The Gift of Life and Its Price

The Gift of Life and Its Price

Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Dave Kreiner, MD, High order Multiple Births, Innovating the Financing of Infertility, Regulation of IVF, Single Embryo Transfer on 07. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments

IVF has been responsible for 1 million babies born worldwide who otherwise without the benefit of IVF may never have been. This gift of life comes with a steep price tag that according to the NY Times article, “Gift of Life and Its Price” Sunday, October 11, 2009, hits $1 Billion per year for [...]

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Why “The Wyden Bill” Does Not Support Infertility Patients

Why “The Wyden Bill” Does Not Support Infertility Patients

Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Regulation of IVF on 05. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments

Patients often seek my help, desperate to try In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) after having a previous cycle cancelled at an outside clinic. These patients stimulated with fewer follicles and therefore due to their lower pregnancy expectations were not allowed to proceed. We presented our data on IVF performed on patients with 3 or fewer follicles [...]

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Fertility doctor denounced for claims of human cloning

Fertility doctor denounced for claims of human cloning

Posted by David Kreiner, MD in IVF, News, Regulation of IVF on 08. May, 2009 | 0 Comments

a href=”http://www.ivf.net/ivf/fertility_doctor_denounced_for_claims_of_human_cloning-o4150.html”>IVF News – Fertility doctor denounced for claims of human cloning
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Fertility doctor denounced for claims of human cloning
First Octomom and now this. I get the impression there are fertility specialists out to ruin the reputation of IVF for the rest of us. In the case of octomom, there is some question as to [...]

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Reaction to The California Octuplets

Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Cryopreservation, News, Regulation of IVF, Single Embryo Transfer on 04. Mar, 2009 | 0 Comments

The American public has been stunned by the news of a mother of six giving birth to octuplets. This shocking news is compounded by the stories broadcast by the mass media regarding the woman’s family situation and that she used IVF for these pregnancies.
Physicians have known for many years the dangers of multiple pregnancies and [...]

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