USC Fertility offers support during PCOS Awareness Month
An estimated 10% of women live with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). This hormonal condition affects female fertility and can contribute to other health issues like obesity, anxiety, depression, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. September is PCOS Awareness Month. However, the team at our Los Angeles fertility center is dedicated to offering treatments and hope for PCOS patients every month of the year.
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One couple’s journey through female and male factor infertility
When Allison P. and her husband Albert decided to start a family about three years ago, they couldn’t understand why they weren’t getting pregnant. Seeking answers, Albert was diagnosed with unexplained male factor infertility, and the couple decided it was time to get help from an IVF specialist in Los Angeles.
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Keeping up with the latest oncofertility research
Thanks to advances in cancer treatment, more men and women are surviving cancer and going on to live happy, normal lives. The greatest hope of many cancer warriors is to have a child after recovery. To give cancer patients a fighting chance at a future family, our team of LA oncofertility specialists embraces the latest oncofertility research.
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Presenting important oncofertility research at ASRM
USC Fertility is home to some of the nation’s leading experts in fertility preservation. Jacqueline Ho, M.D., a third-year fellow at our Los Angeles fertility center, has a strong clinical interest in fertility preservation for men and women who have been diagnosed with cancer. Dr. Ho will present research about family-building in cancer patients during an oral presentation on Tuesday,
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Phthalates in Plastics and Male Infertility
USC Fertility offers expert opinion on phthalates in plastics and male infertility
A recent study out of the University of Massachusetts found that phthalates in plastics and male infertility may be connected at the very earliest stages of conception when embryos form during IVF. Phthalates are the chemicals that give plastic products strength and flexibility,
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Feeling Like Infertility and Holiday Stress Could Ruin Your Season?
It’s the most wonderful time of the year … for everybody except you. While visions of sugarplums and children unwrapping presents are dancing in everyone’s heads, you’re thinking about the journey you’ve been on and wondering how you will cope with infertility and holiday stress.
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