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Assisted reproduction treatments soar in Catalonia
Nearly 50,000 treatments in 2021, with in vitro procedures reaching a record high
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Children born by assisted reproduction have a higher cardiovascular risk according to a Catalan study
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Musical vibes improve in vitro fertilisation according to a Catalan study
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Catalan doctors help a patient become the first woman in the world with no ovaries to get pregnant
Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Greater Barcelona has become the first facility in the world to assist a woman who lost her two ovaries to get pregnant. A decade ago she had to have her ovaries completely removed because of two tumours. Ovarian tissue was frozen, kept for ten years and now re-implanted. The patient has had her period again and, thanks to in vitro fertilisation, is now pregnant.