Media Highlights
04 August 2017
Scientists alter human embryo DNA: does this open the door for designer babies?
In a historical first, scientists have successfully altered a faulty gene in a human embryo. While some people in the medical community believe this is a major milestone, others are concerned it could lead to babies designed with enhanced traits rather than to prevent disease.
18 May 2017
Can a fertility diet actually help you get pregnant?
When I got pregnant with our second child, after almost a year of trying, I happened to be taking a break from eating added sugar. Did this coincidental timing play a role in helping me conceive?
04 April 2017
Dr Hitkari and Olive patient and single mom Merewyn Hines talk about the emotional and financial cost of single motherhood.
When Merewyn Hines was 25 she decided that come hell or high water, in 10 years, she’d have a kid. With whom was not really a concern. Like generations of women before her, she knew the man’s part could just be a technicality.
10 February 2017
Vancouver mother calls for publicly funded fertility treatments on Family Day weekend
New mom, Juvarya, will be celebrating Family Day with her newborn baby for the first time this weekend and is calling on the province to publicly fund in-vitro fertility (IVF) treatments after it took several rounds of treatment for her to conceive.
14 December 2016
How these 6 major breakthroughs, advances overcame barriers to fertility
In vitro fertilization (IVF), freezing eggs and embryos, and transplanting a single sperm precisely into an egg. The medical community has made major strides in the science of baby-making and reproductive health in just a few decades.
12 October 2016
Fertility dialogue needs to be LGBT–inclusive
For as long as Maria McLeod can remember, she has wanted to have a baby. Her journey to becoming a mom, however, was hardly straightforward. She and her same-sex partner faced difficulties that heterosexual couples don’t.