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PCOS and clomid
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:04:00 -0400
by Fred Licciardi, M.D. If you have PCOS and are not responding to clomid, FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) is one of the next options. Say you are in your late thirties and have been diagnosed with PCOS but you have regular menstrual cycles. By most definitions, you can’t have PCOS unless your ...
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Making a Difference for Men - and Women
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:40:00 -0400
by Ken Mosesian Monday the 13th of September is going to be a very special day for me. The American Fertility Association took the lead in bringing together an amazing group of individuals committed to bettering male reproductive health in the United States. And we're about to see the result of our ...
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Raising Fertility Awareness - it can be frustrating but hang in there
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:38:33 -0400
by Maria Portella I have been writing and lobbying for about six months now to improve fertility and infertility awareness. There is one word which sums up how it has felt: frustrating. My lobbying has extended to a blog, writing pieces which are posted on sites such as the AFA site, emailing friend...
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Fall is (almost) here! Can The AFA's Fertility and Adoption Directory be far behind?
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:51:09 -0400
by Corey Whelan Despite the fact that New York City school children are not yet back in school, summer really is whispering goodbye. I can't believe it's Labor Day Weekend. Heat wave notwithstanding, sunscreen bottles will eventually get relegated to the back of the medicine cabinet, and weekend exc...
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Raising barns in Farmville? Or raising hell that 1 in 70 American boys now have autism?
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:34:03 -0400
by Jackie Lombardo And it's not just autism...1 in every 3 children in the U.S. has either allergies, ADHD, asthma, or a mental health problem, and is predicted by the CDC to be diabetic and/or obese by adulthood. Do you remember when children used to be healthier than their parents? When children w...
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Shaving, bleaching, waxing, threading...huh?
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:57:43 -0400
by Lisa Marsh, The AFA's London Correspondent Second installment in Lisa's Single Dad series Men, do you remember when you used to watch your father shave in the mirror every morning? It's entrancing; not least because hair on your smooth face was hard to contemplate. The concentration required mean...
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Here is today's ARGHHHHH!!! Lupron and Endometriosis
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:46:59 -0400
by Fred Licciardi, M.D. What if you were diagnosed with stage one enodmetriosis and were told to take Lupron for 3 months? Here is today’s ARGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! No research study to my knowledge has ever shown that being on Lupron after surgery does anything to reduce endometriosis or improve pregnan...
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Everything Fertility
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:23:06 -0400
by Merry Armentrout I moved from Birmingham, AL to Boston when I was 22 years-old. I immediately fell in love with the city. There are so many differences between my Southern hometown and Beantown. When I left Birmingham most of my friends were either planning a wedding or enjoying life as a newlywe...
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Marriage Equality – Let’s Talk About the Children
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:01:33 -0400
by Theresa Ericson, Esq. In the United States, we thrive on our individuality, our independence, our right to privacy, and our right to procreate. We even thrive on our state’s individual rights as a general premise, even though under the full faith and credit clause of the U.S. Constitution, stat...
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In Honor and in Memory
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:04:02 -0400
by Corey Whelan I know it's coming, I've felt it for about a week now. It usually comes on me while I'm running, some song will come on my ipod and next thing I know I'm crying, hoping no one will see the dumb girl with tears streaming out of her eyes while she's taking a hill. i don't know why it's...
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