by William D Petok, PhD, AFA Mental Health Advisory Council  With Father’s Day fast upon us and June officially designated as Male Reproductive Health Month it makes sense to take a look at the current state of affairs for men who want to reproduce and are having difficulty with the ...

  by Patricia Mendell, LCSW with Patricia Sarles, MA MLS The Library of Congress (LC) recently announced that they were adding a subject heading to their catalog entitled, “Children of sperm donors”.  What is the importance of this announcement? It is the first time there ...

by Fenella Das Gupta, PH.D., Neuroscience The Campaign Ad: “ We started off like most other couples. First we dated, then we married, and then started talking about having a baby. One baby would make our family complete but, we’ve recently been diagnosis of Infertility. We feel ...

By Leonette Boiarski, ACSW, LSW So many times, I have taken calls from families who are dissatisfied with their adoption agencies.  Often, this is caused by a lack of proper research on the part of hopeful parents when they are selecting an agency for the purpose of international adoption. ...

 by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.             The Chicago Tribune just released the results of a survey done by the independent, non-partisan Kaiser Family Foundation.  They polled approximately 1,200 women and asked them their views on ...

By S. Fenella Das Gupta,  PhD Neuroscience A team of researchers led by Dr. Lee Smith at the University of Edinburgh have identified a gene, Katnal1, involved in male infertility. The expression of this gene is required for the release of mature sperm. So, when it’s disrupted only ...

by Corey Whelan Just in time for summer, a new report links a widely-used and highly-effective sunscreen ingredient to an increased risk for women of being diagnosed with endometriosis, a leading cause of infertility. The ingredient, benzophenone or BP, is a UV-filter commonly found in a wide ...

by S. Fenella Das Gupta, Ph.D., Neuroscience I would like to introduce to you Vanessa Loring. Although her name may not sound familiar, you may in fact know her- She’s the character played by Jennifer Garner in the movie Juno. Juno is a film about a sixteen-year-old girl confronting an ...

by Corey Whelan If your reproductive endocrinologist offered you the option of doing a less expensive form of In Vitro Fertilization, which not only required less injected medication but also had the same success rate as the more expensive kind, you would probably jump at it.  Especially ...

 by Kristen Magnacca  Last week I received a frantic call from a client whose husband had changed his mind about continuing with infertility treatment. The couple had been trying to conceive for years and had taken on a tremendous financial burden. Their last IVF cycle had failed and ...