Early ovarian ageing: are a low number of oocytes harvested in young women associated with an earlier and increased risk of age-related diseases?
IVF is big business in Australia; one in twenty of all live births are following IVF therapy. There were more than 84,000 IVF cycles in 2018. These cycles are providing data, which is available for other purposes.
This study looked at the number of eggs harvested during an IVF cycle and determined that a low number (less than 5) was an indicator of early ovary ageing (EOA) and a warning of early menopause.
Ovarian cancer is mostly a disease of menopausal women; why this is so is unknown. The authors suggest that women who shows signs of EOA should be counseled about increased risk of menopause related disease.
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