The Gift of Life and Its Price
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Dave Kreiner, MD, High order Multiple Births, Innovating the Financing of Infertility, Regulation of IVF, Single Embryo Transfer on 07. Sep, 2009 | 5 Comments
IVF has been responsible for 1 million babies born worldwide who otherwise without the benefit of IVF may never have been. This gift of life comes with a steep price tag that according to the NY Times article, “Gift of Life and Its Price” Sunday, October 11, 2009, hits $1 Billion per year for [...]
East Coast Fertility Offers Free Seminar on Treating and Financing Infertility
Posted by Dr. Kreiner in Free Fertility Seminars, Innovating the Financing of Infertility, Innovation in Treating and Financing Infertility on 06. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments
East Coast Fertility is offering a free seminar: What You Need to Know Now If You Are Trying to Have a Baby: Innovations in the Treatment and Financing of Infertility. There is no charge for attendees, and all are eligible to receive a free fertility consultation with Dr. Kreiner and a discount coupon for some [...]
Why “The Wyden Bill” Does Not Support Infertility Patients
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Regulation of IVF on 05. Sep, 2009 | 3 Comments
Patients often seek my help, desperate to try In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) after having a previous cycle cancelled at an outside clinic. These patients stimulated with fewer follicles and therefore due to their lower pregnancy expectations were not allowed to proceed. We presented our data on IVF performed on patients with 3 or fewer follicles [...]
Is This Stress Making Me Look Fat?
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Stress Relief on 05. Sep, 2009 | 0 Comments
I’m racing a 40 foot sailboat in 25 to 30 NNW winds yesterday out of Manhasset Bay. Gear was breaking, sails ripping, we broached twice….nearly did a “death roll” (when the boat gets knocked down and the tip of the mast nearly hits the water). A competitor had a man overboard; the USCG and NCPD [...]
A Dozen Embryos!?$#… Who will stop this madness?
Posted by David Kreiner, MD in Cryopreservation, High order Multiple Births, Octomom, SART, Single Embryo Transfer on 19. Aug, 2009 | 6 Comments
Just when I thought it was safe to go back to my office at East Coast Fertility, a little over 5 months post Octomom, I was confronted once again with shocking news. This time it was a record breaking 12 embryos implanted. Eight is alarming and wrong, a dozen just five months later makes me [...]
