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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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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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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
A controversial contest in the US has seen 45 couples compete to win a free IVF cycle, reports TIME magazine.The contest called the “I Believe Video Journal Project”, run by Sher Fertility Insitute in Las Vegas, offered couples who were struggling
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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
Whilst many women’s menstrual cycles follow a 28-day lunar month, do the planets also play a part in our fertility? Mystic astrologist Nicola Smuts seems to think so!Mum-of-two Nicola, 42, claims that she can predict a woman’s ‘lucky’ time to fall
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NHS criticised for IVF porn stash
By Kimberley Smith on 10/09/2010 13:09:01
NHS fertility clinics under fire from think tank for offering X-rated material to men giving sperm samples
NHS clinics that provide pornographic material for men undergoing fertility treatment have been criticised for promoting “adultery of the mind” by health think tank 2020health.org.Only 36% of the NHS’s fertility units supply pornography to help men
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IVF treatment offered as prize in raffle
By Liz Jarvis on 15/03/2010 16:26:38
London fertility clinic offers chance to win £13,000 worth of IVF treatment in controversial prize draw
A London fertility clinic is offering £13,000 worth of IVF treatment as the prize in a controversial raffle to promote its new baby profiling service.The London Bridge Fertility Centre has linked up with the Genetics and IVF Institute (GIVF
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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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Spanish embryo adoption programme – is it a good idea?
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 22/07/2010 14:05:41
A fertility clinic in Spain is in the headlines for running an embryo adoption scheme that wouldn’t be allowed here in the UK.
A Spanish clinic is running an ‘embryo adoption programme’. The programme sees embryos donated to other women if the couple who created them doesn’t know what they wish to do with their embryos, or if they don’t respond to correspondence from
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Woman advertises eggs on internet to pay student debt
By Kimberley Smith on 05/05/2010 14:49:34
Fertility experts warn egg donors to use official IVF clinics after woman offers eggs for sale on Gumtree
. The ad has since been removed.Experts at the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and London Fertility Centre emphasized that prospective parents should only use licensed clinics.“When people use IVF as a way of making money, they are often
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Chinese fertility treatments
By Anna Lewis on 03/04/2012 11:45:38
Before you hot-foot it to the IVF clinic, have you considered using Chinese fertility treatments to help you conceive?
with fertility each year, so first of all you’re not alone. There are a wide range of fertility treatments out there, but one that has an impressive success rate is Chinese medicine. There’s a school of thought that says that by improving your diet, taking
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