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Fertility clinics are fudging IVF stats to look more successful

Would-be parents seeking IVF treatment use published success rates to choose a clinic – but the stats don't reflect the real chance of getting pregnant

By Jessica Hamzelou

29 November 2017

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IVF is more popular than ever. As the average age of first-time , so has the .

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To help those who are choosing where to have a procedure, organisations in the UK and US collect data from all fertility clinics in those countries, providing success rates for each. Prospective patients say these stats are the . They…

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