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Sherman J. Silber, M.D., F.A.C.S., is an internationally known pioneer in infertility treatment and is medical director of the Infertility Center of St. Louis at St. Luke's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the author of four medical textbooks and more than 180 scientific papers on human fertility and reproduction. A popular guest speaker, he has appeared numerous times on Oprah, The Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC's World News Tonight, Nightline, and many other national programs. Visit his website: www.infertile.com

For decades, Dr. Silber's HOW TO GET PREGNANT has been the most popular resource for couples trying to conceive. Now thoroughly revised and updated to include cutting-edge information on all the very latest treatments for infertility, this edition will be the ultimate guide for prospective parents in the 21st century. The comprehensive text explains not only the essential facts of getting pregnant, but also how to solve onceinsurmountable fertility problems. Among the new hightech tests and procedures covered is the revolutionary technique of antral follicle count, which allows women to calculate at any point in their lives how many remaining years of fertility they have and helps them to determine whether to preserve their eggs. For all couples who dream of becoming parents, Dr. Silber's HOW TO GET PREGNANT will be the one and only book they need to address all their concerns about conceiving a healthy child.

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Today, an astounding 25 percent of couples in their mid-thirties are infertile; when they reach 40, that figure rises to 50 percent. Given that many couples are postponing attempts at conceiving until their mid- to late thirties, it's easy to accept urologist Silber's assertion of an epidemic. In this revised and expanded text, first published in 1981, he begins with a review of the female anatomy and the physiology of conception before progressing to mechanisms for "beating your biological clock"; following is coverage of male reproductive physiology and detailed discussions of procedures currently available to help overcome previously unmanageable fertility problems. Compared with two recent publications on dealing with infertility (e.g., Patty Doyle Debano and others' The Conception Chronicles and Janet Jaffe and others' Unsung Lullabies), this book focuses on pertinent physiological, genetic, and technological information instead of psychological support. As such, it should be used in conjunction with Debano's and Jaffe's guides in consumer health collections.-Linda M.G. Katz, Drexel Univ. Health Sciences Libs., Philadelphia Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.