06/12/2025
June is Infertility Awareness Month, and Father’s Day is this Sunday. We wish you a wonderful Father’s Day! Unfortunately, many patients who want to be fathers (or mothers) struggle with infertility.
Did you know that at least 1 in 6 couples struggle with infertility, and male infertility causes up to half of all cases of infertility?
Our latest article reviews several botanicals that naturally boost reproductive health and fertility in men, while our Expanded Cycling Female Hormone Panel, the best test panel to assess female fertility and reproductive health, is in the spotlight below! See a sample reporthttps://www.diagnostechs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/eFHP_Sample.pdf
Fortunately, modern clinical research offers impressive evidence that Ginger, Ashwagandha, and Maca may significantly boost male fertility.
For example, one clinical study that included 19 – 40-year-old men with infertility demonstrated the use of supplemental ginger daily for three months resulted in:
Reduced DNA damage (DNA fragmentation)
Increased serum glutathione, LH, FSH, and testosterone levels
Increased total s***m count by ~ 16.2%
Increased s***m motility by ~ 47.3%
Increased s***m viability by ~ 40.7%
Increased total semen volume by ~ 36%
The DiagnosTechs Expanded Cycling Female Hormone Panel is a non-invasive, painless, and convenient saliva test that evaluates the hormones involved in female reproductive function. Hormone levels naturally fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle; therefore, testing on only one day will not provide a complete representation of the dynamic hormone balance throughout the cycle.
With the Expanded Cycling Female Hormone Panel, eleven (11) separate saliva samples are collected during an entire menstrual cycle to determine the underlying cause of symptoms.
The Expanded Cycling Female Hormone Panel screens for:
Hormonal imbalances, including estrogen dominance, that may contribute to PMS
Factors contributing to infertility, such as luteal phase deficit, anovulation, and PCOS
The approximate day of ovulation
Inadvertent or excessive hormone exposures that may cause irregular cycles or other symptoms
Underlying hormonal abnormalities associated with painful or heavy me**es
Early indicators of perimenopause
Sub-optimal pituitary signaling and function
Why Test Saliva Instead of Blood?
Saliva, which can be conveniently and painlessly collected at home, offers an opportunity for the direct measurement of the functional, bioactive, free hormone levels. In the blood, most hormones are bound to proteins and inactive. A free hormone level in serum is only a calculation, not a direct measurement. In saliva the hormones are directly measured in their free and bioavailable state.