Laws passed to protect IVF doctors following frozen embryo death ruling
Alabama has passed legislation shielding doctors from potential legal liabilities raised by a court ruling that equated frozen embryos to children. The state signed into…
Tag: Reproductive health
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection does not help increase live births
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection does not improve the live birth rate versus conventional IVF in couples with non-severe male infertility, a Lancet study shows. Researchers randomly…
A GP guide to male factor infertility
Male infertility is common, affecting one in 20 Australian men of reproductive age.1 It manifests as the inability to achieve conception despite regular unprotected intercourse…
Pharmacists prescribe contraceptive pill to 1500 women across two state trials
Pharmacists in NSW and Victoria have supplied the contraceptive pill to more than 1500 women as part of state-based pharmacy prescribing trials. More than 800…
A GP guide to loss of ovarian function in younger women
Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is defined as loss of ovarian function before age 40, and early menopause (EM) as menopause occurring between the ages of…
Most eggs frozen by hopeful mothers go unused, Aussie study shows
Researchers are decrying a wasted opportunity as thousands of frozen eggs sit unused in storage instead of being used in potentially valuable medical research. Hopeful mothers froze…
Isthmocele, not prior C-section, lowers IVF success rate: study
Isthmocele formation after a previous caesarean section — rather than the C-section itself — lowers the odds of a live birth in women undergoing IVF,…
Pharmacy prescribing trial widens to include skin conditions
NSW Minister for Health Ryan Park has confirmed that the state’s pharmacy trial will be expanded to allow pharmacists to prescribe treatments for four skin conditions including…
‘You’ll be fine, you have good childbearing hips’: Doctors’ personal beliefs are still a big issue in abortion care
RANZCOG recently released Australia-first guidelines on abortion care. They are a fabulous read — presenting the evidence that medical abortion up to 10 weeks (not…
Thalidomide survivors to receive national apology over delays in withdrawing the morning sickness drug
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will deliver a formal apology on behalf of the government to survivors of the drug thalidomide and their families. It is…
