FACTS About Fertility

By Denise Pinto, DO

Editors Note: During her participation in the FACTS elective, Denise Pinto, a fourth-year medical student, reviewed the narrative study “Hypothalamic Amenorrhea and the Long-Term Health Consequences” by Chrisandra ...

By Molly Franzonello

Our FACTS team is dedicated to educating medical professionals, students and the broader community about fertility and family-planning approaches that our patients can use to grow their families in a natural, holistic way.

We teach physicians and clinicians how to better care for couples desiring to have a baby, mothers recovering postpartum...

By John McCarthy

Editor’s Note: As a FACTS elective student, John McCarthy wrote a research summary of “Association of Hormonal Contraception with Depression” by Charlotte Wessel Skovlund and colleagues. This large prospective cohor...

Editor’s Note: This lived experience interview highlights a patient’s journey with fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) and her eventual diagnosis of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). The piece offers insight into the challenges of delayed diagnosis and the potential of cycle charting to inform clinical conversations and support earlier symptom recognition....

By Rohan Mehra

Editor’s Note: This review summarized by Rohan Mehra while taking the FACTS elective highlights key insights from “Cognition and behavior across the menstrual cycle in individuals with premenstrual dysphoric disorder ...