Genea’s Medical Director Dr Mark Bowman writes in response to some recently published research about children conceived through IVF: “I read with interest media reports about a recent study suggesting some children conceived through IVF may have higher rates of heart vessel problems. Genea and its accredited doctors have reviewed the research from Switzerland,...
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Following is an abstract of research presented at the 2011 World Congress on Endometriosis by a number Genea fertility specialists – Michael Cooper, Lionel Reyftmann, Geoff Reid – together with colleagues from other institutions: “WCE 2011 – Abstract Submission Infertility WCE2011-1589 FERTILITY OUTCOMES AFTER SURGERY FOR COLORECTAL ENDOMETRIOSIS AMONGST A COHORT OF WOMEN PRESENTING...
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Genea Medical Director and President of the Fertility Society of Australia, Assoc. Prof. Mark Bowman (@ProfMarkBowman on Twitter) will be available for questions about infertility and IVF on Twitter tonight (Monday 27 Feb 2012) at 11 p.m. Sydney time on the #AskTheExpert chat hosted by @ivfdivas If you would like to talk to a...
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Rare Disease Day is an annual, awareness-raising event. This year Rare Disease Day is on 29th February 2012. On this day hundreds of patient organisations from more than 40 countries worldwide are organising awareness-raising activities converging around the slogan “Rare but strong together”. Genea works with many families whose lives are affected by a...
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An excellent article published earlier this year sheds further light on fertility problems in patients with endometriosis. Until recently it has been widely thought that when faced with the situation of difficulty conceiving the option has been either IVF or surgery aiming to treat endometriosis. We have known for some time that endometriosis has...
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Obesity and poor nutrition among men could contribute to fertility problems not only for them but also future generations, according to new Australian research. The initial results of research on mice suggest that male obesity may have a direct negative impact on sperm DNA and it is possible that this can also be passed...
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Cailin Jordan from Genea’s Hollywood Fertility Centre in Western Australia presented at the 2011 World Congress on Human Reproduction, Melbourne today. Her presentation is titled The Use or Abuse of Social Technology and the impact on ART consumers and professionals : Social media is an increasingly reassuring companion of the one in six Australian couples...
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We are proud of lots of things we have done at Genea (see some of them here). Working with patients and empowering them to make positive changes in their lives is definitely one of them. Genea’s Dr Antony Lighten and our patients were featured on Kerri-Anne Kennerly discussing our Fertility Fit® Program. Fertility Fit® is our...
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When a couple undertakes an IVF cycle we usually attain say up to a dozen eggs and following fertilisation and culture, there might ultimately be in the region of 1 – 4 applicable embryos at the day 5 stage. At that point, our usual advice is to transfer the best blastocyst and freeze the...
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When a couple are coming through for IVF treatment one of the hardest decisions they have to sometimes make is how many embryos to transfer. I really feel for these couples because its not an easy decision to make and one of those that is so much easier with hindsight! Most fertility specialists will have...
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