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Obesity Lowers Pregnancy Rates in Donor Egg Recipients

A recent study from Spain published in Fertility and Sterility (Fertil Steril 2013;100:1050-8) involving 9,587 first cycles using donor eggs from normal weight women found significantly lower success rates in…

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Building Healthy Families One Baby At A Time

Infertility is a life crisis and a devastating disease affecting one in eight couples trying to conceive. One of the most successful therapies for infertility is In Vitro Fertilization (IVF),…

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Past Pesticides and Endometriosis Risk

Investigators from the Pacific Northwest reported online in Environmental Health Perspectives that exposure to organochlorine pesticides was associated with the development of endometriosis. Is there any connection to past pesticides and…

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ART for A.R.T.

“Life is short, Art is long…” Hello and welcome to The Fertility Centers of New England’s Boston Center. The above passage is attributed to Hippocrates, an Ancient Greek physician (460-370…

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Reduce the Risk of Peanut Allergies

Women going through infertility treatment often ask what is safe to eat while attempting pregnancy in the hope that their child will have the best chance at being healthy. Eating…

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What is Egg Freezing?

More women are delaying motherhood but they still face the constraint of their biological clocks. If the time is not right for you to start a family, technology offers an…

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Herbal Supplements

Over $5 billion is spent annually on herbal supplements in America that promise everything from curing colds, fighting hot flashes to enhancing fertility. Claims made for supplements not just for…

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Dr. Weiss Is The Winner Of A Best Doctor Award!

Dr. Robert Weiss was recently chose to join the Best Doctors in America 2014 list, a prestigious list that includes only five percent of U.S. doctors. These doctors are chosen by their peers…

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Lowering the Twin Rate in IVF

Many suffering from infertility, when faced with the prospect of IVF, desire twins in an attempt to expeditiously complete their family. Unfortunately, twin pregnancies do not always come out healthy…

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