October 28, 2008
I just finished reading Julianne’s blog, and apparently she had a cyst on her ovary caused by endometriosis that ruptured last week instead of the stomach pain that she originally said. It looks like she is getting some good advice from her doctors and I am so pleased that she is open about her surgery [...]
September 26, 2008
Maybe is the answer. But the study conducted by Utah reproductive endocrinologist Ahmad Hammoud showed a drop in sperm’s motility two months after air pollution was at its worst. It is intriguing enough to warrant further study. Hammoud would like to determine what in the fine particulate matter could be causing the drop in [...]
September 24, 2008
I’d been seeing these stories for weeks now so I finally decided to click on one of them and it looks like it’s true! Apparently, it’s not good for a man to keep his cell phone in his pocket (or even close to the testes) and use a bluetooth headset as the phone emits harmful [...]
September 17, 2008
When the Cairns Fertility Centre in Western Australia opens its doors next year it will not only be the the largest IVF center in the world, but it will also be the first to have a five-star resort. Numerous studies have shown what stress can do to the body, and IVF treatments are incredibly stressful, [...]
September 16, 2008
Newsweek has printed another article on infertility and this time focusing on women in developing countries and what it means for them and their families to be childless. While it is extremely difficult to go through infertility in the U.S., in some cases these women are completely shut off from society, with no one to [...]
July 15, 2008
Medical News Today’s July 10, 2008 article was written regarding the Prime Minister’s discontent with the current lack of infertility treatment and coverage in the UK. In light of the coming “National Infertility Day,” happening on July 19th and celebrating 30 years of IVF treatment, the Prime Minster and other officials spoke out against the [...]