/tags/fertility Fertility en-US Copyright Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-09-20/egg-donors-stories-compensation-reproductive-health-assisted Egg donation in the U.S. is a multibillion dollar industry designed to provide infertile folks with the eggs they need to conceive. But how do we decide what human eggs are worth — and how do the characteristics of the donor factor into the equation? Fri, 20 Sep 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-09-20/egg-donors-stories-compensation-reproductive-health-assisted Gabriela Glueck, Anita Rao /show/embodied/2024-06-14/male-infertility-masculinity-parenthood-fertility-family-men-health About half of all infertility cases involve male fertility issues. Yet reproductive spaces are often dominated by women — and the male perspective goes unheard. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:01:00 GMT /show/embodied/2024-06-14/male-infertility-masculinity-parenthood-fertility-family-men-health Paige Perez, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-06-16/isolated-the-silence-around-male-infertility-fertility-masculinity Male fertility issues make up half of all infertility cases … but you’d never know it from consuming fertility content through culture, media and even medicine. Anita meets three men breaking the silence in hopes that others get the help and support they need. Fri, 16 Jun 2023 09:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-06-16/isolated-the-silence-around-male-infertility-fertility-masculinity Paige Perez, Anita Rao /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-07-30/vasectomy-masculinity-birth-control Vasectomies are administered to hundreds of thousands of people each year. Despite the procedure’s simplicity, it’s often shadowed by misconceptions and fears...let's break those down. Fri, 24 Sep 2021 15:57:01 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2021-07-30/vasectomy-masculinity-birth-control Kaia Findlay, Anita Rao /health/2020-04-10/fertile-ground-the-silent-struggle-of-infertility Infertility is a disease that affects millions of people in the United States but is rarely discussed openly. Twelve percent of married women between the… Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:50:00 GMT /health/2020-04-10/fertile-ground-the-silent-struggle-of-infertility Amanda Magnus, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-10/fertile-ground-the-silent-struggle-of-infertility Infertility is a disease that affects millions of people in the United States but is rarely discussed openly. Twelve percent of married women between the… Fri, 10 Apr 2020 15:50:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-04-10/fertile-ground-the-silent-struggle-of-infertility Amanda Magnus, Anita Rao /health/2018-01-12/a-common-fertility-test-tells-nothing-new-study-finds Doctors at fertility clinics often recommend women test their ovarian reserve to see how many eggs they have left. While the test can show how long a… Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:00:00 GMT /health/2018-01-12/a-common-fertility-test-tells-nothing-new-study-finds Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-01-12/a-common-fertility-test-tells-nothing-new-study-finds Doctors at fertility clinics often recommend women test their ovarian reserve to see how many eggs they have left. While the test can show how long a… Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:00:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-01-12/a-common-fertility-test-tells-nothing-new-study-finds Jennifer Brookland , Frank Stasio /health/2016-11-25/waiting-for-motherhood Note: This is a rebroadcast. This program originally aired September 6, 2016. Infertility affects one in eight couples in the United States, according to… Fri, 25 Nov 2016 16:55:00 GMT /health/2016-11-25/waiting-for-motherhood Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-11-25/waiting-for-motherhood Note: This is a rebroadcast. This program originally aired September 6, 2016. Infertility affects one in eight couples in the United States, according to… Fri, 25 Nov 2016 16:55:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-11-25/waiting-for-motherhood Anita Rao, Frank Stasio