Please join us for an educational seminar on Fertility Preservation Using Egg Freezing. Presentation and Q&A with David Diaz, MD (Expert on egg freezing and thawing with 64 healthy babies born from frozen eggs) Tour our Accredited Laboratories where egg freezing is performed When: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 from 6-7PM Where: West Coast Fertility office [...]
The Pill, introduced 50 years ago empowered women with control over their own fertility. The actual breakthrough was discovered 60 years ago in 1951 at a laboratory in Mexico City by research chemist, Carl Djerassi. An estimated 100 million women worldwide are using the Pill voluntarily. In the US, about 12 million women are on [...]
Up to 90% of young cancer patients are at risk for infertility after chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Less than 25% of Oncologists inform all eligible patients about their risks and options with fertility. The average patient has 2-6 weeks to preserve fertility before starting treatment. Fears and misconceptions exist about fertility treatments and the safety [...]
Approximately 140,000 Americans under the age of 45 are diagnosed with cancer. Cancer survival rates are higher than they have ever been and patients under the age of 45 now have a 77% survival rate. Simultaneously, there are more fertility preservation options than ever before. So, while cancer treatments can be permanently sterilizing, the reproductive [...]
What: Join Infertility Specialist Dr. David Diaz and team for an Informative Seminar on “New Fertility Treatment Options” Meet & Greet, Refreshments Reproductive Advancements Explained Meet Our Fertility Team Tour our Facility – Accredited Labs/Surgical Suite Private, Mini-Consultations Fertility Questions Answered When: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 6-7PM Where: West Coast Fertility 11160 Warner Ave., Suite [...]
West Coast Fertility Centers has partnered up with Fertile Action because we both share the same goal to educate and assist women newly diagnosed with cancer understand and take action to preserve their fertility through egg freezing before undergoing cancer treatments that can cause infertility. Many wonderful plans are in the works and we’ll soon [...]
“Early last decade, a procedure became available to aging women that allowed doctors to extract and freeze their eggs in the hopes of preserving their fertility. At that point, there were plenty of reasons to be cautious. Egg survival rates were low and inconsistent. The long-term health of babies born from frozen eggs was unknown. [...]
Human eggs are fragile whether they are freshly harvested or frozen and thawed. They are large, water filled cells that require a meticulous preparation before freezing and subsequent thawing. Unfortunately for the consumer, the vast majority of clinics offering “egg freezing” have never even attempted to thaw a single one of their patients’ eggs. This [...]
A bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate that would provide eligible taxpayers a tax credit for the out-of-pocket expenses related to IVF and treatments to preserve fertility for cancer patients. A warm thank you goes to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) who introduced the bill which is appropriately named the Family Act of 2011, S965. [...]
Watch Mother's Day Tribute Video “A mother’s love! O holy, boundless thing! Fountain whose waters never cease to spring!” -Marguerite Blessington “Don’t poets know it Better than others? God can’t be always everywhere: and, so, Invented Mothers” -Sir Edwin Arnold “Mothers and Daughters” There is a cord between us not yet cut On it we [...]
