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Assisted Reproduction
Smoking adds a decade to reproductive age of IVF patients
April 28th, 2005
A new study has found that smoking adds the equivalent of 10 years to a 20-year-old subfertile woman's reproductive age and has a "devastating" impact on a couple's chances of having a live birth after in vitro fertilization (IVF). Being overweight also seriously damages their chances, researchers say. The harmful effects of smoking or being overweight were strongest among those women who had no obvious cause for not conceiving, according to the research, published April 7, 2005, in the journal Human Reproduction. Lead researcher Bea Lintsen, from Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, said, "The positive news from our...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-28)
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