 07/11/2006 01:44:12
Any parent who's suffered sleepless nights will tell you that any advice on baby sleeping that works, is worth trying!
When we did a vote on the biggest challenge for new mums, sleeplessness figured large! To a parent with a one month old, it seems merely a fantasy to ever be able to sleep through until 5am let alone 7am! Have faith, those days will come, though for some people, that day takes lo...
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Panorama exposes unlicensed IVF clinic
By Monica Stylli on 16/01/2007 10:22:54
HFEA called in to investigate the treatment patients have received at the Assisted Reproductive and Gynaecology Centre (ARGC).
Last night BBC One aired IVF Undecover, a documentary which was filmed undercover at the Assisted Reproductive and Gynaecology Centre (ARGC). It is run by Britain's most successful IVF doctor Mohamed Taranissi who has produced 2,300 babies in seven years.The staff at the ARGC we...
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Should pregnant women be included in clinical trials?
By Kimberley Smith on 18/06/2010 16:33:43
Researchers suggest mums-to-be be part of medical trials to confirm safety of drugs
The idea sounds worrying but three researchers from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have suggested that it is imperative that pregnant women be included in trials of new drugs and dosage levels.The opinion piece, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, used th...
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Women undergoing needless IVF because clinics ignore male fertility
By Daniella Delaney on 25/01/2012 11:15:13
Hundreds of IVF cycles are unsuccessful because they wrongly focus on female infertility, according to experts
Couples are spending thousands of pounds and suffering the emotional trauma of unsuccessful IVF cycles, all because IVF clinics aren't checking out the man's fertility, the Daily Mail says today.Top male health doctors say that IVF clinics tend
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IVF blunders nearly double in England and Wales
By Kimberley Smith on 26/04/2010 16:12:20
Calls for HFEA to get tougher on IVF clinics
the existing rules and regulations given to IVF clinics and penalise any failings.The Donal MacIntyre programme on Sunday revealed that 334 IVF cycles suffered blunders in 2008/9, compared to 182 in the previous year. Errors at the centres included serious
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US couples compete in competition to win free IVF
By Sophie Westnedge on 21/06/2012 15:52:18
American fertility clinic holds contest selecting three couples out of 45 to win a free cycle of IVF
to have a baby the chance to change their lives. To enter the competition couples had to submit a video about their experiences of infertility. Judges decided which videos would be submitted to the clinic for consideration and then the videos were
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