Saturday, December 08, 2012

You’re Kidding! Medical Clown Increases Pregnancy Rates with IVF

A study of 229 Israeli women undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to treat infertility found that a 15-minute visit from a trained “medical clown” immediately after the embryos were placed in the womb increased the chance of pregnancy to 36%, compared with 20% for women whose embryo transfer was comedy-free.

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2 comments:

Beth said...

Love it! How perfect-stress relief, distraction, comedy-whatever works!

Anonymous said...

Don't they always say "laughter is the best medicine!"

Trisha, MN