The American Fertility Association Blog
Sex Week at Yale: Why Talk About It?
Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:09:26 -0500
by George Norberg Someone asked me the other day, “Why talk about sex?” It came as a shock to me, always having assumed that it’s good to talk about things. But sex, of course, is one of the most taboo topics in our culture, something that many people prefer to just “do” without any of the...
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The Third Party in Beverly Hills
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:05:24 -0500
by Ken Mosesian As the music came to an end, I looked around the salon at Bellacures in Beverly Hills and saw the diverse faces of women hoping to have a family. I am always in awe of people when they take on their dreams with inspired action. Manicures & Martinis Los Angeles this past Tuesday took ...
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Cindy McCain Supports Gay Marriage
Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:46:59 -0500
by Kelvin Lynch Cindy McCain has posed for the No on H8 campaign, according to The Avocate. The wife of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, whose running mate was anti-gay Sarah Palin, posed for photographer Adam Bouska. All of Bouska's subjects are photographed with duct tape over the...
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What's a Hormone?
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:06:54 -0500
by Fred Licciardi, M.D. And how do they help us ovulate? Hormones are chemicals that are made in one part of the body and act in another part of the body. For example, estrogen, our favorite hormone, is made in the ovaries and acts in the uterus, bones and other areas of the body. The hormone estrog...
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Is Anybody in There?
Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:45:42 -0500
by Andrea There are a few rules after an embryo transfer: Basically: take it easy, no alcohol or caffeine, no lifting, and no sex. Specifically, no orgasms. At all. It’s like someone's telling you DON'T LOOK AT THE GIANT PINK ELEPHANT. How can you not look?? So, only a mere 8 hours after the trans...
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Why Internet Censorship in China is an American Issue
Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:57:35 -0500
Are we fighting a new cold war? If so, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sounded the charge this week, by calling for an end to Internet censorship and naming governments that suppress the free flow of the people's information. Most pointedly directed at China, these countries include Iran, Egypt, ...
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The Chemical Du Jour - BPA
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:06:05 -0500
Last year it was phthalates. We read about them, we wrote about them, we worried about them. Grass root efforts paid off; companies such as OPI (long considered the manufacturer of the most toxic soup of all nail polish formulations) announced that their nail polish formulas would go phtalate free. ...
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Yoga Day U.S.A.
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:09:45 -0500
Saturday, January 23d, is Yoga Day USA. Each year hundreds of yoga teachers and schools offer free or nearly free yoga workshops to Americans across the country. These professional Yoga Alliance Registered Teachers (RYT) and Schools (RYS) are committed to meeting the unique needs of their local comm...
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The No-Scalpel, No-Needle Vasectomy
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:00:00 -0500
By Harry Fisch, MD In my office, I perform vasectomy as a simple way of contraception. It remains one of the most effective forms of birth control and is now easier to do with minimal discomfort to patients. The reason is a new method called the no-scalpel, no-needle vasectomy. Let’s learn a littl...
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Chemicals in Umbilical Cord Blood
Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:56:59 -0500
by Jackie Lombardo Moms, and moms-to-be, take note - another new study shows the chemicals you retain in your body get passed to your fetus. The good news? You can minimize your exposure to harmful chemicals like pesticides, mercury and BPA, and you can reduce the amount of chemicals in your body! E...
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