Infertile
India staring at infertility crisis, says Indira IVF's Founder Murdia
Hormonal issues, increasing substance use, and changing lifestyle are leading to an increase in infertility in India, which may irreversibly altar India's population dynamics, potentially leading to an ageing crisis, Dr Ajay Murdia, the man behind India's one of the largest fertility chain, Indira IVF, has said. Talking to PTI ahead of the World IVF Day on July 25, Dr Murdia said that India stands at a critical crossroads, facing an unprecedented infertility crisis that threatens not only millions of families but the country's future demographic balance. "According to some estimates, about 27.5 million married couples are actively trying to conceive and are suffering from infertility. But only about 275,000 IVF cycles are performed every year," he said. "This silent epidemic, affecting one in six couples, is rapidly evolving into a national emergency with far-reaching consequences for India's societal structure and economic prospects," Murdia, Founder and Chairman of Indira IVF, ...
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Infertile couples' exclusion from surrogacy flouts right to parenthood: HC
The Delhi High Court has said the exclusion of "infertile couples" from the benefit of surrogacy prima facie violates their basic right to parenthood as it denies them access to legally and medically-regulated procedures and services. The court's order came on a petition filed by a married couple aggrieved by an amendment to the surrogacy law "effectively barring the use of surrogacy services by infertile couples unless both of them have the ability to generate gametes". The petitioner couple said before the March 14 notification by the Centre that introduced the exclusion in question by amending paragraph 1(d) of Form 2 under rule 7 of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022, they were looking for a surrogate as the wife was found to be infertile, but have now been deprived of their right to parenthood for all times to come and their fertilised embryo has become "legally unviable". A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma said the crux of the matter lies in the "apparen
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When insurance covers IVF, more women are willing to use it: Study
When the University of Michigan began to cover IVF in 2015, Dupree and his colleagues saw an opportunity to study how big of an impact insurance coverage might make
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Can IVF solve all infertility issues? Six facts bust myths around it
The absolute risk of delivering an IVF baby with malformations is very low. It is same as in a spontaneous pregnancy
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One in eight women infertile in Britain: Study
Prevalence of infertility was highest among women aged 35-44 years and among men aged 35-54
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