We are excited to announce HRC Fertility has now opened their doors in the Inland Empire with Dr. Jeffrey Nelson and Dr. John Norian.
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Contemporary Outcome Summary of Assisted Reproductive Technologies
By Robert Boostanfar, MD, FACOG Board Certified, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Introduction The last several decades have propelled assisted reproduction technologies (ART) into one of the most controversial and revolutionary medical therapies in the United States and around the world. The impact is so profound that today nearly 1% of babies born in the United...
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De-Mystifying Fertility Medications
By David E. Tourgeman, MD, FACOG Board Certified, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility The ABC’s The ABC’s A fundamental step in understanding how fertility medications work, is to review some basic physiology (see figure). At the beginning of a menstrual cycle, Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) is produced by a part of the brain called the pituitary...
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Non-surgical Alternatives for Men Desiring Children Following a Vasectomy
By Michael Feinman, MD, FACOG Board Certified, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility In the late 1980’s, Dr. Sherman Silber in St. Louis, proved that sperm obtained directly from the scrotum could be used to successfully fertilize eggs and achieve viable pregnancies. While this procedure was originally intended for men who are born with an obstruction in...
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Thank You for Attending the 2012 Miracle of Life Picnic!
HRC Fertility Encino thanks everyone who participated in this years Miracle of Life Picnic. Despite the heat we had so much fun and look forward to seeing everyone next year!
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Dr. Nelson hosted webinar about untangling the term “embryo quality” and the significant traits that impact to pregnancy success using donor embryos.
Dr. Jeffrey Nelson and Embryoadoption.org hosted a webinar 9/19 untangling the term “embryo quality” and the significant traits that impact to pregnancy success using donor embryos. More webinars to come. Registration is required. Click here to view all upcoming webinars on Embryoadoption.org.
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Dr. Daniel A. Potter speaks on “Choosing the sex of your baby has become a multimillion-dollar industry” on Slate.com
Megan Simpson always expected that she would be a mother to a daughter. She had grown up in a family of four sisters. She liked sewing, baking, and doing hair and makeup. She hoped one day to share these interests with a little girl whom she could dress in pink. Simpson, a labor and delivery...
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Fertility Treatment for Women over 40
By: Jeffrey Nelson, DO FACOOG It is no secret that fertility diminishes rapidly in your forties. USA Today ran an article this year stating that many women lack basic information about aging and fertility and mistakenly believe their fertility extends longer than it actually does. Unfortunately, after about age 35, a woman’s fertility starts to rapidly...
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Making the Decision About Family Balancing
By: John Wilcox, MD FACOG Numerous factors lead couples to make the decision to balance their families using PGD, the gender selection technology. For some it may be the desire to raise a child of each sex and others may already have several children of the same gender and desire a child of the opposite sex to balance...
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Fertility Drugs’ Link to Breast Cancer Hinges on Pregnancy, Study Says
By: Dr. John G. Wilcox, M.D. FACOG Study suggests fertility drugs may not pose a significant increased risk of developing breast cancer A recent study published by the National Institutes of Health recently reported their results of 3000 women studied comparing 1400 women diagnosed with breast cancer before age 50 and 1600 of their sisters who never...
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