A colleague and friend wrote to me a couple of days ago, asking if I was in Rome for the conference on treating infertility hosted by the Pontifical Academy for Life. While I’m extremely flattered that someone thinks I have that much power, I’m under no illusion that the teaching of ...

This is a shout-out for opinons from everyone interested in third party reproduction on large sibling donor-conceived groups.

by Corey Whelan For any woman hoping to conceive, the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy can be  devastating.  An ectopic is a non-viable type of pregnancy which  refers to the implantation of an embryo outside of the uterus and never results  in a live birth. Ectopic pregnancies ...

Journalist Marie Colvin died doing what she loved best.  She believed that she could make a difference in the world by uncovering the atrosities associated with our global state of unending war.  In the words of her heart-broken mom, "She led an important life". Marie never got around ...

By Susan Orban While rewarding for children and families, inter-country adoption also has its challenges. For the adoptive family, each country has its own set of eligibility requirements, timelines, policies and procedures – and all are subject to change and change they have!  ...

by Judy E.  Stern, PhD, HCLD, ELD   It has long been recognized that the success of assisted reproductive technology (ART: this term is used to include in vitro fertilization (IVF) and related techniques), depends on the quality of the ART laboratory. The modern ART laboratory is a ...

by Corey Whelan Hydrosalpinx is an accumulation of fluid in a fallopian tube.  This build-up of clear, watery liquid causes the tube to become enlarged, damaged and blocked.  The blockage prohibits the joining of sperm and egg, thus pregnancy cannot take place. Hydrosalpinx typically ...

by Corey Whelan For women undergoing in vitro fertilization, the stress and discomfort of daily blood tests become a way of life.  This may be about to change.  Cutting-edge medical practice, Boston IVF, recently introduced the first known, needle-free saliva test, designed to ...

by Mark L. Fuerst If you want to conceive a child, just take a holiday in the sun since sunlight boosts fertility in both men and women by increasing their levels of vitamin D. That’s how the media in the United States and Britain interpreted the results of a recent systematic review of ...

 By Marc Goldstein, MD   The most common identifiable cause of infertility in men is a varicocele. Approximately one third of infertile men who have never fathered a child have a varicocele, and up to 80% of men who were once fertile, but are now infertile, also have a varicocele. ...