Beach and Surf doc accepts pot and forces couples to have sex.

Edward Kleiner, D.O. and proprietor of Beach and Surf Medical in Long Island, has had a complaint lodged against him with the New York State Division of Human Rights for “a litany of perverse transgressions,” according to Jezebel.

Samantha Romanger, one of three women charging Kleiner with sexual harassment, says the doctor exposed himself in the middle of the office.  Another female former employee, Shivon Super, told The New York Post that Kleiner texted her constantly, sometimes sending messages of a sexual nature.  Lauren Schlanger contends that she was terminated for rejecting Kleiner’s advances.

The New York Post and Jezebel both ran a photo of Kleiner smooching a sex doll at an office party.

But the worst complaint the three women have against Kleiner, though, is far more bizarre than run-of-the-mill lewd behavior. Continue reading »

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Louise Carpenter has written a brilliant article about miscarriage for the U.K.’s Observer, focusing on Lesley Regan, who runs the Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic at St Mary’s Hospital, the largest miscarriage clinic in the world.  Regan’s aim to is to help women “who have had three or more consecutive miscarriages and women who miscarry after 12 weeks” discover why it is they can’t carry a pregnancy to term – and, if possible, to fix it.

The RMC is responsible for identifying Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome, commonly known as “sticky blood,” a condition affecting 15% of women suffering from recurrent miscarriage.  Sticky blood, or PAPS, “concerns the implantation and effectiveness of the placenta.”  Treating women with PAPS has resulted in a 70% increase in their ability to carry a pregnancy to term.  Regan says, “The quality and depth of how the placenta implants is a major factor in how your pregnancy progresses.”

Yet, despite all of the advances Regan and her colleagues have made, half of recurrent miscarriages remain unexplainable.  Carpenter writes that, “35% could be down to hormone levels (a trial is ongoing as to the value of taking progesterone), infection, structural abnormalities of the womb – correctable by surgery – “cervical incompetence” or immune disorders.”

It seems miraculous to me that women are able to have corrective surgery on the womb, resulting in – for at least one woman profiled in the piece – two live births.  The article never makes mention of how much these types of services cost or to what extent British public healthcare covers them, but it does touch on the changing expectations women have of what these unexpected treatments can do for them.

Ruth Bender Atik, national director of the U.K.’s Miscarriage Association says the triumphs of reproductive medicine have made women feel as though they should be able to get pregnant – and stay that way – at will.  Given that such a large number of miscarriages still go unexplained, a successful pregnancy for anyone who wants one is not yet (and may never be) realistic.  Continue reading »

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29-year-old Elizabeth Comeau is the first person to have been born in the U.S. as a result of in-vitro fertilization.  Yesterday, she gave birth herself to a 7-pound-12-ounce boy.

“He’s wonderful,” she told her hometown paper, the Virginian-Pilot, today via telephone.

Comeau doesn’t mind sharing her life with the public; she’s chronicled her journey from wonder baby to “regular mom” for the Boston Globe.  She says, “I had a normal conception and pregnancy despite my abnormal childhood. And early yesterday, my husband and I had a baby boy “the normal way,’’ proving (I hope) that I’m just like everyone else.”  Continue reading »

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That over 1.5 million new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2010 is a horrifying statistic.  And the fact that many of those diagnosed will be children and young adults is downright depressing.  But for a family who would undergo expensive medical procedures to have a child in the first place, a cancer diagnosis seems especially cruel.  Continue reading »

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Good news may be on the horizon for childless couples who are weighing the option of infertility treatments. A method designed to fast-track fertility treatments may save couples money . . . and ensure a better chance that mom will get pregnant. Continue reading »

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