In vitro field facing slowdown
Aging baby boomers, costs, success rates cited
By Carey Goldberg, Globe Staff | November 14, 2005
The ''test-tube baby" industry seems to have grown up.
Currently, about 1 percent of births in the United States, more than 45,000 babies each year, were conceived by ''Assisted Reproductive Technology," mainly IVF, according to federal figures.
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''Throughout the country there definitely is a little stagnation and many people are complaining that there is a slight decrease," said Dr. Vito Cardone, medical director of the Fertility Centers of New England. His own centers are still doing fine, he said, but he has even heard from a doctor in Paris that Europe is seeing the same kind of decrease.
Dr. Vito Cardone is Paulina's doctor at the Fertility Centers of New England. He helped us find Sofia..
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