Diabetes drug cures infertility and more
By Janet Raloff
From San Diego, at the Experimental Biology 2000 meeting
Afflicting some 6 percent of U.S. women, polycystic ovary disease is the most common source of infertility. Cases of this inherited disorder usually go undiagnosed, however, notes endocrinologist Charles J. Glueck of the Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati. Most of the affected women don’t ovulate, but he’s found that even among those who become pregnant, half miscarry in the first trimester. That’s five times the normal rate.