- April 1, 2024
What Is Endometriosis and How Does it Affect Fertility?
Whether you have or suspect you have endometriosis, you’ve likely heard that it can negatively impact fertility — but is it true? Let’s discuss the basics of endometriosis, how it can a...
Read More - July 2, 2019
An Antibiotic May Treat Endometriosis
Investigators at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that treatment with the antibiotic, Metronidazole, reduces the size of endometriotic lesions. The mecha...
Read More - May 9, 2019
What about Uterine “Receptivity”?
Much is being said and written about endometrial (uterine lining) receptivity in the in vitro fertilization (IVF) setting, and especially in the context of the failed IVF cycle. Endomet...
Read More - March 28, 2019
For Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Letrozole or Clomiphene + Letrozole?
In the most recent edition of Fertility and Sterility is an intriguing pilot study on the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) by the excellent reproductive medicine specialist...
Read More - February 7, 2019
Welcome Orilissa?
In 1977, Doctors Andrew Schally and Roger Guillemin shared the Nobel Prize for the discovery of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone (GnRH), the brain hormone that causes the pituitary releas...
Read More - January 10, 2019
Endometrioma-related Infertility: Surgery or IVF?
Endometriosis, and perhaps especially intra-ovarian endometriosis, is associated with infertility. The classic endometrioma or “Chocolate cyst” represents a benign ovarian cyst lined wi...
- December 27, 2018
Endometriosis Treatment: Time for “Precision Medicine?”
Endometriosis – a condition where uterine lining tissue grows outside of the uterus – affects approximately 10% of reproductive-aged women, 45% of infertility patients, and 80% of women...
Read More - February 5, 2018
The Link Between Heart Disease & Infertility
If you’re undergoing treatments for infertility, chances are you’re aware of the links between diseases such as diabetes and STIs and infertility. But there is another chronic illness t...
Read More - September 19, 2017
What is the Best Diet for PCOS?
“PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) is an endocrine disorder that affects over 7 million women. That’s more than the number of people diagnosed with breast cancer, rheumatoid arthritis,...
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