Infertile couples are desperate, and many IVF doctors are happy to take undue advantage of this, in order to maximise their income. The latest racket is the use of PRP, or platelet rich plasma. This is supposed to contain stem cells, which have " miraculous " propertie......

Infertile patients can be quite desperate, and sadly many IVF doctors exploit their ignorance. They make them do lots of useless tests - and subject them to unproven and expensive treatments, which are of no clinical value ! The only way patients can protect themselve......

IVF treatment is expensive, and since it is a planned treatment, patients have the luxury of being able to choose the best clinic, to maximise their chances of getting pregnant. A patient sent me an email after she had failed 2 IVF cycles at the "best IVF clinic" in......

This is a great article, at http://www.conceptionadvice.com/how-not-to-be-ripped-off-by-fertility-clinics/ Please do read it  - a lot of these malpractices are rampant in Indian IVF clinics as well. I especially love the following paragraph ! Blinded by Pseudo Scien......

A patient send me this email Sir, I m having a chocolate cyst in my left ovary of 3.6*2.8 CM and a normal right ovary . My first doctor advice me for immediate laparoscopy. I am trying for around 10 months. I changed my doc as I was scared of surgery. Can you help ?......

A patient sent me this query This is our first icsi cycle and am on 5th day of embryo transfer. Initially had cramps and it raised a bit more but since yesterday night I see no symptom and I am worried. Plus sometime bloating, my breasts has been so hard and am feeling......

Patients often criticize doctors for being unemotional and distant . Because we are taught to maintain a professional barrier , we may seem to be cold and uncaring, but the reality is that doctors have a heart too - we're human after all ! Ironically, sometimes it's th......

All doctors know that a semen analysis has a number of limitations. While it can tell us how many sperm a man has, and how well they are swimming, they cannot answer they key question the infertile man is asking - Can I get my wife pregnant with my sperm or not ? Now t......

The one things Americans are great at is marketing - and one of the reasons their healthcare costs are out of control is because they sell too many unnecessary medical tests and treatments ! A great example of this is the Foresight Carrier Screen marketed by Counsyl. U......

Patients know that the success rate in a single IVF cycle is not 100% and they may require 3 - 4 cycles to get pregnant. However, lots of them drop out after one cycle , and are very reluctant to do a second . I sometimes wonder why this happens ! After all, an IVF cyc......