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by Corey Whelan
For many pregnant women, particularly those who struggled to get there, pregnancy can be a period of unexpected stress. Having undergone the trauma of infertility, many women are afraid to trust that their pregnancy will last, or that their dream of becoming a mommy might ...
by Jackie Lombardo
Just before noon on the Friday before Christmas 2009, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced a new report showing a 50% increase in autism between two birth cohort years - 1994 and 1996. This study reflects another released in October by the Health Resources and ...
By Harry Fisch, MD
This week I want to talk about something I see pretty often in my male patients. It’s a condition that is often an unrecognized source of problems ranging from the merely inconvenient – having to get up frequently in the middle of the night to pee – to ...
by Corey Whelan
According to recent estimates, roughly six million Americans are affected by infertility today and need medical support in order to have their family. In 20% of these cases, the underlying cause is male factor infertility. In 30-40% of these cases, infertility ...
By Harry Fisch, MD
My patients often ask me what they can do to improve their sex lives. They’re surprised with I tell them that one of the best things they can do is watch what they eat. But it’s true. After all, as the cliché goes, “You are what you eat.” Your ...
By Harry Fisch, MD
A recent study suggested that about 13 million men in the US alone have a condition that few guys have ever heard of, but which may be causing them some real problems. The condition? Medically, it’s called hypogonadism, but it’s easier to call it ...
by Fred Licciardi, MD.
I need to write a few about cysts. I eventually want to get to Polycystic Ovaries, but I need to clarify the basics first. I will start with the cysts of normal ovulation.
The word “cyst” requires a long explanation. Cyst can mean a million things. A ...
by Corey Whelan
According to Wikipedia, evolution is defined as a "slow change in groups of living things over time". One of the tenets of evolutionary theory is that people should actually die of old age once their reproductive lives are complete, at around age 55. It has, however, ...
by Carolyn Berger, L.C.S.W.
New adoptive parents love nothing more than telling their adoption stories,” and people considering adopting never get tire of listening to them. These stories generally begin with a description of the adoptive parents’ difficulties ...
By Stacey Roberts, BSPT, Q Herbalist, Natural Fertility
Rachel came to me after trying to have a baby for 4 years. She was at her wits end. She tried IVF but had hyperstimulated and was unsure of whether to try again.
She had not had a menstrual cycle in 3.5 years no matter ...