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
Research Indicates The Rate Of High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Increased Over Last 40 Years In the age-period-cohort analysis, the rate of chronic hypertension increased sharply with advancing age and period from 0.11% in 1970 to 1.52% in 2010 (rate ratio, 13.41; 95% CI, 13.22–13.61). While the absolute numbers are not that large, this represents
The interpretation of this data points to variation in cycles from month to month stating that fertility may vary from "cycle to cycle." My take on this would be to realize that our women today are subjected to enormous physiologic stress which is causing the changes in the cycle length. 27-29 days are normal and
More trouble on the Marijuana front. Just as I predicted more and more women will see the "legalization" of marijuana as a pronouncement of safety for use even in pregnancy. We are seeing a dramatic increase in patients who report marijuana use in the infertility population. As more people begin to "consume" this drug, it
Here is more support for sleep disruption as a dramatic stressor in reproduction. We have noticed that physiologic stress patients that we term "hypothalamic dysfunction" seem to have a much greater chance of miscarriage as well as no pregnancy or infertility. This study makes the basic connection and is in no way proof of causation
Of course this is the case. The medical system is failing endometriosis patients in a dramatic way. If you were taught that endometriosis surgery doesn't work and that it recurs anyway, and that most medicines to treat pain only work or are allowed to be used short term, then as a doctor you really don't
