Alabama Fertility Update

Testosterone Treatment and Male Infertility Revisited

by Michael Steinkampf, MD, Founding Partner, Retired

Here is a nice story a local TV station did about testosterone and infertility. Many thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Ayotte for graciously agreeing to be interviewed for this story. http://www.abc3340.com/story/16158175/doctor-warns-men-about-common-side-effect-of-testosterone-treatments

Aspirin and IVF

by Michael Steinkampf, MD, Founding Partner, Retired

There was a study published about 13 years ago in which women undergoing IVF were randomly assigned to either low-dose...

Clomiphene – part 1

by Michael Steinkampf, MD, Founding Partner, Retired

Fertility clinics (and their patients) often talk about high-tech fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization, but the most successful infertility...

Back in the Top 25/Why we are different

by Michael Steinkampf, MD, Founding Partner, Retired

Someone sent me a link to a company that maintains a Web site which pulls IVF success rates off the...

Please stop giving our patients testosterone!

by Michael Steinkampf, MD, Founding Partner, Retired

We have had a rash of new infertility patients whose husbands had been put on testosterone by their primary care...

Bicornuate or septate uterus? (part 2)

by Michael Steinkampf, MD, Founding Partner, Retired

OK, here’s how to tell the difference between a bicornuate uterus and a septate uterus using transvaginal ultraound. Most of...

Bicornuate or septate uterus? (part 1)

by Michael Steinkampf, MD, Founding Partner, Retired

This question frequently comes up, and physicians (ob/gyns, radiologists, even fertility specialists) often get tripped up by it. I saw...