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- A well-toned physique is attractive, but if you’re taking “special substances” to get those washboard abs, you might be compromising your fertility.
We’ve all heard that testosterone and other steroids can mess up your body—and fertility—with long-term risks like plummeting sperm counts, shrunken testicles, and even tumors. But some over-the-counter nutritional supplements that aim to build muscles also contain compounds that can be converted to testosterone in the body . . . meaning lowered sperm count. Paul Turek, M.D., professor of urology at the University of California, San Francisco, points out that extra testosterone can make the body shut down on its own hormone production, sperm included. READ MORE» - Before you sneer at guys getting facials, check this out. Maybe those guys know something you don’t. READ MORE»
- You’ve probably heard the folk wisdom about oysters being aphrodisiacs. Turns out the “folks” might be right. Researchers from Barry... READ MORE»
It might have seemed like a good idea at the time...but if the man in your life was surgically sterilized and you’d now like to be parents, here’s what you need to know. READ MORE»
Here are some of the most common causes of male factor infertility, and what can be done to help men become fathers. READ MORE»
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You’ve only been trying for a few months, but you’re already starting to get annoyed rather than excited when you see a pregnant woman. Or you’ve been trying a lot longer. . . and you can’t even bear to look. Here’s how to get over it until it’s your turn.
Eileen Garvin of Susanville, California, became a client of a fertility clinic the way most women do—she was referred there by her ob/gyn.
Everyone knows about maternity leave, but sometimes women need to take time off before a baby arrives. If you’re having fertility treatments or trying to adopt, here’s what you should know to get the time off you need. Whether—and when—to tell your boss that you’re undergoing fertility treatments or arranging an adoption depends a lot on your relationship with your supervisor. While most workplace experts caution against revealing too much personal information, how do you explain being late for work because of blood tests and ultrasounds, and then needing to get home for hormone injections? Or what if you must travel abroad to bring home a baby, and then want three months to bond with your adopted child?
In an effort to attract patients and compete against the more-than 400 fertility centers providing IVF nationwide, fertility clinics today routinely...
As kids, we all learned about the birds and the bees. But we probably didn’t learn enough about fertility to know how babies can be conceived when nature doesn’t work perfectly.
When a couple is having trouble conceiving or carrying a pregnancy, sometimes a “third party” is enlisted to help. These women—egg donors and surrogates—are giving one of the greatest gifts of all. Find out why they do it.
By now you’ve probably heard of Clomid, the most commonly-used fertility drug in the United States. But do you really know how it works and what the possible side effects can be? If fertility drugs are your next step in the attempt to get pregnant, then here is a quick rundown of the seven medications your doctor is most likely to prescribe.
No one wants to hear a doctor utter the dreaded word “infertility.” But couples can use the diagnosis as an opportunity to learn the skills they...
