St. Louis Commerce Magazine, November 2004by Sue Britt Download this article as a PDF. Heidi and Randy Smith, of Chesterfield, had tried to get pregnant since they were first married, when Heidi was 26. After a year of trying unsuccessfully on their own, they sought medical advice. They were sent to an infertility doctor, and […]
by Rick DeslogeFebruary 10, 2006 Dr. Sherman Silber’s medical practice, the Infertility Center of St. Louis, has attracted patients from around the world since he started it 25 years ago in conjunction with St. Luke’s Hospital. When he’s here, Silber, 64, puts in 80-hour weeks performing in vitro fertilizations, reversing vasectomies and doing other procedures […]
THE NEW YORK TIMES May 5, 2008 by Laurie Tarkan But for a semen specimen, most men are practically ignored when couples go to fertility centers. And depending on the infertility specialist offering treatment, that is either a good thing or a bad thing. Some urologists say they can treat a man with low sperm […]
A Hope to Prolong Fertility: Ovarian Transplants By Tiffany Sharples, Time.com For Stephanie Yarber, who received a diagnosis of premature ovarian failure at age 14, conceiving children the old-fashioned way was a life’s wish. In 2003, after several unsuccessful — and costly — courses of in vitro fertilization (IVF) using her identical-twin sister’s donated eggs, […]
Doctors Say More Ovary Transplants Possible New techniques make more ovary transplants possible, may help women fight biological clock By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer,LONDON June 29, 2009 (AP) A new technique to preserve and transplant ovaries might give women a better chance to fight their biological clocks and have children when they are older, doctors […]
by COURTNEY HUTCHISON ABC News Medical Unit ABC News, January 19, 2010 After more than 20 years and nearly $200,000 worth of failed infertility treatments, Monique and Neil Ward of Stafford, England, have finally became the proud parents of twin boys, Britain’s Press Association reports. The Wards’ case is certainly the extreme, but it can […]
by Michelle Rizzo Reuters Health, March 8, 2010 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Ovarian transplantation, first done successfully in 2005, is now a “robust procedure,” even after cryopreservation, researchers say. They found good long-term function of fresh and frozen ovarian grafts in women followed for up to 5 years. “This is the largest series of […]
by Catherine Donaldson-Evans AOL Health, October 12, 2010 A 42-year-old woman just gave birth to a baby that came from an embryo frozen 20 years ago, according to a just-published case study. The woman adopted the fertilized egg from a couple who underwent in vitro fertilization (IVF) two decades ago and had left-over embryos they […]
by Bonnie Rochman Time, November 3, 2010 After 10 years of marriage ended in divorce and no children, Dr. Julie Lorber knew she had to take extreme measures if she ever hoped to become a mother. So at age 35, Lorber, now 39, elected to remove a portion of her right ovary to have it […]
by Rosemary Paxman BioNews.org.uk, December 6, 2010 A new study has shown that IVF may not be linked to an increased risk of certain cancers among female patients. A team of Swedish researchers concluded that, although cancer or cancer treatment may increase the need for IVF, the risks of cancer post-IVF treatment were low. The […]
by Simon Tomlinson Mail Online Health, March 25, 2012 ‘Women will have so much choice about when to have children’ Scientists can stop menopause with ovary transplants Transplanted ovaries effective for at least seven years British women could soon choose to freeze ovaries Women may soon be able to forgo the menopause after scientists hailed […]
Advisory Board’s Dr. Sherman Silber Shares Infertility Techniques in China Global Thinking – News and Views From the College of Arts & Sciences at Webster UniversityApril 4, 2012 Sherman Silber, M.D., a member of the College of Arts & Sciences Advisory Board and a renowned pioneer in microsurgery and infertility, recently traveled to Guagzhou, China, […]
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