Royal college warns against “unsound tests” for infertility
BMJ 2003; 327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7416.641-c (Published 18 September 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:641
- Debashis Singh
- London
Women seeking answers on the internet for their fertility problems are being misled by being offered clinical investigations and treatments that lack any sound scientific basis, says a review published this week by the scientific advisory committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Praying to Artemis of Ephesus, a goddess associated with fertility, might be as useful as undergoing some of the fertility tests offered on the internet
Credit: BAL/ALINARI
The review addressed the hypothesis that some cases of reproductive failure (failure to conceive …
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