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Read the latest announcements from Queensland Fertility Group, including scientific breakthroughs and growth within our network.
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Endometrial scratch in IVF
24 January 2019
New research shows carrying out an endometrial scratch 1 month prior to an embryo transfer doesn't increase chances of an embryo implanting.
Virtus Health partner with Business Chicks
27 September 2018
Virtus Health announces a new partnership with Business Chicks, the country’s largest and most influential community for women.
Investigation into the long term health effects of ICSI
15 August 2018
Investigation of the long term health effects of ICSI and the health of men born to fathers with poor sperm quality.
Virtus Health: Leading Fertility Patient Care
12 September 2017
Virtus Health fertility specialists are leaders in their field as a consequence of the care they provide to their patients.
Australian marriage equality
30 June 2017
Virtus Health believes that everyone should be treated equally and have the right to marry the person they love.
Poppy seed oil attracts undue media attention
19 May 2017
Medical Directors from temper the media’s suggestion that ‘Hope renewed for infertile women’ due to a poppy seed oil ‘cleaning of fallopian tubes.
QFG Welcomes ACCC Involvement
15 November 2016
Queensland Fertility Group welcomes and supports the ACCC’s review of information provided by Australian fertility clinics on IVF success rates.
New findings confirm IVF does not increase risk of breast cancer
28 July 2016
New findings of a long term study following 25,000 women has shown that undergoing IVF is not linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.
Australian women support fertility preservation – keeping options open
16 May 2016
New survey shows 1000 women aged 18-45 have are in support of fertility preservation due to taking their career as priority over having children.
Ovarian Tissue Graft Success for IVF
19 September 2015
Melbourne IVF announces pregnancy and birth success from ovarian tissue graft after a women had been left infertile after cancer treatment.
Karyomapping Delivers Healthy Babies
11 August 2015
In an Australian first, two families have delivered healthy babies on the same day one in Melbourne the other Sydney conceived using karyomapping.
Endometriosis Linked to Pregnancy Risks
15 June 2015
Women with endometriosis are at an increased risk of miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy, according to results of a study of more than 14,000 subjects.
Licence to become pregnant not on
12 August 2014
Leading fertility specialist Dr Molloy slams article calling for IVF patient background checks as discriminatory. Read QLD Fertility Group's response.
Survey reveals lack of fertility awareness amongst women
25 May 2014
National survey reveals the lack of fertility knowledge around age and it's impact on women's fertility and chance of IVF success.
Overcoming poor sperm quality – A real patient’s story.
17 April 2014
A QFG patient comes forward about their story in overcoming poor quality sperm.
QFG Invests in Reproductive Medicine
7 April 2014
QFG is proud to have strong representation in ASPIRE, a society dedicated to developing and advancing fertility services in the Asia Pacific region.
Children of IVF parents as healthy as those conceived spontaneously
24 February 2014
We found that children conceived by IVF grew into healthy, normal adults when compared to children conceived spontaneously.
World's First Ovarian Tissue Pregnancy
3 September 2013
Melbourne IVF announced the world’s first pregnancy from ovarian tissue grafted in the anterior abdominal wall of a Victorian woman.
Health of children conceived following ICSI
10 July 2013
New Swedish study on the health of children conceived with ICSI was published this week and received conflicting media coverage.
Social Egg Freezing No Longer Considered Experimental
14 November 2012
After a decade of researching safety and efficacy, ASRM lifts 'experimental' label from social egg freezing. Learn more with QLD Fertility Group.