Blog Posts in July, 2018

  • Celebrating 40 years of IVF

    This month marks the 40 th anniversary of the first successful IVF baby, or test-tube baby as the news media called the newborn. According to the International Committee Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies, 8 million IVF babies have been born via IVF over the last forty years, and still more might be unaccounted for in China and India. It’s astounding to think how far IVF ...

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  • April and National Infertility Awareness Week (April 22-28, 2018)

    April is here, and so is spring, and while it is the season of rebirth and abundance, for anyone dealing with infertility it can also be a season of difficulty. As research continues into the causes and cures for infertility, we at Hanabusa IVF welcome April as the month that not only ushers in flowers in bloom, but marks the start of National Infertility Awareness Week (NAIW), a week of ...

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  • IVF and Mosaic Embryos

    New hope for IVF comes in the form of mosaic embryos, which more and more women are opting to implant. Mosaic embryos are those that are neither fully normal or fully abnormal. Instead, they include some abnormal cells which often correct or repair themselves during gestation. While it’s a risk—one that involves miscarriage—many women are contemplating implanting mosaic embryos, ...

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  • The "Zinc" Spark of Life

    The “Zinc” Spark of Life Life, like the universe, begins with light. While this may sound more poetic than scientific, a new study has found that a burst of light is visible when a sperm fertilizes an egg. Even more, when that burst of light is significantly larger than other surrounding fertilized eggs, the healthier the newly created embryo. It’s a fascinating discovery, and ...

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  • Open letter from our laboratory director

    Dear Patient, In response to the recent reports of the failure of liquid nitrogen storage tanks at two prominent IVF centers in the US, we at Hanabusa IVF wanted to reach out to all of our patients to assure that your frozen specimens are safe at our facility. We feel confident that the systems we have in place create an environment in which all tanks and specimens are monitored continuously and ...

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  • Avoiding Toxins

    While diet, sleep and exercise all play a role in both good health and good reproductive health, there is another area we’d all do well to pay attention to—our bathroom and kitchen shelves and the products we use and are surrounded by on a daily basis. In previous blogs, we’ve discussed how endocrine disrupters can affect male sperm and lower sperm count, and we’d like to ...

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  • More Women are Becoming Mothers

    Last week, front page news in the New York Times focused on the U.S. fertility rate. While the U.S. fertility rate is down, the article reported, more women are mothers. Several factors contribute to this remarkable if somewhat alarming news and from our perspective some of this news is positive. While younger women of childbearing age are delaying having children, resulting in a low overall ...

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  • A New Year, A New Approach and Some New Year's Resolutions to benefit your fertility

    It’s a new year, and that means a new start—a time to reflect, refresh and renew. If you are entering 2018 with hopes of having a child, this is an excellent time to make some resolutions regarding your reproductive health. Whether it’s your first attempt at trying to conceive with the help of reproductive medicine or you’ve come to Hanabusa IVF for the mini-IVF approach as ...

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