Fertility treatment risk low, study says
Canadian study largest on IVF to date: Babies conceived through fertility risk carry a slightly increased risk of being born with birth defects such as heart problems and deformed limbs.
Babies conceived through fertility treatments have higher rates of birth defects, but the overall risk is so small that it should not keep couples from having children this way, doctors say.
The news comes from a study of more than 61,000 births in Canada, the largest of its kind ever conducted in North America. more…