Infertility Options
Endometriosis occurs when bits of the uterus lining grow outside the uterus, at most extremes causing infertility, striking more than half a million women today. However according to ActionNewsJax.com, one man, Dr. Samuel Brown of Jacksonville Florida, made it his mission to find new ways to help his patients overcome this disease.
Dr. Brown is the first in the world to use a robot and fluorescent imaging to identify endometriosis and remove it. Read full article.
New research has given fresh hope to couples diagnosed with ‘unexplained infertility’.
A study of 239 couples with unexplained fertility found high sperm DNA damage in 80 per cent of the couples trying to conceive.
Currently, some 50,000 couples require fertility treatment in the UK every year, but up to one third of these are diagnosed with unexplained or idiopathic infertility, as tests are unable to find a cause for the problem.
The researchers from Queen’s University Belfast said the discovery will lead to better treatment for couples, saving them time, money and heartache.
Professor Sheena Lewis from the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences said: “For almost one third of couples, until now, there has been no obvious cause for infertility and these couples are given the diagnosis of ‘unexplained fertility’.
“These couples often invest a lot of time and money in fertility treatments like intrauterine insemination (IUI) unlikely to be successful. Read full article.
November 14. 2012 – A new study suggests that couples who have high levels of PCBs may take longer to conceive.
Although industrial chemicals called PCBs have been banned for more than three decades, a new study suggests that the pollutants could be making it harder for some people to have a baby today.
Couples with high levels of certain chemicals in their bodies took about 20% longer to conceive compared with those with lower exposures, says the study from the National Institutes of Health.
That type of delay is similar to the effects of other factors known to reduce fertility, such as smoking, obesity and older age, according to the findings, published today in Environmental Health Perspectives. Read full article.
by Iris Waichler, L.C.S.W.
People who are undergoing infertility put all their energy into having a healthy baby. Those who are lucky enough to have a healthy child …
Hyperprolactinaemia is a major cause of anovulation. Anovulation means no ovulation occurs in a woman’s menstrual cycle. Hyperprolactinaemia is where abnormally high levels of the hormone prolactin are in the blood. Prolactin is a hormone that is found in both men and women, that’s secreted by the pituitary gland and is released at various times during the day. This hormone enlarges a woman’s mammary gland preparing her for breastfeeding.
New research has been discovered, until now not much was known in detail of what increases prolactin in women. All that was known was that an increase of prolactin in women had disturbed one of the most important hormones affecting fertility, GnRH(Gonadotropin releasing hormone), which is responsible for the production of sex hormones, and the stimulation of the luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone (LH and FSH). Read full article.
Two studies done at Washington University in St. Louis and presented to the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine show the impact that having health insurance coverage for infertility can make.
by Corey Whelan
When I was an infertility patient, like most, my insurance didn’t cover IVF. Looking back, I have to say I have never been as aggressive, or creative, or determined, or driven to find a solution to any situation as I …
Researchers from the Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center will present studies at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine showing that the effectiveness of intrauterine insemination (IUI) for unexplained infertility falls off for women over the age of 40 and that, for women aged 38 to 44, IVF is more effective than IUI.
Obese teenage boys have up to 50 per cent less testosterone than their leaner pals – increasing their risk of infertility in later life, a study has found.
Researchers said the results were a ‘grim message’ for overweight young adults.
The study by scientists at the University at Buffalo in the U.S shows for the first time that obese young men aged 14 to 20 have around half the total testosterone than normal weight youths. Read full article.
When we think of veterans and health care, we most often think of the mental health issues that they face upon their return. But with an increasing number of veterans suffering from infertility, fertility insurance coverage has come into sharper …