Fertility
13 Nov 2008
Video poem by Ernesto Sarezale (http://www.myspace.com/sarezale).
Text at:
http://www.sarezale.com/fertility.html
Voice over by Sina Shamsavari (http://www.boycrazyboy.com).
Duration : 0:2:40
In this Medical Minute, Dr. Schlegel talks about turning a “zero chance” into a “fertility success story”.
Dr. Schlegel is the Chairman of the Dept. of Urology, Weill-Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is also a renown medical leader in infertility, fertility, and IVF (in vitro fertilization) diagnosis, treatment and research.
Source: An Original HealthTheater.tv Production/In association with the Dept. of Urology, Weill-Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital. Credits: Executive Producer:Sean Moloney, Editor:Calvin C. CHOI
Duration : 0:1:30
Kanamara Fertility Festival
19 Aug 2008
This is a Fertility Festival held each year in Kamakura, at the Wakamiya Hachimangu Shrine held on the first Sunday in April of every year.
This festival began in the 1600s and is a link to the times when the area used to be more of a port city and the role local prostitutes played in society at that time. Due to the high risk of contracting STDs this festival was created to help induce the gods to protect them from the diseases of the day. Today the festival also seems to represent families wanting to conceive. It’s an interesting festival and a side of the Japanese rarely seen via their ancestral ties to festivities like this.
Duration : 0:2:32