IVF/In-vitro fertilisation

IVF add-ons offer little evidence of boosting success rates, study finds

Of the millions of in-vitro fertilisation procedures done each year, only a minority result in a live birth.

North Dakota fertility doctor accused of using own sperm to impregnate woman

Dennis Lutz serves as chair of the obstetrics and gynaecology department at the University of North Dakota, the largest university in the state.

Forum: Lift age limit for elective egg freezing but strengthen safeguards

After 14 years, 8 IVF cycles and 5 miscarriages, S’porean woman gives birth to twins at 41

Ms Josephine Foong, 41, with her husband, Mr Winston Yip, 42, and their twin daughters Anya (left) and Annette.

Babies born to mums in their 40s on the rise amid Singapore’s fertility decline

In 2025, 9.6 babies were born per 1,000 women aged between 40 and 44, up from 8.9 babies in 2015 and 6.2 babies in 2005.

Singer Taufik Batisah’s wife reveals she went through six IVF cycles and a miscarriage

Singer Taufik Batisah and his wife Sheena Akbal were married in 2015.

New method can find hidden eggs to aid in fertility treatment: Study

A new technology that automates the process of finding eggs may significantly increase the number recovered.

Over 800 women in S’pore have frozen their eggs for non-medical reasons since 2023

In Singapore, women aged between 21 and 37 – regardless of their marital status – are allowed to undergo the procedure, which preserves their fertility.

Florida couple sue fertility clinic after having non-biologically related baby

Ms Tiffany Score and Mr Steven Mills have filed a lawsuit against a fertility clinic after discovering that the baby they welcomed through IVF is not biologically related to either of them..

More than 1 in 7 newborns in South Korea conceived through infertility treatment

Babies born through infertility treatment such as in-vitro fertilisation or artifical insemination increased by about 37 per cent between 2019 and 2024.

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