COVER ARTICLE

UPDATE ON FERTILITY

Two experts discuss the detrimental reproductive effects of obesity; the challenge of preventing ovarian hyperstimulation; and why 4 million or so “outcomes” validate Prof. Robert Edwards’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Dr. Adamson describes strategies to avert ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

G.  David  Adamson,  MD Dr. Adamson is Director of Fertility Physicians of Northern California in Palo Alto and San Jose; Adjunct Clinical Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine; Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine; and Past President of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

Mary  E.  Abusief,  MD Dr. Abusief is a Board-Certified Specialist in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at Fertility Physicians of Northern California in Palo Alto and San Jose, Calif.

The authors report no financial relationships relevant to this article.

Impaired fertility is no small problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it affects 7.3 million women 15 to 44 years old in the United States alone, or approximately 10% of the female population of reproductive age.¹