The Cost of Fertility Treatments
The costs for wanting a child these days can be extreme, especially in the times of “economic crisis.” Not only are desiring parents facing emotional stress, but financial stress as well. The expense parents-to-be who are seeking fertility treatment face the high cost for fertility medications that much of the time are necessary during treatment, necessary and costly. Fortunately, it was reported by Fertility Authority that pharmaceutical companies are understanding the hardships individuals are facing and fertility drug companies like, EMD Serono, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, and Schering-Plough are offering discounts.
With new technology and increasing interest to seek infertility treatment it is important for prospective fertility users to research the financial aspects prior, by consulting your doctor & checking your insurance coverage. Whether or not you have insurance coverage the costs for fertility treatment range on the type of treatment performed.
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Don’t let your vacation days go unused!
Found this awsome article on Digg, Don’t be a vacation martyr!
Studies show that nearly one-third of adults nationwide fail to take all their allotted vacation, leaving about three days per year unused. It’s a troubling trend that can harm your overall well-being. “Work may define who we are, but nobody wants to work all the time,” says internist Mark Kender, M.D., of Lehigh Valley Health Network. “Vacation relieves workrelated stress, which reduces your risk for conditions like high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes.”
Check out the Digg, and read the rest – to help you prioritize your vacation time.
National Infertility Awareness Week
This week, April 25 – May 2, is National Infertility Awareness Week®, a movement sponsored by RESOLVE to raise awareness about the disease of infertility which affects 7.3 million Americans. Click, to learn more about infertility.
To help others understand infertility’s physical and emotional challenges FertilityAuthority is asking people to join their “ONE THING” campaign to raise awareness and de-stigmatize infertility.
If you could tell a non-infertile friend, relative, co-worker or stranger ONE THING about your struggle with infertility what would it be? To post your comments, visit Fertility Authority’s National Infertility Awareness Week page.
Fertility Authority was launched in late February by an all-female team led by media veteran, Gina Bartasi. It is the only web portal dedicated to fertility. A rich online experience educates women and men on the need to be proactive regarding their fertility and provides the tools and information to do so. Features include: best-of-breed content written by healthcare writers and journalists, vetted by reproductive endocrinologists; a robust interactive community of bloggers, columnists and message boards; a growing video library of patient testimonials; breaking fertility news; and proprietary databases of doctors, clinics and fertility professionals. Fertility Authority will also be introducing their e-newsletter, The Daily Shot, in a few weeks.
So visit Fertility Authority to share your “one thing” or to learn more about fertility issues, and know that you are not alone.
Yourway Transport meets special transportation needs in cornea transplant
I always found it so fascinating when watching transplant surgeries on medical shows and you see the helicopter land on the roof, and the guy runs out with a cooler into the O.R., but I always wondered if they did that for every type of transplant. They actually don’t. I found this interesting article about a company that handles the transportation of organs such as eyes.
Yourway Transport (www.yourwaytransport.com), a premium global courier that provides customized transportation solutions for special handling needs in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical/healthcare industries, will exhibit at the Eye Bank Association of America’s (EBAA) Annual Meeting to be held at the Westin Seattle Hotel, June 17-20, 2009 in Seattle.
Yourway works with a majority of eye banks nationwide, meeting the special transportation needs involved in cornea transplant. Yourway will exhibit these special handling and customized transportation solutions at the EBAA Annual Meeting.
5 Simple Ways to Save Your Heart
How women can save their hearts. New research reveals that with a few lifestyle tweaks you can slash your odds of becoming one of the 8 million women with cardiovascular disease.
- Know your numbers – Do you know what your blood pressure was the last time you were at the doctor? If your doctor didn’t tell you that your blood pressure was high, don’t assume you are in the clear. Nearly 20 percent of people under the age of 35 have pre-hypertension (reading between normal 120/80 and 139/89) reveals research from the University of California, San Francisco. The study also found that these young adults were more likely to develop high blood pressure, or hypertension, over the next 2 decades than those who had healthy readings. At your next doctors visit find out your reading, and if your numbers are above 119/79, start making changes, such as lowering your sodium. Also consider the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, which has been shown to make a difference in two weeks.
- Go bananas - Research at Osaka University in Japan found that people who took in the lowest levels of potassium had a 35 percent greater risk of death from cardiovascular disease than those who got the most. Most women only get about half the 4,700 milligrams of potassium they need daily, and potassium is important for heart health since it works with sodium to regulate the water balance in the body, which promotes normal blood pressure. In addition to eating bananas, try eating halibut, tomato sauce, lima beans, or papaya.
- Get 8 hours of shut-eye – Harvard research reveals that people who slept five or fewer hours a night had a 39 percent greater risk of having heart disease than those who got at least eight. Sleep is crucial for the body to repair itself. According to Dr. Edward Suarez, at Duke University Medical Center, “Not spending enough time in bed means your body can’t repair the daily damage to cells and tissues. This can lead to inflammation, the immune system’s response to injury.” This build up of inflammation may cause fatty deposits to build up in arteries. Can’t find time to get 8 hours of rest a night, then try to find time to take a 30 minute nap at least 3 times a week. Not only will napping slash your risk of heart disease by one-third, it can also help to reduce stress levels.
- Make a peanut butter sandwich – Peanut butter is packed with magnesium; “Magnesium may battle harmful free radical molecules that attack the tissues, blood vessels, and heart,” says Dana King, M.D. Some other great sources of magnesium include beans, spinach, and artichokes. When eating your peanut butter sandwiches, be sure to eat it on a high fiber bread (at least 3 grams per slice).
- Rethink your birth control – The same hormones that prevent pregnancy (estrogen & progestin) may also make your blood vessels less flexible, and over time, raise your blood pressure. For instance, women who use the birth control patch have double the risk for blood clots versus those who take oral contraceptives. For most women, the benefits outweigh the risks, but if you smoke, have hypertension, or pre-hypertension, monitor your blood pressure weekly. It is important to speak with your gynecologist to find the properly birth control method for you.
This full article can be found in Shape Magazine February 2009 health report by Richard Laliberte.
To be Physically Beautiful
These days outer appearance means more than we think…being physcially “beautiful” can make or break a first impression. Now, we would all hope that statement was not true, but in reality carrying yourself confidently is beautiful. I was reading an article about a young boy (14 years old) who was given acne medication for his case of “mild” acne. The boy took the medication as directed right before bed and woke up in the middle of the night complaining he was having problems breathing. He then died in the hospital due to a reaction with the medication.
His mother stated, “”My son was fit and healthy. He was 6ft tall and physically very fit. He excelled at rugby and trained and played very hard. I’m mystified by his death as is my entire family.”
This story proves that we think appearance is what counts, but in my opinion taking medication (pills) for something that every teen and even adults go through seems extreme. When I get a blemish here and there I always use a female acne treatment that I put on my face NOT in my mouth.
Is Procrastination stopping you?
At one point or another we all find ourselves on the treadmill of procrastination. Studies have shown that 70% of college students procrastinate on their work and it increases from freshmen to senior year. When I was a freshmen in college having the liberty to go to and from class when I wanted probably added to the start of procrastination. Throughout Sophomore and Junior Year I really buckled down on organization. Then came my last semester, Senior year…which felt like it dragged on and on!
Some people believe that people procrastinate because of perfectionism?? Personally I think that people just don’t want to see the outcome of what they are to do.
Why do you think people procrastinate?