All Posts Tagged With: "Pre Conception"

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30
Jun
2008

Couple Who Advertised For An Egg Donor On London Buses Welcomes Baby Girl!

Last March we introduced you to Linda and Richard Weeks. They are the couple that spent £2,000 to advertise their plea for an egg donor on London buses.
It was Mrs Weeks’ last chance for fertility treatment, which cannot continue after a woman reaches 55.
After 14 years of trying for a baby, the couple’s prayers [...]

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29
Jun
2008

British Mom Carrying Baby Guaranteed Not To Get Hereditary Breast Cancer

In a move that will probably cause a bit of an ethical stir, doctors have screened a UK woman’s embryos and removed an inherited gene that would have left the baby with a 50 to 85 per cent chance of developing the cancer.

Because her husband had tested positive for the gene and his sister, mother, [...]

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13
Jun
2008

Five Reasons Women Get Pregnant While on the Pill

Everyone knows someone who has gotten pregnant while on the pill.
Even though the pill is 99 percent effective in preventing pregnancy, between 2 and 8 percent of women become pregnant each year while using it.
So what happens? Doctors say it’s not the pill that’s failing women, but women failing the pill.

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17
May
2008

Morning After Pill To Be Available ‘Over The Counter’ in Canadian Pharmacies

The emergency contraceptive pill Plan B will now be sold on the front shelves of Canadian pharmacies without any medical consultation after a landmark decision came down Thursday to make the drug more accessible.

In its final ruling, the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) has given Plan B, or Levonorgestrel, full over-the-counter status.
Norway, the [...]

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