The limitations of embryo grading in the IVF lab
Embryo implantation is an extremely complex process, and sometimes patients get frustrated when good quality blastocysts do not implant. But you need to understand that even if two blastocysts look exactly the same, their implantation potential can be very different. Thus, for example, if we have two blastocysts , both of which have the same grade - let's say 3AA - but one came from an older woman with a poor AMH level whereas the other one ...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - October 8, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
What are my chances of IVF success
Every patient wants to know what their chances of getting pregnant with IVF are going to be, because they need to know how much time, money and energy they are going to have to invest in pursuit of a baby.Now the reality is that it's not possible for us to give a very accurate answer before starting the cycle. We know that young patients have a better chance, and older patients have a lesser chance, but this is just an overall generalization, which applies to groups of patients – not to individuals.And you are an individual and don't really care about what's happening to the other patients in my clinic - you only wa...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - October 6, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
The Best Natural Sleep Aides
Melatonin should be the first nutritional supplement choice for restoring sleep patterns.
Melatonin is not a sleeping pill, as it does not share the characteristics of prescription sleeping pills: It does not adversely modify sleep patterns, it does not become habit-forming, and there is no withdrawal process when stopped. It simply “resets” your circadian clock to make your brain and body receptive to sleep. Numerous other benefits have been identified, including 70 percent reduction in tension headaches, 50 percent reduction in migraine headaches, reduction in chronic pain, and reduction in symptoms of irritable bowe...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates 5-Hydroxytrptophan Dr. Davis health melatonin Natural Sleep Aides tryptophan undoctored wheat belly Source Type: blogs
Better Sleep . . . With Benefits
There are a handful of strategies that can augment or improve sleep quality while remaining consistent with the Wheat Belly lifestyle. Many people who banish all wheat and grains from their diet experience improvement in sleep duration and quality, further enhanced by our efforts to cultivate bowel flora. (Bowel flora metabolites have a major influence on sleep and dreams.) But, given life stress, transitional changes as you get further into this lifestyle, bad habits, and other factors sometimes make additional efforts necessary. But getting sufficient quality sleep can take you further down the path of health.
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Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates 5-Hydroxytrptophan Dr. Davis health melatonin Natural Sleep Aides oxytocin reuteri tryptophan undoctored wheat belly yogurt Source Type: blogs
An intelligent knife can tell ovarian cancer and healthy tissue apart
Could it make surgery smarter? Related items fromOnMedica Cancer patients using complementary meds die sooner NICE updates lung cancer guidance Sentinel node biopsy first to check spread of oral cancer Surgeons forced to lie about their hours Cancer strategies failed to improve one-year survival (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - September 18, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
Affordable Fertility Care from the Glow Fertility Program: Three Perspectives Interview
For couples dealing with infertility, the cost of fertility treatment can be significant. While numerous variables need to be considered when estimating the cost of treatments like in vitro fertilization (IVF), estimates put the price on the order of $12,000-$14,000, and sometimes even higher. This does not include the added cost of medications, which themselves range between $3,000-$5,000. While other treatment options exist at a lower cost, such as ovarian stimulation plus intrauterine insemination (IUI), these options are considered less effective. Clinical study results from the University of California published in ...
Source: Medgadget - September 11, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Exclusive Ob/Gyn Reproductive Medicine Source Type: blogs
PCOS: A man-made situation
Most mainstream doctors believe that polycystic ovary syndrome, PCOS, is a disease.
PCOS is, after all, associated with markedly increased risk for type 2 diabetes, hypertension, endometrial cancer, and heart disease, in addition to outward signs that include excessive facial and body hair, tendency to being overweight or obese, irregular menstrual cycles, infertility. A crisis of self esteem commonly and understandably results. Mainstream doctors tell you to not worry because they have plenty of prescription drugs to “treat” it, not to mention various hormones, fertility procedures, and gastric bypass.
PCOS is a situa...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 6, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: News & Updates acne facial change facial hair gluten-free grain-free grains Inflammation pcos polycystic ovary testosterone undoctored Weight Loss wheat belly Source Type: blogs
O-RADS: ACR White Paper
Rochelle Andreotti MD et al has published in JACR White Paper of the ACR Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System Committee. "Multiple reporting and data systems have been developed under the direction of the ACR for quality assurance, standardized communication, and clinical decision support for pathology in various organ systems. First issued in 1993, the implementation of the first and highly successful BI-RADS has transformed breast imaging into a universal language with defined descriptive terminology leading to specific management recommendations. In the summer of 2015, under the supervision of...
Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - September 3, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 3rd 2018
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to online resources, and much more.
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Source: Fight Aging! - September 2, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Radiologists Have The Second Highest Rates of Misdiagnosis
Cancer is the most frequently misdiagnosed condition in imaging tests, with breast, lung, pancreatic, and ovarian cancer the most commonly misinterpreted cancers, according to a recent reportfrom Coverys, a New Jersey-based medical insurance provider.“Errors in radiology are unfortunately common and can have a severe and potentially life-threatening effect on those patients who are impacted by mistakes like a missed, delayed, or incorrect diagnosis,” saidthe report ’s author and vice president of business analytics, Robert Hanscom.Coverys looked at over 10,600 closed liability claims between 2013 and 2017 to ident...
Source: radRounds - August 30, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs
Two New Species Found to Undergo Menopause
Menopause is an important topic in considerations of the evolution of aging, alongside the unusual longevity of humans in comparison to other primates. Any evolutionary theory worthy of the name has to explain why both of these features exist. The Grandmother hypothesis has been deployed to try to explain human longevity, that our intelligence and culture allows for the selection of increased lifespan through the influence of older individuals on the evolutionary fitness of their descendants. Lacking that intelligence and culture, other primates are not as long-lived as we are. What of menopause, however, and how to explai...
Source: Fight Aging! - August 29, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Dysgerminoma: Integrated Approach
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Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - August 28, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs
Endometriosis , infertility, laparoscopic surgery and IVF.
Endometriosis is a very common finding in infertile women and is one of the most controversial topics. This is true for multiple reasons. For example, lots of patients with endometriosis have no symptoms at all, and this is an incidental finding either on a vaginal ultrasound scan, which picks up a chocolate cyst, or on a diagnostic laparoscopy done for checking infertility. Now, on an ultrasound scan or a laparoscopy, once the diagnosis is made, then doctors usually get itchy fingers and want to treat it. The treatment is usually doing an operative laparoscopy to remove the lesion, but whether this actually helps the pati...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - August 23, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
Complications and risks of IVF treatment
Most woman are worried about the possible risks and complications of doing IVF treatment, but part of the problem is the many myths and misconceptions which plague IVF . Thus, it is clear that IVF doesn't increase the risk of birth defects and it won't cause breast cancer or ovarian cancer, but lots of websites continue to disseminate this misinformation.However, as with any other treatment, there are potential complications and this is why selecting a good IVF doctor is so important. One of the possible medical risks is that of ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome ( OHSS), but in a well-managed clinic, this risk should...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - August 17, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
The limitation of testing for ovarian reserve
The chances of getting pregnant after IVF depend on the quality of the embryos, and the quality of embryos depends on the quality of the eggs. This is why testing for ovarian function is extremely important before doing an IVF cycle. We know that patients who have better ovarian function have a higher chance of getting pregnant, which is why measuring antral follicle count, as well as the AMH level, is so important.However, we need to understand the limitations of these tests. Thus, there are patients with low AMH levels who do get pregnant after IVF – and there are patients with normal AMH level who has a poor ovarian r...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - August 15, 2018 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
