The interview provides general information as well as insights about PGD’s role in preventing genetic defects.

How an HB couple sidestepped Huntington’s disease Genetic screening to weed out embryos that harbor abnormalities can help parents protect their children’s futures. But critics contend the procedure serves as selective breeding. View PDF By BLYTHE BERNHARD The Orange County

As cancer survival rates continue to improve, as evidenced over the last 20 years, focus begins to shift toward improving quality of life. An aspect of patient care once judged trivial when measured alongside a goal as primary as survival,

Fertility doctor and Rolling Stones fan Lawrence Werlin has attended nearly 100 Stones concerts over the years. He helps childless couples who ‘can’t get no satisfaction.’ Patients and friends call the award-winning reproductive endocrinologist with shoulder-length gray hair “The Werl.”

If you’re a young, educated Asian woman, you may be in high demand — not necessarily for your corporate skills or on dating sites, but for your eggs. Story Lindsay Miller photo Charlize Lin AudreyMagazine.com Laine* was 19 and in

Dr. Lawrence Werlin, a fertility expert and founder of Coastal Fertility Medical Center in Irvine, has launched a blog on the center’s Web site, WerlsFertilityWorld.com. The blog features Werlin’s opinions and advice on a wide range of reproductive health issues. Recent

View PDF After trying to get pregnant for a year without success, Steve and Melissa Weiss decided to see Dr. Lawrence Werlin of Coastal Fertility Medical Center in Irvine. Melissa Weiss’s reproductive organs seemed to be working fine, so “we