The Health Of Children Born Prematurely.
Over the last two decades, the condition of children born with the help of fertility treatments has improved substantially, according to a renewed study. Fewer babies are being born prematurely or with low birth weight. There are also fewer stillbirths or children failing within the first year of life, researchers in Denmark found. The swatting was published in the Jan 21, 2015 online edition of the journal Human Reproduction. "During the 20-year days of our study, we observed a remarkable decline in the risk of being born preterm or very preterm," Dr Anna-Karina Aaris Henningsen, of the Fertility Clinic at the Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, said in a log dirt release.
Medical advancements and the skill of doctors played a character in those improvements. But, the study authors said the positive changes are primarily due to policies anent the transfer of just one embryo at a time during fertility procedures. "These data show that if there is a national policy to transmission only one embryo per cycle during assisted reproduction, this not only lowers the rates of multiple pregnancies, but also has an leading effect on the health of the single baby".
She explained that by transferring only one embryo, doctors can avoid multiple births. They also shun the need for reduction procedures after successful implantation of more than one embryo. The researchers reviewed the strength outcomes of more than 62000 single babies and nearly 30000 twins born with the advise of assisted reproduction. The babies were born in Denmark, Finland, Norway or Sweden between 1988 and 2007.
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US Doctors Have Found A New Way To Boost Fertility
US Doctors Have Found A New Way To Boost Fertility.
Over the erstwhile four decades, the scold of twin, triplet and other multiple births has soared, essentially the result of fertility treatments, a new study finds. In 2011, more than one-third of couple births and more than three-quarters of triplets or higher in the United States resulted from fertility treatments. But as the bent for certain treatments - like fertility drugs - has waned, replaced by in vitro fertilization (IVF), so has the compute of multiple births, the researchers say.
And "Data shows that when it comes to multiple births in the United States, the numbers persevere substantial," said pilot researcher Dr Eli Adashi, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Brown University. But the link birth rate may have plateaued and the birth rate of more than twins has been dropping: "While IVF is a backer here, non-IVF technologies seem to be the main offender.
The main risk of multiple birth is prematurity. "That's a huge issue for infants. "It remains the assurance of the medical establishment that we are all better off with singleton babies born at term as opposed to multiples that are often born preterm". The scene is changing toward greater use of IVF and elimination of non-IVF fertility treatments, said Dr Avner Hershlag, head of the Center for Human Reproduction at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY "With IVF you have reserved to full control over the outcome in terms of multiple births, whereas with fertility drugs, you be deprived of control once you trigger ovulation," said Hershlag, who was not behalf of the new study.
Over the years, IVF has become more efficient and experts can almost predict the requisition chance of a pregnancy. In addition, insurance companies are more willing to pay for several rounds of IVF using fewer embryos. They are beginning to produce that reducing multiple births cuts the huge costs of neonatal care. Still, too many companies put a outstrip on the number of rounds of IVF they will pay for.
Yet, it's far cheaper to on for IVF than to pay for the care in the neonatal intensive care unit, Hershlag acuminate out. "The preemie is the most expensive type of patient in the hospital". The redone study, published Dec 5, 2013 in the New England Journal of Medicine, estimated the mob of multiple births using data from 1962 to 1966 - before any fertility treatments were to hand - comparing them to data from 1971 through 2011. To determine the contribution of non-IVF procedures, the researchers subtracted IVF multiple births from the unalloyed number of multiple births.
Over the erstwhile four decades, the scold of twin, triplet and other multiple births has soared, essentially the result of fertility treatments, a new study finds. In 2011, more than one-third of couple births and more than three-quarters of triplets or higher in the United States resulted from fertility treatments. But as the bent for certain treatments - like fertility drugs - has waned, replaced by in vitro fertilization (IVF), so has the compute of multiple births, the researchers say.
And "Data shows that when it comes to multiple births in the United States, the numbers persevere substantial," said pilot researcher Dr Eli Adashi, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Brown University. But the link birth rate may have plateaued and the birth rate of more than twins has been dropping: "While IVF is a backer here, non-IVF technologies seem to be the main offender.
The main risk of multiple birth is prematurity. "That's a huge issue for infants. "It remains the assurance of the medical establishment that we are all better off with singleton babies born at term as opposed to multiples that are often born preterm". The scene is changing toward greater use of IVF and elimination of non-IVF fertility treatments, said Dr Avner Hershlag, head of the Center for Human Reproduction at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY "With IVF you have reserved to full control over the outcome in terms of multiple births, whereas with fertility drugs, you be deprived of control once you trigger ovulation," said Hershlag, who was not behalf of the new study.
Over the years, IVF has become more efficient and experts can almost predict the requisition chance of a pregnancy. In addition, insurance companies are more willing to pay for several rounds of IVF using fewer embryos. They are beginning to produce that reducing multiple births cuts the huge costs of neonatal care. Still, too many companies put a outstrip on the number of rounds of IVF they will pay for.
Yet, it's far cheaper to on for IVF than to pay for the care in the neonatal intensive care unit, Hershlag acuminate out. "The preemie is the most expensive type of patient in the hospital". The redone study, published Dec 5, 2013 in the New England Journal of Medicine, estimated the mob of multiple births using data from 1962 to 1966 - before any fertility treatments were to hand - comparing them to data from 1971 through 2011. To determine the contribution of non-IVF procedures, the researchers subtracted IVF multiple births from the unalloyed number of multiple births.
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