Female Hormone Health, PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility & Breast Cancer | Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi

Seventy to eighty percent of women with PCOS do not ovulate.

"because you know 70 to 80% of PCOS patients don't ovulate—" (said at 0:29:45)

The speaker inverted the relationship. Published epidemiological and clinical literature establishes that PCOS accounts for approximately 70% to 80% (or up to 90%) of all cases of anovulatory infertility, rather than 70% to 80% of PCOS patients being entirely non-ovulatory. While ovulatory dysfunction (oligo- or anovulation) is a major diagnostic feature of PCOS, many women with PCOS ovulate intermittently or have ovulatory phenotypes.

• contradicts: Treatment of infertility in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: approach to clinical pra… (Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) 2015) · cited 252x in the literature

  "Polycystic ovary syndrome represents 80% of anovulatory infertility cases." (abstract, background, passage verified)

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• contradicts: A systematic review of pregnancy outcomes and management in polycystic ovary syndrome. (African journal of reproductive health 2026)

  "Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) now known as Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS), affects 5-20% of women of reproductive age, it is the leading cause of anovulatory infertility accounting for 70-90% of cases" (abstract, background, passage verified)

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In the state of California, women over age 42 are legally or clinically restricted to freezing embryos rather than unfertilized eggs.

"I think in in the state of California after age 42 you can only freeze embryos, not eggs. I think um" (said at 1:29:12)

There is no California state law, statute, or legal regulation restricting women over age 42 to freezing embryos rather than unfertilized oocytes. While professional guidelines from organizations such as the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) note that live birth rates decline significantly with increasing maternal age and recommend individualized clinical counseling regarding prognosis, neither state law nor clinical practice standards legally mandate embryo cryopreservation over unfertilized egg cryopreservation based on age.

• context: Evidence-based outcomes after oocyte cryopreservation for donor oocyte in vitro ferti… (Fertility and sterility 2021) · cited 78x in the literature

  "On the basis of limited data, ongoing and live birth rates appear to be improved for women who undergo planned OC at a younger vs. older age." (abstract, conclusions, passage verified)

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