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TIL that the Utroba Cave in Kardzhali Province, Bulgaria was made to resemble female genitalia, and the cave puts on a show with natural light to symbolize fertilization. Historians believe that it was once used as a fertility shrine.

by whatilearned March 26, 2022, 12:08 am

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TIL wasps don’t even have to mate to produce more of themselves. “Sex of the larvae is determined by fertilization; fertilized eggs produce females, while unfertilized eggs produce males”

by whatilearned October 7, 2021, 6:46 pm

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TIL male argonauts develop a special arm for copulation in a pouch located under their eye and upon finding a mate they detach that arm and place it on the female. Their detached arm then crawls, with a life of its own, into her mantle for fertilization. Researchers found 38 arms inside one female.

by whatilearned August 28, 2021, 5:27 pm

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New Estimates for IVF Live Birth Rates Although many statistics on in vitro fertilization focus on the number of resulting pregnancies, a new study sheds light on the likelihood of IVF resulting in a live birth.

by DailyHealthNews July 13, 2021, 8:29 pm

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IVF Babies and Major Birth Defects Slightly more than 4% of children born via assisted reproductive technology such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) may have major birth defects, according to new research.

by DailyHealthNews July 4, 2021, 2:12 pm

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IVF Babies May Have Slightly Higher Cancer Risk Children conceived by in vitro fertilization, more commonly called IVF babies, have a slightly higher risk of developing childhood cancer than babies conceived naturally, according to a new Swedish study.

by DailyHealthNews July 3, 2021, 10:41 pm

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Infertility: No Link to Cerebral Palsy Risk Infertility has been ruled out as a potential cause of cerebral palsy among children conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) or by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), according to a study.

by DailyHealthNews July 1, 2021, 6:37 pm

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Odds of a Healthy Baby Increase With Single Embryo Transfer Women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) are almost five times more likely to carry a baby to term if they undergo a single embryo transfer instead of a double embryo transfer, according to an international study.

by DailyHealthNews June 30, 2021, 6:39 pm

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Do IVF Pregnancies Raise Death Risk for Mothers? Maternal deaths resulting from in vitro fertilization (IVF) are relatively rare, but they do occur, British doctors warn in an editorial in the journal BMJ.

by DailyHealthNews June 30, 2021, 4:52 am

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IVF May Raise Risk for Less Aggressive Ovarian Cancer Women who undergo ovarian stimulation as part of IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatment may be more likely to develop "borderline" ovarian tumors, but not invasive ovarian tumors, later in life, Dutch researchers report.

by DailyHealthNews June 12, 2021, 10:03 am

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IVF at Young Age May Raise Breast Cancer Risk Overall, taking all age groups into account, in vitro fertilization treatment is not linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, according to a large new study out of Western Australia.

by DailyHealthNews June 8, 2021, 9:27 pm

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Infertility Treatment May Raise Birth Defect Risk Babies conceived with the help of high-tech fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) have an increased risk for birth defects, a new study shows.

by DailyHealthNews June 6, 2021, 10:41 pm

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