It's hard enough for infertility patients to find well-founded facts on the Internet, but confusion can really swirl when the marketing of books or products by physicians becomes involved.
This piece by Tennessee Valley's NBC affiliate, WRCBtv, does the right thing with a strong attempt at clearing the air over one fertility expert's book.
I wouldn't go so far as to refer to Dr. Sami David's book as "controversial" (as the title of the WRCB piece implies) but his stance -- that possibly "as high as 50 percent" of IVF procedures are unnecessary -- can be quite misleading taken out of context.
The WRCB team accordingly interviewed another local IVF specialist who introduces the idea of "a balanced approach" to fertility treatment.
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I fully agree that there needs to be more balanced reporting of infertility treatment outcomes. This cuts both ways. I've tried for some time to get data that is more representative of the totality of outcomes not simply the successes. Britain does a better job here...
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