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What Is Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS)?
What Is Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS)?IVFPulse Editorial in IVFIVF
Can Exercise Improve Fertility? How Much Helps and When It Hurts
Can Exercise Improve Fertility? How Much Helps and When It HurtsIVFPulse Editorial in FertilityRegular moderate exercise is linked to slightly better or unchanged chances of conceiving, and helps most where weight or ovulation is the problem. Very heavy training in lean…Fertility
Weight and Its Role in Female Fertility
Weight and Its Role in Female FertilityIVFPulse Editorial in FertilityFertility
Thyroid and Fertility: Which Finding Actually Changes Treatment
Thyroid and Fertility: Which Finding Actually Changes TreatmentIVFPulse Editorial in FertilityFertility
FSH, LH and Estradiol: What a Day-3 Hormone Panel Shows
FSH, LH and Estradiol: What a Day-3 Hormone Panel ShowsIVFPulse Editorial in FertilityFertility
IVF with Male Factor Infertility
IVF with Male Factor InfertilityIVFPulse Editorial in IVFIVF
How Fibroids Affect Fertility: Location, Not Size
How Fibroids Affect Fertility: Location, Not SizeIVFPulse Editorial in FertilityFertility
Egg Freezing: When and Why?
Egg Freezing: When and Why?IVFPulse Editorial in FertilityFertility
New Research in Male Fertility
New Research in Male FertilityIVFPulse Editorial in FertilityThe most consequential recent change is not a treatment: it is that the WHO's 6th edition manual, published in July 2021, moved away from fixed reference thresholds. Of the newer…Fertility
Stopping Smoking Before You Conceive: A Plan for Both Partners
Stopping Smoking Before You Conceive: A Plan for Both PartnersIVFPulse Editorial in FertilityBoth partners stopping tobacco before trying is worth doing, and worth doing now. Here is what changes, how soon, what helps a person stop, and what nobody has actually measured.Fertility
Hormonal Therapy for Male Infertility: Who It Helps
Hormonal Therapy for Male Infertility: Who It HelpsIVFPulse Editorial in TreatmentTreatment
Testosterone Therapy: What It Does, and What It Costs Fertility
Testosterone Therapy: What It Does, and What It Costs FertilityIVFPulse Editorial in FertilityFertility
Genetic Counseling for Male Infertility
Genetic Counseling for Male InfertilityIVFPulse Editorial in Mental HealthMental Health
Clomid for Men: What the Evidence Does and Does Not Show
Clomid for Men: What the Evidence Does and Does Not ShowIVFPulse Editorial in FertilityFertility
Artificial Insemination for Male Factor Infertility
Artificial Insemination for Male Factor InfertilityIVFPulse Editorial in FertilityFertility
Latest Advances in Male Fertility Treatments
Latest Advances in Male Fertility TreatmentsIVFPulse Editorial in TreatmentTreatment
Anabolic Steroids and Sperm: Will It Recover After You Stop?
Anabolic Steroids and Sperm: Will It Recover After You Stop?IVFPulse Editorial in FertilitySteroids and testosterone switch off sperm production while they are being used. In most men it comes back after stopping, usually within a year or two, but not in every man, and…Fertility
Can a Vasectomy Be Reversed?
Can a Vasectomy Be Reversed?IVFPulse Editorial in FertilityFertility
Male Infertility After STDs
Male Infertility After STDsIVFPulse Editorial in FertilityFertility
Job Exposures That Affect Sperm — Heat, Lead, Pesticides
Job Exposures That Affect Sperm — Heat, Lead, PesticidesIVFPulse Editorial in FertilityFertility