In this month's Fertility & Sterility: Unplugged, we take a look at articles from F&S's sister journals! Topics this month include: radiofrequency ablation of fibroids (3:00), an opinion piece on testing embryos to reduce type 1 diabetes risk (17:42), preeclampsia risk with abnormal semen analysis (29:34), and a review of PCOS and miscarriage (44:3…

Take a sneak peak at this month's Fertility & Sterility! Articles discussed this month are: 04:19 Assessment of obstetric characteristics and outcomes associated with pregnancy with Turner syndrome 13:55 Effect of postthaw change in embryo score on single euploid embryo transfer success rates 22:38 Effectiveness of preconception weight loss interve…

Fertility and Sterility On Air brings you the best of ESHRE 2024! In Part 2, hosts Micah Hill, Paul Pirtea, and Kate Devine bring you: progesterone levels in a randomized controlled trial with long-acting FSH with Annalisa Racca (01:19), live birth of day 7 embryo transfers with Marcela Colonge and Nicolas Garrido (10:57), an ICSI vs conventional I…

Fertility and Sterility On Air brings you the best of ESHRE 2024! In Part 1, hosts Micah Hill, Paul Pirtea, and Kate Devine bring you: embryo reexpansion and live birth with Ibrahim Elkhatib (01:30), a discussion with the RBMO editor, Nick Macklon, and F&S editor, Kurt Barnhart, about “IVF add-ons” (11:21), rescue in vitro maturation with Danilo Ci…

Presented in partnership with Fertility and Sterility onsite at the 2024 ANZSREI meeting in Sydney, Australia. The ANZSREI 2024 debate discussed whether patients with unexplained infertility should go straight to IVF. Experts on both sides weighed the effectiveness, cost, and psychological impact of IVF versus alternatives like IUI. The pro side em…

Have you ever heard of graphic medicine? Have you wondered what is the difference between a comic and a cartoon? And how is this related to your work in the clinic? In this episode of the CFP podcast, Drs Nick Pimlott and Sarah Fraser interview author Susan MacLeod about all things graphic medicine. We dive into Susan’s professional experiences in …

In this month's Fertility and Sterility: Unplugged, we take a look at articles from F&S's sister journals! Topics this month include a review of studies of menstrual fluid (2:18), changing our language regarding progestin protocols (18:35), and nanoscale motion tracing of spermatozoa (26:46). F&S Reviews: https://www.fertstertreviews.org/article/S2…

Take a sneak peek at this month's Fertility & Sterility! Articles discussed this month are: 4:56 A pilot study to investigate the clinically predictive values of copy number variations detected by next-generation sequencing of cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid in spent culture media 18:17 The impact of microfluidics sperm processing on blastocyst eup…

In this month's Fertility & Sterility: Unplugged, we examine articles from F&S's sister journals! Topics this month include biomarkers for improving sperm parameters with varicocele repair (1:42), side effects with minimal controlled stimulation with in vitro maturation (14:48), and the use of a GnRH antagonist for heavy menstrual bleeding with fib…

In this episode of the CFP Podcast, join Deputy Editor Dr Sarah Fraser and Editor Dr Nick Pimlott in a wide-ranging discussion about health data, health informatics and digital health with Dr Rashaad Bhyat, a family physician and Senior Clinical Leader at the Centre for Clinical Innovation in Digital Health, a branch of Canada Health Infoway.…

Take a sneak peak at this month's Fertility & Sterility! Articles discussed this month are: 4:33 A randomized controlled trial to compare the live birth rate of the first frozen embryo transfer following the progestin-primed ovarian stimulation protocol vs. the antagonist protocol in women with an anticipated high ovarian response 20:24 Improved fe…

Fertility & Sterility on Air brings you a deep dive into the June issue Seminal Contribution: a randomized controlled trial studying the use of progestins for ovulation supression in predicted high responders. With Micah Hill, Ernest Ng, and Zhi Chen. Read the article: https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(24)00030-X/abstract View Fertility …

When are sleep aids indicated? What is the evidence behind melatonin? Why do sedatives put patients at risk for pneumonia? Learn all this and more in this week’s episode of the CFP Podcast. Drs Sarah Fraser and Nick Pimlott interview two pharmacists about the topic of insomnia and deprescribing sedatives. Dr David Gardner is a pharmacist and the Di…

In this month's Fertility & Sterility: Unplugged, we take a look at articles from F&S's sister journals! Topics this month include counseling on pregnancy complications in PCOS patients (2:05), sorting early spermatocytes from testicular biopsies (14:04), and diversity statements on REI fellowship websites (27:01). F&S Reports: https://www.fertster…

Take a sneak peek at this month's Fertility and Sterility! Articles discussed this month are: 6:24 Iatrogenic and demographic determinants of the national plural birth increase 18:10 Comparison of outcomes between intracytoplasmic sperm injection and in vitro fertilization inseminations with preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy, analysis …

Join CFP Editor, Dr. Nick Pimlott, and Deputy Editor, Dr. Sarah Fraser, as they interview Dr. Allan Peterkin on the release of the 25th anniversary edition of the book “Staying Human During Residency Training: How to Survive and Thrive after Medical School”, which he co-authored with Dr. Derek Puddester. They discuss topics ranging from the pervasi…

In this month's Fertility & Sterility: Unplugged, we take a look at articles from F&S's sister journals! Topics this month include: IVF in film (3:03), a rat model of fallopian tube torsion (12:25), comparing letrozole regimens for PCOS (24:13), and a review of chronic endometritis (36:46). Consider This: https://www.fertstert.org/news-do/evaluatio…

Join CFP Deputy Editor, Dr. Sarah Fraser, and Editor, Dr. Nick Pimlott, as they interview Dr. Samantha Green and Dr. Ilona Hale about the concept of planetary health and the role that family doctors can and must play in ensuring it. Dr. Green is an academic family doctor in Toronto and the President-Elect of the Canadian Association of Physicians f…

Take a sneak peak at this month's Fertility & Sterility! Topics this month include the use of ICSI (4:51), fertility treatments among reproductive-aged women after cancer (7:43), oxygen tension during in vitro maturation (18:45), international gestational surrogacy in the United States (30:31), the menstrual cycle and weekly and lunar rhythms (39:4…

In this month's Fertility & Sterility: Unplugged, we take a look at articles from F&S's sister journals! Topics this month include: melatonin and implantation (4:38), whole-genome screening of embryos (12:21), and bioengineering assisted reproductive technology (24:45). Consider This: https://www.fertstert.org/news-do/can-oral-melatonin-supplementa…

Fertility & Sterility on Air brings you the highlights from the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society, with interviews of presenters at PCRS 2024 in Indian Wells, CA! We had a chat with the winners of the PCRS Awards, as well as with authors of other very interesting studies evaluating a wide range of subjects in the field o…

Listen to this interview featuring Dr. Jeremy Applebaum, who recently published "Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination on live birth rates after in vitro fertilization" Read the article https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(23)02029-0/abstract View Fertility and Sterility at https://www.fertstert.org/…

Take a sneak peak at this month's Fertility and Sterility! Topics this month include the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on live birth rates after IVF (4:17), the "freeze-all" strategy in women with adenomyosis (13:47), the impact of adenomyosis on donor egg IVF cycles (24:54), ART associated risk factors for retained products of conception (30:00),…

Join CFP Editor Dr. Nick Pimlott as he interviews Dr. Alan Katz and Dr. Alex Singer, family physicians and family medicine researchers at the Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Dr. Katz is a Professor in the Departments of Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine. Dr. Singer is an Associate Professor and the Dire…

In this month's Fertility and Sterility: Unplugged, we take a look at articles from F&S's sister journals! Topics this month include: fluoroscopic-guided hysteroscopic tubal cannulation (1:59), follicular-fluid phthalates and ovarian reserve (15:26), epigenetics of endometriosis (28:23), and decisions around embryo disposition (40:48). F&S Reports:…

Listen to this interview featuring Dr. Papri Sarkar and Dr. Phillip Romanski, who discuss their recent article "Optimal antimüllerian hormone levels in oocyte donors: a national database analysis." Read the article https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(23)01992-1/abstract View Fertility and Sterility at https://www.fertstert.org/…

In this episode of the podcast, Dr Sarah Fraser interviews Dr Shayna Watson about CBT for insomnia. They delve into the ins and outs of a non-pharmacologic approach to insomnia management, including the things you can do to help patients in your busy family medicine clinic.By Dr Sarah Fraser

Take a sneak peek at this month's Fertility and Sterility! Topics this month include the optimal AMH level in oocyte donors (5:23), the role of the mean number of DNA breakpoints (MDB) in sperm DNA integrity and IVF outcomes (12:29), declining FET outcomes with increasing female BMI (22:38), higher live birth rates in normal BMI PGT-A FET cycles (3…

Join Dr. Nick Pimlott and Dr. Sarah Fraser as they interview Dr. Iona Heath, the 2023 Dr. Ian McWhinney Lecturer at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University. Dr. Heath’s McWhinney Lecture was published in the December 2023 issue of the journal. They discuss Dr. Heath’s discovery of Ian McWhinney’s “Quality of Mind” – the ti…

In this month's Fertility & Sterility: Unplugged, we take a look at articles from F&S's sister journals! Topics this month include: HCG as a predictor of pregnancy outcome after IVF (1:38), progestin ovulation suppression and embryo development (13:30), expanded carrier screening in sperm donors (29:30), and the future of fertility in the metaverse…

Take a sneak peak at this month's Fertility & Sterility! Topics this month include the association between thick endometrium with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (3:40), state insurance mandates and racial ethnic inequities in ART (12:45), azoospermia factor c microdeletions and outcomes of art (18:20), sperm production in men with azoospermia …

Listen to this interview featuring Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy and Dr. Braian Ledesma, who discuss their recent article "Fertility outcomes in men with prior history of anabolic steroid use." A medical researcher and urologist, Dr. Ramasamy is known for academic contributions to reproductive medicine, including testosterone deficiency, regenerative therap…

Take a sneak peak at this month's Fertility & Sterility! Topics this month include rebiopsy and analysis of noneuploid embryos with 2 distinct PGT platforms (6:01), mobile phone use and semen quality (25:22), steroid use and fertility outcomes (33:54), estradiol levels during programmed frozen embryo transfer cycles (43:25), gender differences in l…

In this month's Fertility & Sterility: Unplugged, we take a look at articles from F&S's sister journals! Topics this month include: the growing role of private equity in fertility care with special guests Jane Zhu and Paula Amato (1:26), ART outcomes after fertility-sparing treatment for endometrial neoplasia (21:00), testicular compensation after …

Join Dr Nick Pimlott for this episode of the CFP Podcast as he interviews Alex Crawley and Amy Soubolsky from the Rx Files Academic Detailing Program in Saskatchewan about the management of difficult-to-treat depression in primary care. The interview is based on an article published in the November issue of the journal entitled “Thoughtful prescrib…

Take a sneak peek at this month's Fertility & Sterility! Topics this month include scientific integrity (1:59), chromosomal, gestational, and neonatal outcomes of mosaic embryos (6:26), risk of congenital malformations after ICSI (15:15), successful cryptozoospermia management with multiple semen specimen collection (28:58), and fertility preservat…

Fertility and Sterility on Air brings you some great interviews from ASRM 2023 in New Orleans, LA! In this bonus episode, we bring you a joint episode with the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists and the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. Join Pietro Bortoletto, Samantha Pfeiffer, Charles Miller, and Katie Coyne in discussing …

Fertility & Sterility on Air brings you some great interviews from ASRM 2023 in New Orleans, LA! In Part 2, we bring you some more science, including the first prize paper and discussion with two of our plenary speakers, followed by a focus on the ASRM mission. Topics include: clinical outcomes of mosaic embryo transfers (Manuel Viotti, Svetlana Ma…

Fertility & Sterility on Air brings you some great interviews from ASRM 2023 in New Orleans, LA! In Part 1, we discuss science with leaders in the field and presenters from the conference. Topics include rates of vasectomy after the overturn of Roe v. Wade (Jessica Schardein) (1:11), ultrasound-guided ovarian ablation for PCOS (Karl Hansen) (6:32),…

In this month's Fertility & Sterility: Unplugged, we take a look at articles from F&S's sister journals! Topics this month include: a discussion of the limitations of peer review (1:47), a case of an accessory cavitated uterine mass (12:31), fertility outcomes after uterine niche repair (20:07), and comparing artificial intelligence to embryologist…

Join Drs Nick Pimlott and Sarah Fraser as they co-host this CFP podcast on the new PEER Simplified Lipid Guideline: 2023 Update. They interview Dr Mike Kolber, lead author on the paper, which is published in October’s issue of the journal. They discuss the process of how he and his team developed these guidelines, and they take a deep dive into the…