Quieted Voices – My Week at the Family Planning Clinic
A medical student reflects on her time at the family planning clinic, calling for more support and understanding and an end to the harsh and unfair stigma.
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Fresh or Frozen Embryos? Equal Live-Birth Rates Among Infertile Women
About 40 years ago (July 1978), Louise Joy Brown was born at Oldham General Hospital in England, weighing 5 pounds, 12 ounces. This birth may… Read More »Fresh or Frozen Embryos? Equal Live-Birth Rates Among Infertile Women
The Wish for a Womb: How Uterus Transplants Can Make Pregnancy Possible
After success in Swedish trials, the first uterine transplant was performed at Cleveland Clinic in the United States this past February. The research in Sweden… Read More »The Wish for a Womb: How Uterus Transplants Can Make Pregnancy Possible
The Life Lottery
One in 292.2 million — those were the odds of winning the recent $1.5 billion Powerball, the largest lottery jackpot ever. As it happens, a… Read More »The Life Lottery
Zika Virus: Where Did It Come From, and How Big of a Threat Is It?
Recently, my inbox has been filled each morning with emails warning about Zika virus. And my clinics have been filled with women wondering what the… Read More »Zika Virus: Where Did It Come From, and How Big of a Threat Is It?