Show 1119: What Can You Do to Facilitate Fertility?
The People's Pharmacy
Joe and Terry Graedon
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Chances are you know someone who has had difficulty conceiving a child, though you may not be aware of their struggle. Endocrine disruptors are widespread in our environment, and may be affecting sperm counts or female fertility.
Modern medicine has a lot to offer couples who are having trouble with fertility. Men with low sperm counts and women with endometriosis can often be treated successfully. Both intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization are tools that can be used to help a couple conceive.
The Fertility Doctor:
Dr. Rebecca Flyckt has focused her practice on fertility preservation. She explains the conditions that can interfere with conception and how they can be addressed. Hormonal imbalances may be corrected, and fibroids may need to be removed. What role does polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) play? How about lowered sperm counts?
The Heartbreak of Infertility:
Cathy Quillet is a marriage and family therapist who has worked with couples facing infertility. She has personal experience with the emotional toll infertility can take on both partners and on their relationship. Sometimes well-meaning friends and family members can make very hurtful comments to people in this situation. What can you say or do that will be helpful rather than harmful?
This Week’s Guests:
Rebecca Flyckt, MD, FACOG is a board-certified OB/GYN with subspecialty training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. She earned her medical degree from Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California. She then returned to her native city of Cleveland to complete residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University Hospitals of Cleveland followed by fellowship training in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Flyckt is Director of the Fertility Preservation and Cancer Program at the Cleveland Clinic. The photo of Dr. Flyckt is courtesy of the Cleveland Clinic.
Cathie Quillet, LMFT, has been working with couples for years as an independent marriage and family therapist. Unable to have children, Quillet is familiar with all of the complexities of the infertile journey. Not Pregnant: A Companion for the Emotional Journey of Infertility is a compilation of tough lessons she learned and what no one warns you about when standing face-to-face with infertility. In addition, Quillet collaborated with her ob-gyn, Dr. Shannon Sutherland, to further explain the medical side of infertility.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Joe Grady. I'm Terry Grady. |
| 0:03.3 | Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the |
| 0:08.8 | health headlines. This podcast is brought to you by Reddex Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream. |
| 0:16.0 | 800, 345, 7339 on the web at utter cream.com. |
| 0:36.0 | Sperm counts are dropping and people are waiting longer to start their families. What can be done to facilitate fertility? |
| 0:39.0 | This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden. |
| 0:43.0 | Modern medicine has a lot to offer couples who are having trouble with fertility. |
| 0:55.0 | Men with low sperm counts and women with endometriosis can often be treated successfully. |
| 1:00.0 | Both intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization are tools that can be used to |
| 1:05.0 | help a couple conceive. |
| 1:06.9 | A leading fertility physician gives couples practical advice on when to seek medical attention |
| 1:12.2 | and what can be done done and we hear from a therapist |
| 1:16.0 | about the emotional impact of infertility. |
| 1:19.6 | Coming up on the people's pharmacy, we discuss the latest strategies to overcome infertility. |
| 1:27.0 | In the pupils pharmacy health headlines, endoscopes are used for diagnosis in minimally invasive procedures. |
| 1:37.0 | They're supposed to be carefully clean before each use. |
| 1:41.0 | A new study has revealed some worrisome evidence. |
| 1:44.0 | Investigators tested 45 devices used to inspect colons, lungs, urators, or stomachs. |
| 1:51.0 | All the endoscopes have been processed and were considered ready for use on the next |
| 1:55.3 | patient. However, a majority were contaminated with bacteria. The research was conducted in three different hospitals, one that adhered carefully to guidelines for cleaning scopes and two others that departed from the prescribed disinfecting protocol while the scientists were watching. |
| 2:14.0 | In the top-performing hospital 62% of the disinfected devices carry detectable |
| 2:20.8 | bacteria including some pathogens. The other two hospitals fared worse, |
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