Fertility Cares Blog

Author: Robert M. Weiss, M.D.

Is Gender Selection 100% Accurate?

Today it is possible to choose the sex of a baby but is gender selection 100% accurate? By utilizing techniques which involve IVF it is 99.9%. All other methods to…

Get Your Flu Vaccine Early This Year

Well, flu season will be here before you know it and the 2013-14 vaccine has recently become readily available. The CDC recommends that all women, including pregnant women receive the…

Decisions When Undergoing IVF Treatment

In last Sunday’s NY Times style section, Carla Naumburg had a short piece about the stress of having to make so many decisions when undergoing IVF treatment. One of the…

National Infertility Awareness Week

April 21 -27 is National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW). As a practicing Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist in the field for 25 years, I have witnessed many exciting innovations and…

Embryo Transfers: Timing is Everything!

For the first 2 decades of IVF, we always transferred embryos on the 2nd or 3rd day after egg retrieval. We were unable to routinely grow the embryos beyond this…

“Decreased Ovarian Reserve”: Is there a “best test”?

The American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), the professional committee for experts in reproductive endocrinology and infertility medicine, put out a committee opinion this month on testing and interpreting measures…

Transfer of Cryopreserved Embryos: Does It Increase Risk of Malformations?

In one of the largest studies to date to address the issue of whether reproductive technologies increase the risk of birth defects researchers came to the conclusion that the transfer…

IVF with Standard Insemination Doesn’t Increase Risk of Malformations

In one of the largest studies to date to address the issue of whether reproductive technologies increase the risk of birth defects researchers came to the conclusion that standard IVF…

PCOS Treatment

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is very common accounting for 50% of women with irregular periods and 25% of young infertile woman. The most common clinical features include irregular periods and…

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Author: Robert M. Weiss, M.D.

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