To burn sugar or not to burn sugar: How eggs store fuel for embryo development

Links between metabolism and the development of eggs may hold answers about infertility, IVF treatment.

Women using IVF ‘half as likely to conceive if vitamin D deficient’

Vitamin D deficiency has previously been linked to reduced fertility in mice. Now, a new study of women undergoing IVF finds that this deficiency can also affect human fertility.

Fertility experts in pioneering ‘mediterranean diet’ IVF study

Fertility experts in Southampton are trialling the use of omega-3 fish oil and vitamin D to improve outcomes after in vitro fertilisation (IVF).

The Chance Of IVF Success Reduced By Around 50 Percent By Coffee Consumption Of 5 Or More Cups A Day

Women who drink five or more cups of coffee a day severely reduce their chance of success from IVF treatment. Indeed, Danish investigators who followed up almost 4000 IVF and ICSI patients described the adverse impact as “comparable to the detrimental effect of smoking”…