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• Rule change allows overweight smokers IVF  

Lifestyle factors will no longer be allowed to exclude couples from fertility treatment under revised guidelines
Jump to full article: Times Of London (uk), 2009-02-20
Author: Sam Lister and Francis Elliott

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Infertile couples who are overweight or smoke will become eligible for IVF treatment as part of an overhaul of access to services.

Lifestyle factors such as a person's weight will no longer be a reason for health trusts to exclude them from IVF under guidance to be published this year.

The Government has commissioned two reviews of IVF treatment, to be published in June, which will inform efforts to offer wider and more consistent treatment on the NHS.

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