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Family Balancing | Gender Selection
Family Balancing
This week in the Wall Street Journal (August 17, 2015 Issue), there was an article about the growing popularity of family balancing. At FCNE, we have been performing this for…
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National Immunization Awareness Month
August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Immunizations are an integral component of preventive health care. Fertility centers are in a unique position to make women aware of the importance of…
Does DHEA Help IVF Success?
Is DHEA in IVF Helpful?
DHEA also known as Dehydroepiandrosterone has been used in IVF in the hope that it will enhance follicle growth and egg development in women with a prior poor response to…
Why Wait Any Longer For IVF?
Why Wait Any Longer?
When you are ready to start a family, you shouldn’t have to wait. Most couples with infertility have already been trying to conceive for at least 6 to 12 months…
Window Into Men's Health
Window Into General Men’s Health
General health status, of both men and women, are closely correlated to fertility status. For instance, chronic health conditions and serious illness are associated with an attenuation in reproductive function.…
Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
Premature Ovarian Insufficiency
Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) formerly referred to as Premature Ovarian Failure (POF) is defined as the depletion of ovarian follicular activity before age 40 with menstrual disturbance, generally cessation, raised…
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SSRI Use In Pregnancy
Many women with infertility suffer depression and are treated with a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The most commonly prescribed antidepressant of this class is Sertraline…
Frozen Embryo Transfer
One Healthy Child At a Time
The mantra “one healthy child at a time” echoes in our actions and our words. Dissolving are the days of generating as many embryos as are feasibly in an IVF…