Infertility is an issue that leads many couples to seek a means to correct it. There are many approaches; some are expensive and not always successful. A new study published in the August 8, 2008 edition of the British Medical Journal compared two common infertility treatments against doing nothing. The results raised some eyebrows.

• Dr. Siladitya Bhattacharya, MBBS, MD, FRCOG, Professor of Reproductive Medicine, Head of the Section of Applied Clinical Sciences at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen and Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the Aberdeen Maternity Hospital