reproductive medicine

Vitamin D Supplementation Fails to Boost IVF Success in Women with PCOS: Results from the VitD-PCOS Trial

By MedXY 02/23/2026

A large-scale multicenter RCT reveals that while 4000 IU/day of Vitamin D significantly raises serum 25-OHD levels in women with PCOS, it does not improve live birth rates following the first embryo transfer in IVF cycles.

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Antifibrotic Repurposing: How Finerenone Could Rejuvenate the Ovarian Niche and Restore Fertility in POI

By MedXY 02/07/2026

A breakthrough study in Science reveals that the antifibrotic drug finerenone restores fertility in premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) by reducing ovarian stromal fibrosis, enabling follicle development where hormone therapy previously failed.

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Does Size Matter? Re-evaluating Endometrial Thickness Thresholds in 30,000 Euploid Embryo Transfers

By MedXY 12/26/2025

An international multicenter study confirms that endometrial thickness below 7 mm reduces live birth rates in most frozen embryo transfer protocols, though the impact is notably absent in natural cycles and overall predictive power remains modest.

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Challenging the Compaction Paradigm: Why Endometrial Thinning May Not Predict Pregnancy Success in HRT-FET

By MedXY 12/26/2025

A large-scale analysis of over 16,000 cases reveals that endometrial compaction following progesterone administration does not improve pregnancy outcomes in HRT-FET, and may even be associated with lower success rates in blastocyst transfers.

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Rethinking Mosaicism: Why Reporting Putative Mosaic Embryos Fails to Improve IVF Outcomes

By MedXY 12/24/2025

A large, double-blinded study reveals that reporting embryo mosaicism (ICN) during PGT-A provides no meaningful clinical predictive value for live birth rates, suggesting that current classification systems may unnecessarily limit embryo selection without improving overall success in routine IVF practice.

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Optimising Ovulation Timing in Intrauterine Insemination: Evidence Still Unclear

By MedXY 12/18/2025

A Cochrane review finds no definitive evidence on the best method to synchronise insemination with ovulation in subfertile couples undergoing IUI.