Male Infertility Evaluation: What Do You Need To Know?

- What is the definition of infertility? Infertility is the inability to achieve pregnancy after one year of unprotected sex. - How often are male factors involved? Male factors alone are the cause of infertility in 20%– 30% of couples and contribute to infertility in another 20%–30% of couples. Overall, about one half of infertile couples have male factor causes. - How is male infertility evaluated? The initial male infertility evaluation starts with a medical and reproductive history and two semen analyses (sperm counts). If any abnormalities are found in the initial evaluation, then the man should see a male ...

Prevent Osteoporosis and Keep Your Bones Strong..

What Is Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a disease that weakens bones to the point where they break easily, density and quality of bone are reduced, as bones become more porous and fragile, the risk of fracture is greatly increased. It is called a “silent disease” because you may not notice any changes until a bone breaks. Who Has Osteoporosis? Risk Factors and Causes.. Bone is living tissue. To keep bones strong, body breaks down old bone and replaces it with new bone tissue. Sometime around age 30, bone mass stops increasing, and the goal for bone health is to keep as ...

Endometriosis: Does It Cause Infertility?

What is endometriosis? Endometriosis is when tissue is found outside the uterus that appears similar to the lining of the uterus (endometrium). Endometriosis may grow on the outside of your uterus, ovaries, and tubes and even on your bladder or intestines. This tissue can irritate structures that it touches, causing pain and adhesions (scar tissue) on these organs. How can I tell if I have endometriosis? Many women with endometriosis have pelvic or abdominal pain, particularly with their menstrual bleeding or with sex. Some women have no symptoms. Endometriosis can make it difficult to become pregnant. In fact, 30% to ...

Cranberry for Urinary Tract Infections.

- Urinary Tract Infections: Urinary tract infection (UTI) affects >150 million people/y worldwide and is the most common urologic disease in the United States, accounting for >$2.6 billion in annual health care expenditures.The most common form of UTI is cystitis, a sporadic uncomplicated UTI in the bladder while complicated UTI is less common. Uncomplicated UTI is more common in women, women have a 50 % risk of a UTI episode over their lifetime, and ∼20–30% experience a subsequent UTI recurrence. The use of prophylactic antibiotics is currently controversial because of side-effects and antibiotic resistance. The most common therapeutic approach to ...

Does Age Affect Fertility?

How does age affect a woman’s ability to become pregnant and sustain a pregnancy? A woman’s age is one of the most important factors affecting whether she is able to conceive and give birth to a healthy child. This is due to several changes that are a natural part of aging: The number and quality of eggs (ovarian reserve) decreases naturally and progressively from the time a woman is born until the time she reaches menopause. This decline is gradual until her early 30s but accelerates quickly after her mid-30s. It is not only more difficult to get pregnant (conceive), ...

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Male Infertility Evaluation: What Do You Need To Know?

Prevent Osteoporosis and Keep Your Bones Strong..

Endometriosis: Does It Cause Infertility?

Cranberry for Urinary Tract Infections.

Does Age Affect Fertility?