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Video Quiz - New Fertility Boost

Objective: Explain the implications of current research on combining fertility drugs with dehydroepiandrosterone.

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Question 1

What was one of the requests made by the fertility physician’s patient?
A) To place her harvested eggs in a surrogate donor.
B) To find viable sperm donors for her eggs.
C) To harvest her eggs and freeze them until she was ready to use them.
D) To clone a frozen embryo of hers.

Question 2

What was one of the perceived impasses of fulfilling her requests?
A) There have been no successful embryo’s conceived by donor sperm.
B) Her age made it a bad option for harvesting her eggs and using them.
C) Her body rejected all fertility drugs used.
D) There have been no frozen embryo’s implanted successfully.

Question 3

What was dehydroepiandrosterone being sold for as an over the counter medication?
A) It is a commonly used fertility drug.
B) It stimulates sperm production in males.
C) It is a natural alternative to estrogen replacement therapy.
D) It has been marketed as an anti-aging drug.

Question 4

What happened to the individual who coupled the fertility drugs with DHEA?
A) She remained unsuccessful in conceiving a child.
B) Her production of viable eggs was significantly increased.
C) She had a negative reaction to the combination, which caused DHEA to be pulled off the market.
D) Her monthly cycles were altered and viable eggs were being made weekly.

Question 5

Which of the following identifies DHEA production in humans?
A) It is a steroid hormone actually made by the adrenal glands.
B) It is converted into testosterone and estrogen.
C) It is a synthetic medication that is not produced in humans.
D) Two of the above are true




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