Baby boom

Q: My son and daughter-in-law have been trying to start a family for the past three years with no success. Their insurance won't cover fertility treatments and they can't afford them on their own. Is there any natural method that might be able to help?

Dr. Wright: Unfortunately, your son and daughter-in-law aren't alone: Infertility is on the rise -- and has been for decades. Many couples are spending tens of thousands of dollars a year on specialized testing and procedures in their quests to have babies. Ironically, there's been a safe treatment available in local natural food stores since the 1940s that costs less than $20 a bottle was found effective in one trial in up to 75 percent of women who tried it!

This safe, frequently effective remedy is para-aminobenzoic acid, or PABA, often classified as a member of the B-vitamin complex. In the 1940s, Dr. Benjamin Sieve published results from research involving 16 women, all of whom had been unable to achieve pregnancy for over five years. All 16 women took 100 milligrams of PABA four times daily for three to seven months. Twelve of the 16 became pregnant. And since I began recommending this treatment in the 1970s, I've observed PABA to be effective for over 50 percent of the women who've tried it.

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