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Patient Centered Care

The delivery of health care has traditionally focused on a paradigm known as ‘disease management’ based on guidelines formulated from medical studies and expert opinions. A new trend has emerged…

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS): What to Expect When You Are Not Expecting

Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a lifetime affair. It manifests often in the late teens early twenties often causing irregular menstrual cycles and elevated androgen (male hormone) levels. This hyperandrogenemia can…

Laser Assisted Hatching of Vitrified Embryos

A human egg or oocyte is surrounded by an outer protective shell known as the zona pellucida. As an embryo develops from zygote (day 1) to blastocyst (day 5), the…

Advocacy and Access to Care: The Importance of Getting Involved

On May 2nd, the New Hampshire State Senate was set to vote on HB 217. If this piece of legislation passed as written, in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment for infertility may…

Watch Dr. Weiss on Fox 25 News: Should Parents Pay to Freeze Their Daughter’s Eggs?

Fertility Center of New England’s Dr. Weiss was featured on Fox 25 News discussing the topic of egg freezing and should parents pay to freeze their daughter’s eggs. More women…

Reproductive Freedom: Why Freeze Your Eggs?

When pregnancy is desired, success is expected immediately. Yet, the ability to have a baby is age related and the ‘Biologic Clock’ may run out before the right partner appears.…

ICSI and the Risk of Birth Defects

“IVF TURMOIL OVER SHOCK REPORT INTO BABY DEFECTS” was the headline of THE MAIL ON SUNDAY, a newspaper published in the UK, 6 May, 2012 in response to a recent…

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…

Exercise During Pregnancy: How Little is Too Little And How Much is Too Much?

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released guidelines on physical activity for pregnant women. They advise that healthy, pregnant women may perform moderately intense exercise for at…

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