Category Archives: Infertility Coverage

Extraordinary Conceptions launches low-income program Altruistic Angels

Extraordinary Conceptions, LLC is thrilled to announce the launch of their low-income program, Altruistic Angels (www.altruisticangels.com). We recognized that there was a need in the community to help couples and individuals who needed a surrogate or a donor to help create their family, but simply could not afford one. We have partnered with the finest [...]

DWTS’s Julianne Hough to Undergo Surgery for Endometriosis

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 [...]

Poor Sperm Quality Linked to Air Pollution?

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 [...]

Male Infertility Linked to Cell Phones

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 [...]

Go for IVF Stay for the Spa Treatments

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, [...]

Infertility Around the Globe

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 [...]

UK’s Prime Minister angry about lack of infertility coverage

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 [...]