This study is focused on the psychological consequences of infertility, and is not concerned with psychological ailments leading to infertility. Being a parent is a.psychosocial aspects of infertility and of assisted reproduction. And the long-term impact of involuntary childlessness is outlined. The basic.THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF INFERTILITY ON AFRICAN WOMEN AND. LANGUTAN I FRANCINAH MABASA...

background: male infertility accounts for 30-50% of all infertilities among couples. iranian traditional medicine (itm) stressed the importance of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of male infertility. many iranian traditional physicians have described the traits of specific foods for prevention and treatment of male infertility. objective: to explore the principles and roles of foods r...

Infertility is a significant challenge, both on individual and macro levels. The overall aim of this paper to contribute better understanding infertility in Serbia by analysing relevant policies programmes, data the epidemiology infertility, health services, research findings. investigation grounded action methodology, which built shared process reflection between researchers participants selec...

OBJECTIVE To describe the different causes of infertility based on findings of diagnostic laparoscopy and their comparative frequency in primary and secondary infertility. STUDY DESIGN A cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit of Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, from January to December 2005. METHODOLOGY All patients undergoing diagnostic lap...

A total of 811 intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles in which clomiphene citrate/human menopausal gonadotrophin (HMG) was used for ovarian stimulation were analysed retrospectively to identify prognostic factors regarding treatment outcome. The overall pregnancy rate was 12.6% per cycle, the multiple pregnancy rate 13.7%, and the miscarriage rate 23.5%. Logistic regression analysis revealed fi...

Recent work suggests that infertility treatment is associated with adverse child health outcomes. In exploring various methods of assembling a cohort of children conceived by infertility treatment, the authors conducted a validation study of the assisted reproductive technology and infertility drug use check boxes on the Massachusetts birth certificate. Using 2001 and 2002 data, the authors con...

BACKGROUND It has previously been reported that children born after infertility treatment had a slight delay in early motor milestones. In this study, we examined whether children of infertile couples with or without infertility treatment had a higher risk of developmental coordination disorder (DCD). METHODS We used data on parental infertility and DCD among 23 167 singletons from the Danish...

Background: Little is known about how to predict post-treatment reproductive health outcomes in reproductive-age women with cancer. We sought to determine whether predictors like age, parity, temporary post-treatment amenorrhea, or posttreatment infertility are associated with reproductive compromise. Methods: We contacted 2532 women from a statewide cancer registry (randomly sampled; diagnosed...

BACKGROUND In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is the treatment of choice for unresolved infertility. It comprises a number of key steps, each of which has to be negotiated before the next is attempted, but the factors which are associated with failure at each stage have not been reported. METHODS AND FINDINGS We analyzed anonymised national data on women undergoing their first fresh autologous IVF ...

Among fertility centres, much discussion focuses on whether to withhold infertility treatment from special patient groups (lesbians, prospective single parent(s), prospective parent(s) of relatively advanced age, or with severe diseases) because it is assumed that this is in the best interest of the child. The present study aimed to establish whether there is any empirical evidence for this ass...