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CLEVELAND — You’ve heard of the Nicotine patch, patches for pain medication, patches to prevent sea sickness. Now University Hospitals is enrolling women in a clinical trial testing a fertility patch that uses electrical stimulation to help get the hormone in the body.
Dr. James Liu is Chair of UH’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He says in people of child bearing age, the brain releases GNRH, or gonadotrophin, a hormone that stimulates the ovaries or testes. The
mimics the way the brain releases the hormone.
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Posted by Guitar Headphone Amp | May 26, 2010, 11:35 pmGreat post, I look forward to reading more.Please elaborate the context.
Posted by Florida Pain Management | June 19, 2010, 10:51 pmI am glad to see that this is being tested. We need to be more cautious in some of the new techniques that are becoming available in the fertility world!
Posted by Steve | April 29, 2011, 8:25 am