Couples contemplating a second attempt at having a child through in vitro fertilization after failing the first time may now have a tool that takes some of the guesswork out of the decision to try again.
By incorporating dozens of factors pertaining to a couple’s fertility, age and health, a new algorithm more accurately predicts the probability that IVF will succeed compared with a currently used standard calculation, researchers report online July 19 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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