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Sperm counts are dropping and people are waiting longer to start their families. What can be done to facilitate fertility?

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden.

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.

A leading fertility physician gives couples practical advice on when to seek medical attention

and what can be done done and we hear from a therapist

about the emotional impact of infertility.

Coming up on the people's pharmacy, we discuss the latest strategies to overcome infertility.

In the pupils pharmacy health headlines, endoscopes are used for diagnosis in minimally invasive procedures.

They're supposed to be carefully clean before each use.

A new study has revealed some worrisome evidence.

Investigators tested 45 devices used to inspect colons, lungs, urators, or stomachs.

All the endoscopes have been processed and were considered ready for use on the next

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.

In the top-performing hospital 62% of the disinfected devices carry detectable

bacteria including some pathogens. The other two hospitals fared worse,

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