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Many factors play a role in your chances of success with I.V.F. Fixed factors like the woman’s age, the man’s sperm count, the woman’s egg reserve, and health factors like endometriosis and blockages can impact your chances of conceiving naturally and can also affect your chances of success with I.V.F. ... Read More The post Preparing for I.V.F. Series: What Women and Men Can Do to Increase Their Chances of Success appeared first on DWC.

What you eat as you prepare for your first cycle of I.V.F. can improve your chances of success and promote a healthy pregnancy. While we hear quite a bit about the importance of prenatal vitamins and diet in pregnancy, women aren’t the only ones who need to watch their diet. ... Read More The post Preparing for I.V.F. Series: Diet appeared first on DWC.

Infertility is defined as a couple’s inability to get pregnant after one year of having unprotected sex. However, if you are over 35 years old and have been trying to get pregnant for more than 6 months, you may also want to consider going in for an infertility evaluation with ... Read More The post Preparing for I.V.F. Series: Take Inventory as a Couple appeared first on DWC.

Key Takeaways From This Article: Fertility treatment can be cost-prohibitive to families with lower incomes. A single cycle of I.V.F. can cost as much as $25,000, with medication. Some insurance policies cover treatment and grants may be available. For some infertile couples with no underlying medical cause for their infertility, ... Read More The post Fertility Treatment Options for Those With Lower Incomes appeared first on DWC.

Key Takeaways From This Article: Some pesticides still in use in the United States have been banned in Europe and other parts of the world. Exposure to some of these pesticides has been linked to fertility issues, birth defects, cancer, and other conditions. Some fruits and vegetables are known to ... Read More The post Pesticides in Your Food and Reduced Fertility appeared first on DWC.

Key Takeaways From This Article: Women and people of color were excluded from clinical trials and medical research for decades, creating a vacuum of medical knowledge in regards to women’s health and their interactions with drugs  It wasn’t until the 90s that the US officially began mandating requirements that made ... Read More The post Changing the Standard “Norm” of Medical Trials appeared first on DWC.

Key Takeaways From This Article: Masturbation can improve mental health/self-esteem BDSM correlates with mental health Depression can decrease your sex drive OCD can correlate with hypersexuality Casual sex can impact your mental health Sex can ease depressive symptoms Sex can ease anxiety symptoms ________________________________________ Sex and mental health   a ... Read More The post How Does Sex Affect Your Mental Health? appeared first on DWC.

How many of us, if asked, could easily rattle off a dozen different diet fads? Some of we’ve tried, some we’ve heard of, some we’ve laughed at—the low carb diet, the liquids only diet, the cabbage soup diet, even the baby food diet!  All of them ranged from downright gimmicky ... Read More The post Intermittent Fasting: Changing Our Bodies And The Way We Eat appeared first on DWC.

What is sex addiction? What are the symptoms of sex addiction? What are some common causes? What kind of treatment or therapy is available? These are questions that are not as easy to answer as it would be if the topic was on another behavioral problem such as eating disorders. ... Read More The post Understanding Sex Addiction appeared first on DWC.

Anyone interested in skincare will know that the biggest trend over the last few years has been the ever increasing popularity of Korean skincare. At first only finding exotic high end Korean products selectively available to now finding Korean face masks and serums available at Walmart, this beauty craze has ... Read More The post The Popularity of Korean Skincare appeared first on DWC.

With the meteoric rise in popularity for Asian skincare, especially Korean skincare, it’s sometimes easy to forget exactly what market these products were initially made for. With nearly everyone stocking their shelves with Asian beauty products, it seems  they were made for everybody and every skin type. But if we ... Read More The post Whitening Skin In Asia appeared first on DWC.

What foods you shouldn’t be feeding them and a few other products to avoid. When we talk about “hormone imbalance,” we’re usually referring to adults. But kids have hormones too, and imbalances are not unheard of. Did you know that certain lifestyle choices can actually cause hormone imbalance in your ... Read More The post Hormone imbalance in your kids. appeared first on DWC.