60 year-old woman gives birth to twins in Canada after fertility treatment abroad
A 60 year-old woman has sparked controversy in Canada by travelling to India to receive fertility treatment after years of failed attempts to conceive naturally. Ranjit Hayer, originally from India, has become the oldest woman in Canada to give birth after receiving IVF at Dr Anoop Gupta's Delhi fertility clinic; her twin boys were delivered seven weeks prematurely by Caesarean section at the Foothills hospital in Calgary last week....
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Expert recommendations for earlier, safer prenatal diagnosis
by Dr Philippa Brice
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Infertility and nutrition: a response
by Misty Hatfield and 1 others
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by Sarah Norcross
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