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Secondary Infertility Affects at Least Six Million People in U.S.
by Karina Erdelyi
by Nancy WurtzelConceiving a child and having a successful birth without medical intervention is no guarantee that a woman can expand her family in the future without experiencing any challenges. … Read More
Why Does Female Fertility Decrease Significantly After Age 35? New Research May Have Pinpointed the Reason
by Karina Erdelyi
by Nancy WurtzelAge is the single most important factor affecting a woman’s chances of getting pregnant and delivering a healthy child.A woman’s chance of conceiving begins to wane at about … Read More
Major Study Reveals Sperm Counts of Western Males Drops Significantly Over 40-Year Period
by Karina Erdelyi
by Nancy WurtzelWhile male longevity has increased by an impressive 25 years over the past century, startling new research has revealed that while men may be living longer, diminishing sperm … Read More
Fertility Treatments for Women: Moving Beyond Traditional IVF
by Karina Erdelyi
by Nancy WurtzelThe first successful in-vitro fertilization (IVF) baby was born almost four decades ago. Since then, IVF has become the gold standard for women trying to conceive and deliver … Read More
Lesson from Hurricane Katrina: Disasters Can Lead to Substance Abuse
by Karina Erdelyi
By Nancy WurtzelThe human dangers surrounding an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, flood, drought, wildfire, oil spill, contamination, war, terrorist attack, and other catastrophes are obvious, but not so easy to detect … Read More
Children at Risk: The Powerful Impact of Antibiotics in the Food Supply
by Karina Erdelyi
By Nancy WurtzelOne of the most pressing public health challenges today is antibiotic-resistance bacteria. While all humans are at risk, children are especially vulnerable.In 2015, the American Academy of Pediatrics … Read More
The Downside to Diet Drinks: What to Tell Your Patients
by Karina Erdelyi
By Nancy WurtzelThe case against diet soda is building. A growing body of evidence, including a new study published recently in the April 2017 issue of the medical journal Stroke … Read More
Superbugs: Spreading to Younger Population
by Karina Erdelyi
By Nancy WurtzelThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports about two million Americans get sick every year from a superbug and about 23,000 individuals die from their illness. … Read More
The Dangerous Dozen: 12 Superbugs Identified as Most Dangerous Pathogens on the Planet
by Karina Erdelyi
By Nancy WurtzelFor the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified the 12 most dangerous pathogens in the world, ranking them by severity of drug resistance from medium … Read More
Can Fecal Transplants Help Cure Obesity?
by Karina Erdelyi
By Nancy Wurtzel Six years ago, a 32-year-old woman underwent fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) to treat a recurring Clostridium difficile infection (C. difficile). The donor was the woman’s teenage daughter, … Read More