by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Feb 8, 2016 | Cost of IVF Treatment, Failed IVF, Infertility, IVF
The dictionary defines “evidence based medicine” as follows:“The practice of medicine in which the physician finds, assesses, and implements methods of diagnosis and treatment on the basis of the best available current research, their clinical expertise, and the needs...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jan 18, 2016 | Infertility, IVF, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
It is inevitable reality that all women will at some point or another, experience a progressive decline in their reproductive potential. This occurs as their ovarian egg population falls below a theoretical threshold. Ultimately once it is all but depleted, a total...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jan 6, 2016 | Infertility, Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), IVF, Male Infertility, micro ivf
Micro-IVF differs from “conventional IVF” in that when performed on younger women (<36Y) who have normal ovarian reserve (AMH=>2.0ng/ml and basal FSH= <9.0MIU/ml) it requires less effort/time/human resources to conduct, This allows for a significant reduction...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jan 3, 2016 | In Vitro Fertilization, Infertility, IVF, Marriage, secondary infertility, Women
While Primary infertility refers to the inability of a woman who has never been pregnant in the past, to conceive, Secondary Infertility is defined as an inability to conceive more than 1 year after having conceived in the past. Most patients find it difficult to...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jan 3, 2016 | Doctor, Endometriosis, Fertility, FET, Immunologic Implantation Dysfunction, Infertility, Menopause, Pregnancy, reproductive failure, Uncategorized
Greetings Dr. Sher! Just wanted to first thank you for all that you do for women and infertility and I’m truly amazed and grateful at how you are so willingly to share your knowledge and help women achieve pregnancy. As for me, my background – Diagnosed with...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jan 3, 2016 | Assisted reproductive technology, DNA, Doctor, Infertility, Infertility doctor, IVF, Male Infertility, Sperm, sperm chromatin structure assay, testicular sperm extraction
The Sperm Chromatin Structure Assay (SCSA): A Measure of the Potential of Sperm to Help Propagate a Viable Pregnancy In about 40% of infertility cases, male factor is the sole cause. In approximately another 40% it is solely a female factor and in the remainder (20%)...