Cancer Survivor’s Fertility Preservation Miracle
onBrave Melanie Macleod, a cancer survivor who underwent fertility preservation treatments, discusses her story and features RSC’s Dr. Mary Hinckley.
Myo-Inositol For Fertility Treatment
onIn patients with PCOS, a high percentage of women taking myo-inositol will establish regular periods and show evidence of ovulation.
Facing Infertility & Cancer, Mom Has No Time For A Pity Party
on“When you’re faced with something, whether it’s infertility, cancer or the scare of potentially becoming infertile from treatment, you have to plan and get ahead of it.”
Lab Director Advises Healthcare Students To Keep Options Open
onRSC Bay Area’s Laboratory Director Kirsten Ivani, Ph.D., told CBS Bay Area that college students studying healthcare should keep their options open, take advantage of internships and network at conferences.
Calling all Hikers: Beware of Lyme Disease
onIf you get bit by a tick see your doctor. If you see a rash (bull’s eye) that blisters know that this is the most classic rash from Lyme disease. Headache, flu like symptoms, and joint pain are other symptoms.
Update on BRCA 1 & BRCA 2: Guidelines for Fertility Patients
onAt RSC, we ask patients about their family history of cancer, especially breast and ovarian. If they appear to carry or be at risk for a BRCA mutation, we have several strategies to help manage their risk.
Memorial Day – Thank You for Your Service
onOn Memorial Day, I paid respect to the men and women who gave up their lives for my freedom, and upon reflection also realized that wives gave up their husbands, children gave up their dads, and mothers gave up their sons (and daughters) for my ability to be an American.
High Pregnancy Rates Headed to Peninsula with Opening of New Fertility Clinic
onRSCBA opened doors to its fourth clinic in Foster City today. Founded in 1983 as one of the first fertility clinics in the Bay Area, the practice is expanding its reach just one year after a 16,500-square-foot build out of its San Ramon headquarters.
Seed Of Hope – NIAW Series
on“In my journey, as a health care professional I have come across patients struggling with infertility, and I firmly believe that we also experience along with them the fears, the worry, and all of the complexities of assisted reproduction treatment. I was inspired to take you through a patient’s journey and allow you to feel what it may feel to walk in the patient’s shoes.”
Twins Double the Trouble for Families Seeking Healthy Pregnancies
onAt Reproductive Science Center of the Bay Area (RSCBA), in 2013 more than 61 percent of patients under 35 years old used single embryo transfer (SET). In the four years since the clinic began asking their patients to consider SET as a first option, RSCBA was able to cut twin pregnancies by 47 percent.