Information about Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

Recently, I have had a run of several young women who have presented (accompanied by their mothers) having received a diagnosis elsewhere of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). They have looked this up online and they are relatively distraught having learned about issues of infertility, insulin resistance, and a predilection later in life for diabetes. None of these recent cases truly had the entity itself. What they had was not unusual for late adolescence (women in their teens and even early t...

Fertility decline, freezing eggs: myths and realities

Fertility decline, freezing eggs: myths and realities In last week's New York Times, just before the holiday weekend, there was an article about a 22-year-old single woman who decided to freeze her eggs. In that article it said that fertility was declining by age 20. This is extremely inaccurate and unfair. According the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, fertility remains relatively constant until about age 30 then begins to decline and there is a sharper falling off after ...