Fertility Cares Blog

An extreme in weight, either too thin or too heavy, can adversely affect reproductive health. Patients often ask, “How does weight affect fertility? or “What is the ideal weight to…

Patients who have lost a pregnancy or worry that there is a genetic cause to their infertility consider genetic testing to improve the success of pregnancy. If you are trying…

Exposure to environmental pollutants for those trying to conceive can adversely affect the ability to become pregnant and overall fertility. Here we talk about how pollution and toxins affect fertility.…

The ability both to cryopreserve and to thaw eggs, sperm and embryos has revolutionized fertility treatment. In the deep-freeze, the succession of time is almost halted, or at least moving…

The microbiome consists of billions of bacteria in and around our bodies, primarily in the gut. They are the regulators, statesmen, warriors and peacemakers of our existence. The gut microbiome…

Many patients are asking why two doses of COVID-19 vaccine for Pfizer and Moderna are necessary? The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are two-step regimens. Although the mRNA vaccine is…

There is a headline, and only a headline, that the COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility. This is a baseless claim. The unknown and rigors of our lives cause fear. “Healthy” skepticism…

Immunization, natural and prescribed, is a beneficial health and public health standard. Awaiting 70% of people to be infected by SARS-COV-2 certainly would impart herd immunity. However, this practice is…

The ability to protect us from disease is the greatest medical innovation ever. The ability to vaccinate has prevented 300 million illness, more than 20 million hospitalizations and 1 million…