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Centers for disease control (CDC)IVF: The Economic Realities

 

Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards were responsible for the birth of
the world’s 1st IVF baby, Louise Brown, in 1978. Since then about
>5 million babies have been born worldwide, and the number is growing
fast. The introduction of  Assisted Reproductive technology (ART)
which comprises IVF and associated procedure has literally
revolutionized the treatment of infertility and Reproductive failure
but has also spawned religious and social controversy.
In 2011,…

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Are SART- Reported Clinic-specific, Annual IVF Outcome Statistics Reliable?

_IVF practitioners, and consumers have little reason to feel confident
about the validity and reliability of SART published ART outcome
statistics and here is how I reach this conclusion:_ About 30 years
ago, I was a member of a steering committee charged by the American
Fertility Society to form the “IVF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP”, whose
mission it was to make reliable IVF outcome statistics available to
American consumers.  The name, “IVF Sp…

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