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Infertility treatment : Articles and features

Our articles and features are written by some of the UK's leading consultants, dentists, medical professionals and healthcare writers.

One-Stop Fertility Test A “One-Stop” Fertility Test was pioneered by Dr.Nargund and her team in 2001 .It can be done at lunch hour or within an hour. This test is done using out-patient advanced 3D-Doppler ultrasound scan...
Natural and Mild IVF: A safer, cheaper, patient-friendly and successful approach There is a renewed scientific interest in a more natural approach to IVF cycles. More than 50 peer reviewed papers have been published in the last five years addressing natural, modified natural and...
Are you experiencing problems conceiving a child? If you’re having problems conceiving a child, you are not alone. Although it can feel as if everyone in the world is getting pregnant at the drop of a hat except you, 25% of all couples experience a...
What is Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection? Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) is an assisted fertilisation technique in which a single sperm is injected directly into an egg to guarantee fertilisation. It is an ideal treatment for...
Is your Biological Clock Ticking? Are you worried about your biological clock ticking or perhaps your partner is concerned about his sperm count. You may also wonder whether prolonged and repeated fertility tests may delay treatment....
Choosing an IVF Clinic In 2004 the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended that couples aged between 23 and 39 who have either a specified fertility problem, or who have been unsuccessful...
Choosing Fertility Treatment It is estimated that around three and a half million couples a year in the UK struggle to conceive through natural methods, which represents about one in seven couples. Over the last thirty years...
IVF Success Rates and Choosing a Clinic Around 1 in 7 couples in the UK experience problems in conceiving quickly and naturally, and an increasing number are turning to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment to help them to have a baby....
Male infertility treatment - what is available? In the UK approximately 15% of couples experience infertility when attempting to conceive their first child (primary infertility). In around 40% of these cases, male infertility is considered to be...
Male Fertility – is it declining? Although it isn’t often considered, male fertility is a growing problem in the UK. As Clare Brown, chief Executive of Infertility Network UK, states, “It is commonly thought that women are the only...
What is GIFT? Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT) is very similar to IVF in that eggs are collected from the female and mixed with sperm. However, the important difference with GIFT is that the egg/sperm mix is...
What is In Vitro Fertilisation? IVF gets its name from the Latin for ‘in glass’, as the fertilisation of the egg takes place outside the body. It is an ideal treatment for couples who are struggling to conceive in the normal way....
Why choose Natural and Mild IVF? There is a renewed scientific interest in a more natural approach to IVF cycles. More than 50 clinical papers have been published in the last five years addressing natural, modified natural and...
What is Intra-Uterine Insemination (IUI)? IUI is one of the simplest forms of assisted reproduction, as there is no removal of eggs and no fertilisation in the laboratory. Sperm from the male partner, or a donor, is simply introduced into...
What is FET? Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) is a form of IVF that uses embryos that have been created during a previous cycle of treatment, and deep frozen for later use. Embryos are placed in a special solution to...

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