Herbal remedies have been used throughout history to improve fertility. Despite many conventional medical therapies for male and female infertility, some people still seek natural treatments to boost their fertility. Before you pursue the use of...
Consult your doctor before you decide on a fertility treatment. Some people just require a healthier lifestyle to become pregnant. They need to lose weight, stop smoking or drinking or reduce stress to lessen the effects of another medical...
Your weight might be affecting your ability to become pregnant. Women who are overweight or obese are less likely to become pregnant than those who are not, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Being overweight or obese can...
Infertility is often defined as the inability to conceive following a year or more of regular sexual activity around the time of ovulation. There are many possible causes of infertility among both men and women. Lifestyle factors are a common and...
Deciding to have a baby is a major event in the lives of many women, and the process is usually fairly simple. However, sometimes fertility needs a bit of a boost. Conventional fertility treatment is an expensive process conducted by physicians,...
Infertility is a common issue, affecting roughly one in every six or seven couples, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Several infertility treatments exist, including intrauterine insemination, or IUI. During a round of IUI, the man provides a...
Femara, brand name for letrozole, inhibits aromatase, an enzyme essential for estrogen production. Femara is FDA-approved to block estrogen production in estrogen-sensitive cancers but is also prescribed off-label to stimulate the ovaries for...
While the majority of human babies come into the world one at a time, multiple births often occur. With the advent of prenatal ultrasound, twins, triplets and higher-order multiples rarely come as a delivery room surprise. But twins and...
A woman's fertility is affected by a number of factors: stress, nicotine, alcohol, poor diet, athletic training, weight, hormonal imbalances, sexually transmitted disease, or anatomical problems with the reproductive system. While there are a...
Pregnancy is a milestone in a woman's life that brings much joy and anticipation. However, conceiving a child can be difficult for some couples and may require fertility treatments. Clomid is a prescription medication that induces the release of...
According to the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), approximately 85 to 90 percent of all infertility cases are treated either by providing fertility drugs to women or through reproductive organ surgery. One of the leading causes of...
Polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, is a disease that affects many women of menstruating age. According to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, PCOS not only affects the ovaries but the adrenal glands as well. PCOS can...
Clomid is a prescription drug used to stimulate ovulation. It is used as a fertility drug in women who are not able to become pregnant due to anovulation (lack of ovulation). Clomid is usually the first drug tried when a woman undergoes fertility...
Research and consumer awareness are booming in the fields of infertility treatment and herbal therapies. Many women turn to the Internet to find out what has worked for others who've had trouble getting pregnant. Even women who already have made...
Having a baby is an important and exciting event for most couples. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 7.3 million women in the United States, ages 15 to 44, have difficulty conceiving and resort to some type of...
The use of herbs to treat a variety of medical conditions is increasing in popularity. Sometimes, though, herbal preparations have not been proven effective. Occasionally, taking herbal medications can actually work against your intentions to...
Artificial insemination makes it possible for infertile couples and same sex couples to have their own biological children. The "test tube baby/turkey baster" phenomenon has come a long way from its inception in the 1980s. Doctors and clinics...
If you've undergone fertility treatment, you may be concerned about ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). OHSS symptoms range from mild to severe, according to Duke Health, and affect up to 5 percent of people who have taken medicine to...
Human chorionic gonadotropin, or HGC, is a hormone produced during early pregnancy. Because levels of HCG increase significantly from normal levels during pregnancy, pregnancy tests commonly use this hormone as an indicator of whether a woman has...
You can lose 1 lb. or more a day if you inject yourself with hormones, follow a near-starvation diet and avoid the use of cosmetics. Or so claim proponents of the HCG diet, an extreme weight-loss strategy that poses hazards to your health. The...
Human chorionic gonadotropin, or HCG, was first used for weight loss in the 1930s. HCG injections have recently become popular as a weight loss supplement.
Human chorionic gonadotropin, known as HCG, is a hormone produced during pregnancy by the developing embryo. HCG is commonly used as a fertility treatment, but has also been used off-label in low doses as a weight loss supplement. HCG is available...
Human chorionic gonadotropin, or HCG, is a glycoprotein hormone that is manufactured by a developing embryo during pregnancy. In high doses, HCG is used as a fertility treatment, although low doses of HCG off label are speculated as being useful...
Infertility can be a heartbreaking problem, leading those who suffer from it to try anything that they hear will improve their chances of conceiving. When it comes to herbs, there are several that are said to offer help but very few with...
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, also referred to as OHSS, is a condition caused by taking certain fertility medications, such as gonadotropins, that stimulate the ovaries to produce eggs. OHSS occurs when medications overstimulate the ovaries,...
Klinefelter Syndrome is a condition where a boy has an extra X chromosome in most of his cells. Traditionally a female has XX chromosomes and a male has XY chromosomes. Males with Klinefelter syndrome are XXY. The extra chromosome causes a boy to...
Your ability to get pregnant--your fertility--depends on all of your body's systems functioning in a coordinated way. Good nutrition is essential to the process of ovulation, sperm production and conception. A healthy diet is the best way to get...
If you haven't been able to conceive within a year of unprotected sexual intercourse, fertility experts say it's time to seek assistance. Your choice of practitioner can vary from the conventional -- a family practice doctor, an OB/Gyn or...
Headaches hurt and interrupt everyday life. There are several types: from a tension headache to a vascular type, one accompanying a cold or sinus infection, stress-induced headaches and those that are related to hormones. Although pounding heads...
Acupuncture is often used to treat infertility or conditions which lead to difficulty conceiving; learn how to treat infertility with acupuncture in this acupuncture video.
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