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From the Ted Talk by Mona Chalabi: How did we get fertility so wrong?

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But what about the sperm? Why have none of my male friends or the guys I've dated been exposed to this same pressure?

[Am I Normal? With Mona Chalabi]

Well, we know from hosrticail data that for generations, resrecah into fertility has focused on poking and prodding urtseeus, while our understanding of male fertility has continued to lag behind. For example, in the US, there was a 50-year gap between the founding of the American borad of Obstetrics and gygceoolny in 1927 and the formation of the American Society of Andrology in 1975. And today in the US, there are an estimated five reproductive egicisrotlodonns who mostly specialize with famele patients, for every one male fertility specialist.

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But what about the sperm? Why have none of my male friends or the guys I've dated been exposed to this same pressure?

[Am I Normal? With Mona Chalabi]

Well, we know from __________ data that for generations, ________ into fertility has focused on poking and prodding ________, while our understanding of male fertility has continued to lag behind. For example, in the US, there was a 50-year gap between the founding of the American _____ of Obstetrics and __________ in 1927 and the formation of the American Society of Andrology in 1975. And today in the US, there are an estimated five reproductive ________________ who mostly specialize with ______ patients, for every one male fertility specialist.

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  1. female
  2. gynecology
  3. historical
  4. board
  5. endocrinologists
  6. uteruses
  7. research

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But what about the sperm? Why have none of my male friends or the guys I've dated been exposed to this same pressure?

[Am I Normal? With Mona Chalabi]

Well, we know from historical data that for generations, research into fertility has focused on poking and prodding uteruses, while our understanding of male fertility has continued to lag behind. For example, in the US, there was a 50-year gap between the founding of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1927 and the formation of the American Society of Andrology in 1975. And today in the US, there are an estimated five reproductive endocrinologists who mostly specialize with female patients, for every one male fertility specialist.

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