FFP 646 | Is Ovulation The Fifth Vital Sign?
In this solo episode, Lisa explores why the menstrual cycle, and ovulation in particular, may be considered a fifth vital sign. She discusse...
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FFP 645 | Does The Depo Shot Impact Fertility?
Is the Depo shot associated with a delay in the return of fertility? In this solo episode, Lisa reviews a recent study comparing how long ov...
FFP 644 | Does The Pill Lower Ovarian Reserve?
Does the pill lower ovarian reserve? In this episode, Lisa examines a recent clinical commentary on how hormonal contraceptives suppress AMH...
FFP 643 | The Problem With the Day 21 Progesterone Test
Lisa examines why the standard day 21 progesterone test may not accurately reflect luteal phase health — especially when ovulation timing ha...
FFP 642 | Do Perimenopausal Women Really Have Low Estrogen?
Lisa breaks down new research showing perimenopausal estrogen doesn't just decline — nearly half of women in a 1,300-person study saw a sign...
FFP 641 | Do Your TTC Clients Know When They're Ovulating? | FAMM Research Series
A new study of nearly 98,000 women trying to conceive found that 41% couldn't identify their fertile window — even among those with "regular...
FFP 640 | Pregnant at 40 and Again at 42 | FAMM Practitioner Series | Rachael-Beth Moss
Fertility educator Rachael-Beth Moss shares her journey from painful, unexplained periods to charting her cycle, addressing pregnancy loss,...
FFP 639 | Blindsided by Depo | FAMM Practitioner Series | Carla Lagunas
Carla Lagunas shares her personal journey through hormonal birth control, including her experience with Depo-Provera and prolonged amenorrhe...
FFP 638 | Sperm DNA Damage and Recurrent Miscarriage
Lisa breaks down a research paper on sperm DNA fragmentation and its link to recurrent first-trimester miscarriage. The study found that mos...
FFP 637 | Time To Discuss The New WHO Sperm Guidelines
Lisa breaks down the WHO's 2021 update to its semen analysis guidelines — the first revision since 2010. She explains how these reference va...
FFP 636 | The New PCOS/PMOS Guidelines | What Changed and What's Missing
Lisa reviews the 2023 international PCOS guidelines that preceded the recent PCOS-to-PMOS name change. She covers key updates including AMH...
FFP 635 | New Research: Persistent Organic Pollutants and Ovarian Reserve
New research links persistent organic pollutants to lower ovarian reserve — even when AMH looks normal. Lisa breaks down the study's finding...
FFP 634 | Are Everyday Chemicals Disrupting Your Menstrual Cycle?
In this episode, Lisa breaks down findings from a recent review paper on how endocrine disrupting chemicals like BPA, phthalates, PFAS, and...
FFP 633 | Is Your Period Draining Your Iron Stores?
Lisa examines a recent review paper on iron deficiency in women, covering the role of heavy menstrual bleeding, updated ferritin reference r...
FFP 632 | Can Your Period Predict Heart Disease?
In this episode, Lisa reviews a landmark 2023 study that followed over 700,000 women across 26 years to examine the association between mens...
FFP 631 | Are You Really Ovulating? | Luteinized Unruptured Follicle Syndrome (LUFS)
In episode 631, Lisa explores luteinized unruptured follicle syndrome (LUFS) — a lesser-known ovulatory dysfunction in which the dominant fo...
FFP 630 | Does The Pill Impact Fertility?
In this solo episode, Lisa takes a critical look at two recent studies examining the return of fertility after stopping hormonal contracepti...
FFP 629 | Is Eating Liver More Effective Than Supplementation?
Lisa examines a peer-reviewed study that tracked liver consumption and vitamin A status in young children from an impoverished South African...
FFP 628 | The Nutrient Gaps Behind Female Infertility
In this solo episode, Lisa breaks down the findings of a large cross-sectional study analyzing nutrient intake data from just under 4,000 wo...
FFP 627 | New Research: Women With PCOS Don't Actually Have More "Cysts"
In this episode, Lisa continues her PCOS series by reviewing a newly published research letter titled "Ovarian Cysts in Polycystic Ovary Syn...