Feb 24, 2021 | Babies and Pregnancy, MonashIVFKR, Procedures, Sexual Health, Women's Health
Okay, so assisted hatching is a laboratory technique used within IVF cycles where the scientist will use, under a microscopic guidance, they will use a laser to make a hole in the shell or what’s called the zona of the embryo. This has a couple of different...
Feb 24, 2021 | Babies and Pregnancy, MonashIVFKR, Procedures, Sexual Health, Women's Health
Yeah, so DNA fragmentation is a subtle abnormality of the sperm where there is small nicks in the DNA or the genetic material within the sperm. And that has been an issue that’s been associated with infertility; it’s been associated with lack of success in...
Feb 24, 2021 | Babies and Pregnancy, MonashIVFKR, Procedures, Sexual Health, Women's Health
So ICSI stands for Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, and it’s a procedure done within the IVF process for some couples. And what it involves is, rather than just mixing the egg and sperm together and letting the sperm into the egg naturally, the scientist will...
Feb 24, 2021 | Babies and Pregnancy, MonashIVFJC, Procedures
Pre-implantation diagnosis refers to sequencing the genetics of the embryo prior to the transfer. Next generation sequencing is really considered the gold standard and it’s the one that we use in our genetics lab at Monash IVF. The process of obtaining the...
Feb 23, 2021 | Coronavirus - COVID-19
The primary focus on early vaccine roll out are Hotel quarantine workers, the hope is they will be less likely to transmit the virus to their households. My understanding is that it’s just the hotel quarantine border staff, drivers, cleaners, and so on....
Feb 23, 2021 | Coronavirus - COVID-19, Symptoms
Although the home is often the highest risk of catching and spreading the virus it can occur anywhere an infected person visits or stays from prolonged periods, including bottle shops and gyms. The home has always been the highest risk place to catch Covid-19 or the...
Feb 23, 2021 | Coronavirus - COVID-19, Coronavirus - Vaccinations, Immunity
Age is a large contributor to your need to vaccinate against Covid-19. Older people are far more susceptible to hospitalisations and medical complications while the younger ones will have prolonged illness and feelings of being unwell and weak. The vaccinations will...
Feb 23, 2021 | Coronavirus - COVID-19, Coronavirus - Prevention, Coronavirus - Vaccinations
The key to free domestic travel and creating travel bubbles with overseas countries is mass immunisation against the virus. The ultimate key to free international travel is ensuring low-income countries are assisted with large immunisation of their citizens. As the...
Feb 23, 2021 | Autoimmune Conditions, Colds and Flu, Coronavirus - COVID-19, Coronavirus - Vaccinations
There are very few known countra indications to the Covid-19 Vaccines. It is important for all people to discuss any concerns they have with the doctor but the overwhelming evidence suggests it’s safe for the vast majority of us. There are very few...
Feb 23, 2021 | Coronavirus - COVID-19
Since Covid 19, Australians have preferred to shop online and move away from cities and high density populated areas. Consumer behaviour has changed a lot over the last 12 months. I mean, I was trying to buy a chess set the other day and chess sets are sold out in...
