Nancy R. Frankel B.S., M.B.A (ASRM Director of Operations and Strategic Development)
{"title":"Ask your gynecologist","authors":"Nancy R. Frankel B.S., M.B.A (ASRM Director of Operations and Strategic Development)","doi":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.07.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.07.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89480,"journal":{"name":"Sexuality, reproduction & menopause","volume":"2 3","pages":"Pages 131-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sram.2004.07.013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"102712152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physician-scientists: a dying breed?","authors":"Sharon Begley","doi":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>In this fast paced world of technology and innovation, there is an immense and ongoing need to conduct clinical research. Who better to do it than Physician-Scientists, a highly select group of doctors who straddle both research and patient care. Unfortunately, there are fewer of these doctors today than there were 25 years ago.</em> Wall Street Journal <em>writer Sharon Begley explores the reasons why.</em></p><p>—The Editors</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89480,"journal":{"name":"Sexuality, reproduction & menopause","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 114-118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123103150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The WHI and the brain: what have we learned?","authors":"Stanley Birge M.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.05.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) cast a dark shadow on HT therapy. However, in the opinion of Dr. Birge, there is an important bright side that has been overlooked—the role of HT on cognitive function. To find out more about the WHI and the brain, read on.</p><p>—<strong>The Editors</strong></p></div>","PeriodicalId":89480,"journal":{"name":"Sexuality, reproduction & menopause","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 71-75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sram.2004.05.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130160910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lifeline in an ethical quagmire: umbilical cord blood as an alternative to embryonic stem cells","authors":"Ian Rogers Ph.D. , Robert F. Casper M.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Embryonic stem (ES) cells are capable of unlimited self-renewal and have the ability to give rise to all tissue types in the body. Recently, tissue-specific stem cells such as bone marrow cells have also been found to be capable of multilineage differentiation into cells of various nonblood tissues. Umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cells<span><span> have been shown to be as effective as bone marrow stem cells for rebuilding the </span>hematopoietic system<span> and differentiating into nonblood cell types. This observation raises the exciting possibility of replacing human ES cells for tissue and cell therapeutics with umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cells that are normally discarded with the placenta after delivery. </span></span></span><span><figure><span><img><ol><li><span>Download : <span>Download full-size image</span></span></li></ol></span><span><span><p><span>Fig 1</span>. </p></span></span></figure></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":89480,"journal":{"name":"Sexuality, reproduction & menopause","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 64-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127413324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial: in vitro fertilization and stem cells: same song, second verse","authors":"Machelle Seibel M.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89480,"journal":{"name":"Sexuality, reproduction & menopause","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 61-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113061703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assisted reproductive technology in HIV serodiscordant couples","authors":"Sheila P. Kambin M.D., Frances R. Batzer M.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span><span>In light of new advances in antiretroviral therapy<span>, the question of whether or not physicians have an ethical obligation to provide reproductive assistance to HIV-1 discordant couples has arisen. Reported results of world data on assisted reproductive technology (ART) in serodiscordant couples is tabulated. No cases of infection have been presented using current techniques. In the opinion of the authors, failure to provide reproductive assistance to HIV discordant couples has been a social response, not a medical one. Appropriate safe interventions are available for HIV discordant couples through IVF–intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) or timed </span></span>insemination. For complete references please visit: </span><span>www.srmjournal.org</span><svg><path></path></svg></p></div>","PeriodicalId":89480,"journal":{"name":"Sexuality, reproduction & menopause","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 92-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.013","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115617877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Providing fertility services to lesbian couples: the lesbian baby boom","authors":"Paula Amato M.D. , Mary Casey Jacob Ph.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Thirty to 50% of lesbian women of child-bearing age wish to become parents, and given the current social trends toward same-sex marriage, many will seek to do so with the help of a sperm donor. Although some physicians are hesitant to offer fertility services to nontraditional families such as lesbian couples, the varied concerns that have been expressed about the welfare of the resulting children are not supported by evidence. Treatment of lesbian couples can be incorporated into existing fertility services with minor adjustments that include attention to how the couple are treated within the office, the language used in written materials, and referral to a counseling source that is knowledgeable about lesbian families.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89480,"journal":{"name":"Sexuality, reproduction & menopause","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 83-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121952294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sexuality and breast cancer","authors":"Michael Lasalandra","doi":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>In his article,</em> Boston Globe <em>correspondent Michael Lasalandra provides a window into the lives of breast cancer survivors. The article is not an exhaustive treatise on post-treatment care, but rather a clarion call to providers that cancer robs its victims of quality of life issues that matter much to our patients and their partners, and consequently should matter to us. More dialogue and more research on sexuality after breast cancer treatment are needed.</em></p><p>—The Editors</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89480,"journal":{"name":"Sexuality, reproduction & menopause","volume":"2 2","pages":"Pages 89-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.sram.2004.04.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123780084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}