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What is PCOS? What are the symptoms of PCOS? What health complications does PCOS cause? How can PCOS be treated? Can I become pregnant if I have PCOS? Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common causes of female infertility in the United States, affecting up to 12% of the population. For
Everything You Need to Know About Endometriosis What is endometriosis? What are the symptoms of endometriosis? How is endometriosis diagnosed? Excision Surgery is the Gold Standard Treatment for Endometriosis. March is designated as Endometriosis Awareness Month to increase awareness about this debilitating illness, which can be painful and lead to other health problems including
For those faced with hysterectomy for period and uterine pain, but are still considering pregnancy in the future, adenomyomectomy can be a valuable alternative. I recently interviewed a patient who lost her uterus at age 25 with no prior pregnancies who was told that she had no other options. Adenomyomectomy has been around for some
How safe is the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women? How does the COVID-19 vaccine work? Should I get the COVID vaccine? COVID-19 vaccines have slowly been rolling out to the U.S. population. This leaves many women wondering about the risks and benefits, especially if they are currently breastfeeding, pregnant, or considering pregnancy in the
This is one of many likely reports that will surface over the next decade as more and more young people engage in marijuana use and accidental pregnancies are exposed as well as women with the conscious choice to smoke in pregnancy. Women should be wary of any idea that marijuana is harmless in any form.
What is third-party reproduction? How does egg, sperm, or embryo donation work? Why would a woman need egg, sperm, or embryo donation? What are the legal implications for third-party reproduction? Egg donation vs. surrogacy: Which is better for you? Third-party reproduction is the clinical term for a human process that involves someone other than
At JCRM, we have been long committed to helping patients see that the underlying cause of their ovulation disorders has a very significant impact on chronic disease risk. Most patients are so focused on achieving pregnancy that they only hear our recommendations for lifestyle change as a "temporary" means to pregnancy. Many patients abandon these
Every year we are required as part of our board certification to read a large number of scientific articles with questions. This article is on our list for 2019. Now Both relugolix and AbbVie's elagolix are oral drugs that do the same thing as Lupron, an injectable drug that has been around since the late 1980's. I have
Marijuana may be becoming legal but it is still a drug that will have significant negative effects in humans with its use. Michael D. Fox, MD Jacksonville Center Reproductive Medicine https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/921799
I think it is not widely known in the public arena that Chlamydia infection, even treated timely, can result in tubal infertility. We see everything from normal fertility outcome to requiring IVF to achieve pregnancy. Even when the tubes look perfectly normal at surgery this may be the case. Prevention of STD's is still the
