Featured Article Fertility RoadMay/June 2011 It’s a very familiar, sad story: a woman waits until she finds Mr. Right before embarking on trying for a family. More often than not, by the time she finds him she’s pushing 40 and rapidly losing eggs. The couple goes to see a fertility expert only to be told […]
By Jacqueline MrozThe New York Times, July 16, 2012 Two days after Debra Demidon underwent in vitro fertilization, she gained more than 30 pounds in fluid and suddenly was struggling to breathe. Doctors diagnosed severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), a complication seen in some women who undergo fertility treatment. It landed Ms. Demidon in the […]
by Michele Munz St. Louis Post-DispatchJanuary 26, 2012 Under names such as low-intensity IVF or even patient-friendly IVF — a technique of in vitro fertilization is increasing in use with promises to be safer, cheaper and easier on patients trying to have a baby. The technique involves mildly stimulating a woman’s ovaries with less drugs […]
by Kimberly Goad Women’s Health, June 2010 Side effects of cancer treatments can include early menopause, but there are new medical advances to help female cancer patients preserve their ability to have a baby. Why aren’t doctors talking about this with their patients before treating them? For starters, we’re born with all the eggs we’ll […]
by Michele Munz St. Louis Post-DispatchNovember 12, 2012 The young woman from London wanted a risky stem cell transplant to treat her multiple sclerosis. She knew the chemotherapy involved with the transplant probably would leave her infertile. So before traveling to Chicago almost two years ago for the treatment being studied by researchers at Northwestern […]
Ovary Transplant in China Dr. Silber was invited by Chinese medical experts to export his technology for ovary freezing and transplantation, and preservation of fertility for cancer patients to China, as well as to preserve the biological clock to protect women from becoming infertile just by aging. These are photographs from his historical mission to […]
(Listen to Dr. Silber’s chat that aired on MSNBC) “The future of babymaking” By Jacqueline Stenson, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR Scientists explore new techniques for tackling infertility problems July 22 — Just a few decades ago, it seemed pretty far-fetched to think that postmenopausal women could ever bear children or that sterile men might fertilize eggs with […]
Serono Symposia, USA; Spring 1997Dr. Sherman J. Silber There are many varieties of male factor infertility, but in the modern era they all appear to be treatable with one, single approach, i.e., intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). This is disturbing to many people, i.e., that a non-specific treatment, directed mostly at the female, should be the […]
The Surrogacy Surge by Sarah Wilson Mid-Rivers News Magazine from St. Louis, MissouriOctober 26, 2011 When a couple is ready to bring a new life into the world, conceiving the natural way can be as laborious as childbirth itself. As a result, many couples are turning to surrogacy. Jeremy Gruber, president of the Massachusetts-based Council […]
Miracle baby: Infertility Center helps paraplegic become a happy father again By Roger Schlueter, Belleville News-Democrat Now that there’s talk of even human cloning, some might find the term “miracle baby” a bit passé. Not Ken and Lori Kreher. As tiny 2-week-old Blake Edward Kreher slept blissfully in his mother’s arms one recent afternoon, “miracle” […]
Motherhood At Mid-Life — A Medical and Ethical Dilema St. Louis Times, July 1997 Much of the world was shocked this past May when news reports out of California unraveled the details of a 63-year-old woman, Arceli Keh, who gave birth to a healthy baby. She is believed to be the world’s oldest new mom. […]
Physicians PracticeMarch 2007 The Infertility Center of St. Louis at St. Luke’s Hospital has a national reputation for excellence primarily because they have brought innovation and advancement to the field of infertility treatment. Led by Sherman Silber, MD, the Infertility Center of St. Louis has pioneered a number of methods to combat infertility that have […]