Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Own Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?-A Scientific Detective Story Is there really a population crisis looming due to reduced human sperm counts? Is there anything we can do about it? This work by two leading environmental scientists and an award-winning journalist picks up where Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring left off, offering evidence that synthetic chemicals may have upset our normal reproductive and developmental processes. By threatening the fundamental process that perpetuates survival, these chemicals may be invisibly undermining the human race.
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What to Do When the Doctor Says It’s Endometriosis: Everything You Need to Know to Stop the Pain and Heal Your Fertility In this book you will learn about: alternative treatments that can alleviate pain and calm symptoms. How to assemble a health care team that is on your side and will help you achieve the medical results you want. The truth about endometriosis and its impact on fertility
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Childbearing Trends and Prospects in Low-Fertility Countries : A Cohort Analysis (European Studies of Population) Low fertility, one of the critical issues in the contemporary world, will persist in the foreseeable future. That is arguably the principal conclusion of this book. Fundamental changes in social security and health care systems, taxation schemes, and migration policies, for instance, are inevitable, unless societies are able to institute effective measures and create favorable conditions for increasing fertility. Such are the unavoidable challenges facing European and other economically advanced countries. The present study applies the cohort analysis approach to detailed data covering over half of the 20th century for populations of 35 countries. In distinction to most previous studies, that approach is put to use not only for elucidating past trends, but also to capture salient aspects of contemporary fertility patterns. And, beyond that, it is utilized to suggest possible near-term future trends in fertility behavior.
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Fertility for Dummies Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. People do it too have babies, that is but sometimes they need a little help getting there. Often the problem is simple and can be handled without medical intervention. Unfortunately, in many cases it s more complicated and can lead to a long, costly, and emotionally trying treatment process. Each year, more than 6 million people become fertility patients in the United States, alone. And they re just the ones who can afford treatments which can cost as much as $20,000 with no guarantee of success.
Ready for a baby but having a hard time conceiving? In this friendly guide, fertility patient, Jackie Meyers-Thompson and fertility expert Sharon Perkins use humor, heartache, and the real-life experiences of actual patients to cover the complete fertility story. In jargon-free language, they clue you in on the essentials of human reproduction and what can impede it. And they tell you what you need to know to:
- Take control of your fertility
- Optimize you chances of conceiving
- Know why you re not conceiving
- Understand your treatment options
- Find the right doctor and work with him or her
- Navigate the confusing world of fertility treatments
From basic life-style changes to in vitro fertilization, Fertility For Dummies covers all the basic and high-tech fertility choices available. You ll discover what you need to know about:
- The female anatomy, the logistics of getting pregnant, and behaviors you should or shouldn t change before trying to conceive
- Fine-tuning conception efforts using methods to predict ovulation, best sexual behaviors, diet, vitamins and supplements, and more
- Tests for diagnosing fertility problems and understanding the effects of various diseases on fertility
- Choosing a specialist and choosing a treatment, including intrauterine insemination and fertility injections
- In vitro fertilization, what to expect physically, emotionally, and financially
- Third-party reproduction working with sperm donors, egg donors, embryo adoption, and surrogates
Relax, discover your fertility options, and let Fertility For Dummies be your guide to having a baby.
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Margaret Sanger’s Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility Margaret Sanger, the American birth-control and population-control advocate who founded Planned Parenthood, stands like a giant among her contemporaries. With her dominating yet winning personality, she helped generate shifts of opinion on issues that were not even publicly discussed prior to her activism, while her leadership was arguably the single most important factor in achieving social and legislative victories that set the parameters for today s political discussion of family-planning funding, population-control aid, and even sex education.
This work addresses Sanger s ideas concerning birth control, eugenics, population control, and sterilization against the backdrop of the larger eugenic context.
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Fertility Foods : Optimize Ovulation and Conception Through Food Choices
Dr. Jeremy Groll is an expert in reproductive endocrinology and fertility treatment. Fertility Foods presents his groundbreaking, noninvasive, nutritionally based method, which increases ovulation, reduces miscarriage, and significantly improves your chances of successfully getting and staying pregnant.
Dr. Groll’s specialized research has proven that there is a powerful link between a body’s insulin resistance and fertility problems. Resistance to insulin increases the body’s insulin levels, hindering normal ovulation either by limiting the maturation process of the released egg or by preventing ovulation altogether. High insulin levels can also impede the fertilized egg’s ability to attach to the uterus, leading to implantation failure and miscarriage. In fact, women with insulin resistance problems are four to five times as likely as other women to suffer miscarriages — meaning they have as high as a 50 percent chance of miscarriage.
Dr. Groll has developed an insulin-reducing diet based on balancing protein and complex carbohydrate intake to create insulin levels most conducive to ovulation. He combines his nutritional plan — which includes nutritional charts, food suggestions, and recipes — with a specific exercise program that enhances insulin metabolism and an emotional support system that you can draw on during your quest to become parents. This three-pronged approach increases the rates of spontaneous ovulation and significantly improves the uterine environment, decreasing the potential for miscarriage.
One in every ten couples in America is affected by infertility. Yet, only 5 to 10 percent of patients actually need high-tech procedures such as in vitro fertilization. Whether you are taking your first steps in combating infertility or searching for effective methods to support more advanced fertility treatments, Fertility Foods is your helpful and rewarding guide.
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What to Do When You Can’t Get Pregnant: The Complete Guide to All the Technologies for Couples Facing Fertility Problems The Only Guide You ll Ever Need to Solve Your Fertility Problems
Having a baby is the most natural thing we do in life, but that doesn t mean it s easy. So where do you turn when, after months or even years of trying, you just can t get pregnant? In What to Do When You Can t Get Pregnant, world-renowned fertility expert Dr. Daniel A. Potter and Jennifer S. Hanin, both fertility patients themselves, offer a step-by-step guide to the intricate process of having a baby using the latest in reproductive technologies. They share insider information on all the important issues and offer essential advice to help you:
Find a fertility doctor in your area and ensure he s a good match for you Understand every available procedure and choose the one that best suits you Adopt a healthy “fertile” lifestyle to increase your chances of conception Decide if gender selection technologies such as preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and MicroSort will benefit you Stay up-to-date on the latest advances in reproductive medicine, including in vitro fertilization (IVF) and extreme procedures like cytoplasmic transfer and ovarian tissue transplant Recognize when it may be time to consider egg or sperm donation, surrogacy, adoption, or other alternatives, and much more.
Complete with stories from couples who have traveled this path and smart advice on handling emotional issues caused by the frustrations of infertility, What to Do When You Can t Get Pregnant is the only guide you will ever need to navigate the complicated maze of technology and science leading to parenthood and make informed choices about your treatment, family, and future.
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Laughin’fertility: A Bundle of Observations for the Baby-making Challenged, Second Edition
Infertility - it’s the latest trend, and for most couples there isn’t a darn thing funny about it. Well, don’t be so sure. In Laughin’fertility, a guide to laughter by baby-making challenged author Lisa Safran, discover a funny, new perspective on the procedures, experiments, and studies so many people go through to make a baby. Laughin’fertility is a must for couples dealing with any aspect of infertility. And best of all, it will help sharpen laughter skills and prepare for what will hopefully be the next highly amusing challenge: parenthood.
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