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Good practice recommendations on fertility preservation in child and adolescent males receiving gonadotoxic therapies now published

This Good Practice Recommendations paper aims to provide guidance on all aspects of fertility preservation in prepubertal boys and adolescent males in whom it is not possible to obtain sperm. It covers topics ranging from setting up a fertility preservation program and determining eligibility, to counselling, performing a testicular tissue biopsy and cryopreservation techniques.


Funding for health in the next EU budget

Position statement
ESHRE, together with a large group of civil society organisations, highlights concerns about potential cuts in health funding and calls on policy makers not to weaken its commitment to health and to preserve funding for key health policy and research funding instruments, such as EU4Health and the Health Cluster in Horizon Europe.


A healthy diet in childhood is linked to starting menstrual periods later, regardless of BMI or height

Human Reproduction Press Release
Eating a healthy diet as a child is linked to girls having their first menstrual period at an older age than those who consumed a less healthy diet, according to a new study published today (Wednesday) in Human Reproduction, one of the world’s leading reproductive medicine journals.


Alpha and ESHRE publish an update of the Istanbul Consensus

ESHRE and The Alpha Scientists in Reproductive Medicine have collaborated to release a comprehensive update to the “Istanbul Consensus on assessing oocytes, zygotes and embryos”, last published in 2011.
This updated consensus document defines the current recommended criteria for morphological assessment of oocytes, zygotes, embryos, and provides recommendations for ranking embryos for embryo transfer