Genea Medical Director, Prof Mark Bowman, has been elected as the new president of the Fertility Society of Australia (FSA). The Fertility Society of Australia is the peak body representing scientists, doctors, researchers, nurses, consumers and counsellors in reproductive medicine in Australia and New Zealand and provides clinical guidance and direction to improve the standard...
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Genea’s Dr Devora Lieberman was interviewed recently by Emily Dunn from the Sydney Morning Herald . This article discusses how the lifestyle decisions you make now can affect your chances of conceiving in the future. As the Sydney Morning Herald said: “When it comes to fertility, age is not on our side but there...
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Data published today on the use of assisted reproductive treatment in Australia and New Zealand shows that 8.2 per cent of births resulting from IVF are twins or triplets. Commentary around the statistics, published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, has included suggestions that national guidelines are required to encourage the practice...
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Patients accessing fertility technologies at Genea clinics have once again been shown to have an increased chance of success compared to other clinics, following an analysis of more than 70,000 assisted reproductive treatments. The data, published today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, reveals that that for all clinics in Australia and...
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You might have seen the article Heartbreak for parents with rare genetic condition in the Sydney Morning Herald today? Over the course of 2010 -2011, Genea developed and submitted an application to have an item number listing for PGD on the Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS), so that a Medicare rebate becomes available for PGD....
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We had the launch of our new Genea Holistic service at the Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney last Friday. Tracey Spicer (@spicertracey) was there to interview Professor Mark Bowman and Dr Antony Lighten about natural fertility and how holistic treatments can work to increase chances for successful fertility treatment. Pictured here are Genea Fertility...
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Genea’s well-known fertility specialist, Dr Katrina Rowan, is featured on Enrich Me Australia’s special report into IVF. “The price of IVF* in Australia is quite reasonable at an average of 6% of annual disposable income, when compared with the US where it costs a whopping 50% of annual disposable income.” The Medicare system and...
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“Our patients told us their goal was a healthy baby; their dream was a family. There is nothing more primal, more real, more defining than giving birth. The footage is of real people. It is beautiful, raw and moving. And because we have led the way in fertility for 26 years, it is our...
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For more than 25 years we have been committed to providing the best possible chance of success and the greatest delivery of care to couples who dream of becoming parents to a healthy baby. As we enter a new era, our commitment to our patients and our doctors will continue and on 1st September...
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This week’s guest blogger is Genea Canberra fertility specialist Dr Tween Low, one of two doctors in the ACT who will now be able to provide pre-pregnancy genetic screening locally to couples with a risk of having a baby with a genetic disease. It’s great news that we are now able to offer PGD...
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