Tag Archives: IVF
Fertility Treatment and Ovarian Tumor Risk
Recent headlines have reported that IVF treatment is linked to ovarian tumors based on a recently published study. The findings are not different than was was reported over 10 years ago, and media coverage often misleads the public into making assumptions that may not be true. Many studies in the past have reported positive or [...]
How to Evaluate an IVF Program with 5 Important Questions
Five of the Most Important Questions to Ask 1) Ask to see the program’s official CDC pregnancy statistics. The Wyden Bill requires that all IVF programs report their results to the CDC yearly. While this is a law, it is not enforced by any significant penalty. Treatment centers that do not report their data know [...]
Biological Clock
A female has the maximum number of eggs she will ever have as a fetus in utero at 20 weeks gestation, approximately 20 million. During the last 20 weeks of in utero development, over 90% of the eggs will be lost, forming scars in the ovary. At the time of birth, there are about a [...]
Video- Male Infertility
In this video, Dr. Travis W. McCoy from the Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine discusses the male infertility evaluation and treatment process.
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Do you perform PGD for gender selection (Family Balancing)?
We currently do not perform PGD (preimplantation genetic diagnosis/screening) for the sole reason of gender selection. In those patients who are undergoing PGD for other medical indicated reasons, then sex is sometimes also determined at the same time. Some diseases are transmitted through only one sex, thus in those cases, gender selection can be applied.
How do you decide on the number of embryos to transfer at IVF?
The process of IVF involves an investment of time, emotional stress, and expense. When a couple has gone through this process, they would like to ensure that they have the best chance possible of reaching their goal of having a baby. However, the goal of IVF is to help the couple have a single baby, [...]
New study puts to rest fears that IVF linked to cancer
In the wake of Elizabeth Edwards’ death, many women are wondering whether the fertility treatments the former Senator’s wife underwent to bear children late in life could have contributed to the breast cancer that killed her. Previous data have suggested that these fertility drugs may be associated with increased risk for breast, uterine and ovarian [...]
What is involved in an IVF Cycle?
Many patients have heard of IVF (In vitro fertilization), and may even be facing IVF in their effort to conceive. However, many do not know exactly what is involved. This will hopefully give a quick overview of a typical IVF cycle. General The basic idea in IVF is to give the patient a large amount [...]
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