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The ASRM and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) used the meeting to update their policy recommendations for both preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and preimplantation genetic screening (PGS). Joe Leigh Simpson, president of the Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis International Society and a professor at Florida International University College of Medicine in Miami says, “We feel obligated to state that the majority of the practitioners are unlikely to agree with the findings of ASRM. Mark Hughes of the Genesis Genetics Institute, Applied Genomics Technology Center at Samaritan, Detroit, Michigan, says that preimplantation genetic screening techniques havenât lived up to his hopes. He has been running a study in which results from preimplantation genetic screening are hidden until after pregnancy, and has found that many embryos that would have been discarded on the basis of preimplantation genetic screening developed fine. read more

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Ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg implants itself in a womanâs fallopian tube, or elsewhere in the abdomen, instead of the uterus. Other risk factors include prior ectopic pregnancy or tubal surgery, cigarette smoking, a womanâs exposure to diethylstilbestrol, past infertility, and increasing age. To diagnose an ectopic pregnancy, your doctor may perform a pelvic exam or an ultrasound, give you a blood test to detect pregnancy hormones, or take your blood pressure (low blood pressure may be a sign of internal bleeding). If an ectopic pregnancy is caught early enough, you and your doctor may be able to choose a treatment that will save the affected tube before it bursts and possibly preserve your future fertility. read more

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