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China Daily Read English news every day! 关注 The rate of multiple births for mothers who receive fertility treatments is higher than 20 percent in some areas of China, the top health authority said in an exclusive email exchange with China Daily. The National Health and Family Planning Commission also warned of the potential health risks facing both the mother and babies from a multiple pregnancy and birth. Experts say the incidence of twins through natural pregnancy is only 1 percent, and triplets or more are much rarer. In China, wider application of assisted reproductive technologies, such as in vitro fertilization, has swelled the number of artificially induced multiple births. However, "it can bring health risks for a mother and her babies, such as anemia, womb damage, premature birth and birth defects," said Wang Aiming, a professor of assisted reproduction who us
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