Fertility preservation is a form of reproductive medicine which has proven to be life altering for cancer patients as well as other individuals, both men and women, who need to postpone parenthood for a variety of reason. Lowell T. Ku, M.D., of Dallas IVF, gives a full overview of ...

by Corey Whelan I have a request of you.  Please, Tell Every Amazing Lady About Ovarian Cancer.  Please do that.  Because this lousy cancer steals women we love.  Today, me and the Big Cheese (we do actually call him that) got to meet some women who kicked cancer’s you ...

By S. Fenella Das Gupta, Ph.D., Neuroscience The malignant growth that is cancer does not discriminate—a person of any race, creed, color, nationality, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, disability or socioeconomic status can be affected.    Our healthcare system does ...

by Corey Whelan The ASRM Office of Public Affairs has released information on a large, population-based study done in Australia, linking In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) to breast cancer in young women.  The study, led by Louise M. Stewart, B.Sc., utilized data from over 21,000 women and ...

by Corey Whelan I started losing friends to breast cancer when I was in my thirties.  One of the lowest points I experienced during my infertility struggle was coping with my friend Sheila's abortion; she had late stage breast cancer at the time and a pregnancy would have hastened her ...

by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.              The recent decision by the Susan G. Komen foundation to stop funding Planned Parenthood really caught my interest. The Komen Foundation initially announced they would not fund breast cancer ...

by Eden Rauch, M.D. Women who are recently diagnosed with breast cancer may now have new options to preserve their fertility and conceive after their treatment for breast cancer is completed. The state of NJ has mandated coverage of fertility preservation treatments for women of reproductive age ...

A new study out of the Netherlands and published in Human Reproduction is making the news today. It is entitled "Risk of borderline and invasive ovarian tumours after ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization in a large Dutch cohort".  Reuters picked it up as "Fertility treatment raises ...