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Results of in vitro fertilization cycles using eggs from older donors are as good as those using eggs from younger women

ASRM: Good Results From IVF Egg Donors Over Age 35

Pregnancy, live birth rates from older and younger women appear comparable
Sex at any time in a woman's menstrual cycle may trigger immune system changes that boost the likelihood of getting pregnant

Sex May Boost Female Immune System to Aid Fertility

Effect appears to work regardless of when in a woman's cycle sex occurs
Use of letrozole (Femara) may reduce a couple's risk of having a pregnancy with multiple embryos -- but it might also slightly lower their chances of a live birth

Fewer Multiple Embryos With Femara in Unexplained Infertility

But also lower frequency of live birth, compared with gonadotropin
Earlier oocyte retrieval can help avoid premature follicular luteinization in older women undergoing in vitro fertilization

Earlier Oocyte Retrieval May Aid Older Women Undergoing IVF

Early retrieval can help avoid premature follicular luteinization in older women undergoing IVF
In vitro fertilization with cryopreserved donor oocytes has lower cancellation rates and lower live birth rates compared with donor cycles using fresh oocytes

Study Compares Outcomes for Fresh, Cryopreserved Oocytes

IVF using cryopreserved donor oocytes linked to lower cancellation rates and live birth rates
For men whose female partners are undergoing assisted reproductive technology

Processed Meat Intake in Men May Cut Fertilization Rates in IVF

Higher fertilization rates among couples in which male partners have highest intake of poultry
Many young cancer patients -- especially females -- have limited awareness about options to preserve their fertility

Cancer Patients Lack Awareness of Fertility Preservation Options

Almost one in three not told cancer treatment might affect future fertility
For women with breast cancer

Embryo Cryopreservation Feasible for Women With Breast Cancer

Overall live birth rate per embryo transfer similar for infertile women undergoing IVF, cancer patients
In what researchers are hailing as a medical breakthrough

Birth Reported From Transplanted Childhood Ovarian Tissue

Transplant led to functioning ovary and then normal pregnancy
Hemizygous testis-expressed 11 gene mutations can cause meiotic arrest and azoospermia

X-Linked TEX11 Mutations Identified in Azoospermia

Mutations in TEX11 occur in some men with azoospermia with meiotic arrest