ESHRE, Milan: what just happened – 5 things to know Should artificial intelligence be used in IVF? The annual European conference on reproductive medicine and embryology has come to a close. What was the keynote about? Should the black box of human reproduction soon be filled by artificial intelligence and do we have any control over [...]
Spanish top reproductive scientists from Dexeus to start research in modifying human embryos with CRISPR Dexeus is a woman's health clinic located in Barcelona, famous for giving life to the first test-tube baby in Spain in 1984. Dexeus clinic has brought more than 12.000 IVF children into the world. About one fourth of reproductive medicine patients come to [...]
Melatonin helps improve egg quality in IVF: Recent evidence Many women undergoing IVF often take melatonin in addition to other supplements, in a hope to improve egg quality before the treatment. In my counselling sessions, I was asked several times how much melatonin should be taken given that doctors seem to recommend anything between 300 µg and [...]
Image courtesy Keko64 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net One simple lifestyle intervention you may want to consider while trying to get pregnant is eating Mediterranean diet. Although the ultimate mechanism behind why Mediterranean diet works needs yet to be determined (please see the original studies below), preliminary data clearly show that couples eating diets high in whole grains, fish fruits and [...]
