A new hi-tech new microscope called an embryoscope makes it possible for fertility doctors to monitor the developing fertilised egg continuously for up to five days.
Any abnormal changes can be spotted and the egg discarded enabling only the best quality eggs, with the best chance of creating a healthy pregnancy, to be transferred to the womb.
Doctors claim that with the help of this new microscope, one in every two couples are achieving a successful pregnancy.
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New research suggests that fertility drugs may increase the chances of offspring developing childhood leukemia.
Thousands of women each year embark on fertility treatment, usually involving taking drugs to stimulate their ovaries to produce more eggs. French researchers have recently expressed their concern at a London conference that they believe ovarian stimulation drugs are associated with two kinds of childhood leukaemia.
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Overweight or obese men are risking their fertility a recent study further suggests.
Low sperm counts or inferior sperm are more likely to be found in overweight or obese men than in men of average weight according to a recent study in France.
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