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Humor from clowns linked to IVF success

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Is laughter the best medicine? Perhaps not always -- but it may help women who are trying to become pregnant through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), an Israeli study found.In a study of 219 women undergoing IVF published in ...

Test can predict success of IVF: U.S. report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have developed a formula that can predict whether fertility treatment will succeed more accurately than using age alone, and used it to develop a commercial test.They said their test, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...

IVF costs higher for older women: Australian study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In Australia, a boom in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproduction techniques prompted a heated debate in 2006 on whether government should subsidize the treatments.Griffiths and colleagues found that the price per baby ranged from AU$27,373 ...

Women who 'let go' may have better luck with IVF

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who cope with the stress of infertility treatment by relinquishing control are nearly twice as likely to get pregnant as those who don't adopt this strategy, research from Israel shows.The findings, say the researchers, suggest that ...

Assisted reproduction rates increasing worldwide

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Globally, the use of assisted reproduction technology, or ART, to overcome fertility problems continues to increase, and multiple births remain a concern, according to a new report. "There was no real surprise in the trends, which are ...