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Five traps to be aware of when reading success rates on IVF clinic websites

  • Written by Karin Hammarberg, Senior Research Fellow, Jean Hailes Research Unit, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
imageClaims by IVF clinics can be misleading making it difficult to interpret success rates. Couple on computer/Shutterstock

A recent review of in-vitro fertilisation treatment (IVF) clinics in Australia, conducted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), identified some misleading ways they present people’s chances of a...

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