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Melissa Meehan

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Research shows popular ivf hormone add on may not work - The Untold Story

The hormone procedure under scrutiny has been promoted since the early to mid-2010s. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

A new study has sparked fresh concerns that would-be parents are being sold ineffective treatments being marketed as boosting their chance of falling pregnant. 

A University of Sydney-led research found adding a common hormone to in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments does not improve patients' chances of pregnancy or live birth.

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