Herbal Supplement Use Among Adolescent and Young Adult Women in a Family Planning Clinic.

Study Objective: We aimed to evaluate herbal medicine and supplement use patterns among adolescent and young adult women at a clinic focused on family planning.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of patients (age 14-25) at an adolescent Title X clinic. Participants completed an electronic survey that assessed herbal medicine and supplement use, baseline demographic characteristics, and current contraceptive method.

Herbal supplement use among reproductive-aged women in an academic infertility practice.

Objective: To address the knowledge gap surrounding herbal medicine and supplement usage patterns and supplement-prescription medication interactions among patients seeking treatment for infertility.

Design: Cross-sectional survey study.

Setting: Academic infertility practice.

Prolonged gonadotropin stimulation is associated with decreased ART success.

Purpose: to evaluate whether the duration of gonadotropin stimulation predicts the likelihood of live birth after ART.

Methods: all IVF or ICSI cycles using fresh autologous oocytes at our institution between January 2004 and December 2007 were analyzed.

Results: out of 699 cycles resulting in oocyte retrieval, 193 produced a live birth (27.