BACKGROUND In the previous studies, the rate of primary infertility was reported differently. It seems the main reasons are related to the different methods of data collection and information analysis. Therefore, introducing a precise method to determine the infertile couples and the population exposed to the risk of infertility is an important issue to study primary infertility. METHODS The ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the clinical features of carriers of chromosome 2 translocations, enabling informed genetic counseling of these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty-two male carriers of a translocation who were infertile or receiving fertility counseling were recruited. Cytogenetic analyses were performed using G-banding. A search of PubMed was performed to determine whether the identi...

Abstract Study question Does relationship satisfaction and social support demonstrate actor partner effects on perceived stress, is this moderated by reproductive status? Summary answer No significant were found. Relationship related to one’s stress. Reproductive status moderates the between What known already Infertility affects around 15% couples there seems be a growing number of experiencin...

Infertility patients are known to be at increased risk of endometrial carcinoma (EC) and atypical hyperplasia (AH). However, the incidence and clinical features of EC and AH in these patients remain to be clarified. In this study, we examined the rate at which a routine infertility workup revealed EC/AH and investigated the clinicopathological features of EC/AH detected in this way. Among patie...

The following synopsis presents a new approach in treating female infertility developed by Dr. Samuel Wang at Acupuncture Herbal Center, San Rafael, California. The paper in its entirety was awarded Outstanding Achievement at the Fifth World Conference of Traditional Medicine in 2000. Dr. Wang is the founder of the latest microcosmic theory of Chinese medicine. In light of applying the philosop...

background: endometriosis is one of the most challenging diseases that constitute 20% - 40% of women searching for their infertility diagnosis. objective: this study was undertaken in order to compare the outcome of in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ivf/icsi) in women with endometriosis, and tubal factor infertility as controls. materials and methods: from 2005 to 2006 a ...

Background: Infertility is defined as the failure to conceive after 1 year of unprotected sexual intercourse in women less than 35 years age and 6 months older [1, 2]. It affects 10 15 % couples [1]. Abnormalities fallopian tubes account for 40 cases infertility [3]. Sonosalpingography a non-invasive, safe cost- effective diagnostic technique which provides reliable diagnosis tubal patency [4]....

STUDY QUESTION Is perceived social support from partner, family, and friends associated with increased infertility-related stress? SUMMARY ANSWER While men's perceived support did not seem to influence their partners' stress, women's perceptions of spousal and familial support can affect the way men deal with the challenge of infertility. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Previous studies showed that l...

OBJECTIVES Using a statistical modelling approach, our study aim is to determine reliable age-related estimates of the risk of all-cause tubal factor infertility (TFI) following past or current chlamydial infection in women in Scotland. METHOD Using data from several sources, a Markov-Chain Monte Carlo model was used to estimate the age-related risk of TFI given genital chlamydia infection at...