In Australia, we continue to see a growing incidence of infertility due to a number of physiological and pathological causes, which is believed to affect both genders of the population. Evidence is showing that infertility, miscarriage, premature birth and poor health in the neonate can be attributed to poor nutrition and nutritional imbalances. When treating the client, we must never lose focu...

30% of infertile couples worldwide are diagnosed with unexplained or idiopathic infertility and the problem is defined as the lack of an obvious cause for a couple's infertility and the females' inability to get pregnant after at least 12 cycles of unprotected intercourse or after six cycles in women above 35 years of age for whom all the standard evaluations are normal. The veracity of 'unexpl...

BACKGROUND Genital tuberculosis (GTB) is an important cause of female infertility, especially in developing countries. The positive results of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in endometrial GTB in the absence of tubal damage raise the possibility of the detection of sub-clinical or latent disease, with doubtful benefits of treatment. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the mycobacterium tuberculosis infect...

BACKGROUND/AIM Unknown cause of infertility exists in 10%-26% of couples with infertility problems. Treatment of these couples depends on the posibility of correcting the unidentified defect over time. Intrauterine insemination (IUI) and ovaluation stimulation are methods of choice in treatment of unexplained fertility, but if a woman is older than 37 years, in vitro fertilization (IVF) could b...