BACKGROUND Couples with recurrent miscarriage (RM) have an increased risk of one of the partners carrying a structural chromosome abnormality. On the basis of four independent risk factors, an evidence-based model was developed, which allows limiting karyotyping to high-risk couples. The aim of this study was to assess the level of adoption of selective karyotyping, its clinical consequences an...

Data presented in the meta-analysis by Oghenowede Eyawo and colleagues sheds new light on the role of serodiscordant couples in driving the incidence of HIV in Africa. The HIV epidemic in Africa is driven by heterosexual transmission. Studies have shown transmission in stable discordant couples can be as low as 1·9 per 100 person-years to as high as 19·0 per 100 person-years; these couples are ...

BACKGROUND A large number of HIV-1 infections in Africa occur in married couples. The predominant direction of intracouple transmission and the principal external origins of infection remain important issues of debate. METHODS We investigated HIV-1 transmission in 46 HIV-1 concordant positive couples from Dakar, Senegal. Intracouple transmission was confirmed by maximum-likelihood phylogeneti...

Many gay male couples make agreements about whether or not to permit sex with outside partners, yet little is known about the development and maintenance of these agreements, their impact on relationships, and whether they are an effective HIV prevention strategy. Using semi-structured, qualitative interviews, 39 gay male couples were asked about their sexual agreements and about other relation...

It is widely believed that couples look alike. Consistently, previous research reported higher facial similarity for couples than non-couples, and that facial similarity predicts marital satisfaction. However, it is unclear if facial similarity in couples shown in previous studies was solely driven by extrinsic features like hairstyle, glasses, etc. Also unclear is what attributes are perceived...

This study was a 3-year follow-up of 65 male and 138 female same-sex couples who had civil unions in Vermont during the 1st year of that legislation. These couples were compared with 23 male and 61 female same-sex couples in their friendship circles who did not have civil unions and with 55 heterosexual married couples (1 member of each was a sibling to a member of a civil union couple). Despit...

STUDY QUESTION Can mixture survival models help distinguish infertility from subfertility in couples with an unexplained unfulfilled child wish? SUMMARY ANSWER Mixture models estimated that 47% of the couples were infertile; female age and previous pregnancy were significantly related to infertility, whereas duration of child wish was associated with a longer time to pregnancy for subfertile ...

Research on same-sex couples and housework can add nuance to our understanding of gender and housework. This analytic review highlights what can be gained from research on samesex couples and housework. Specifically, this review reveals how same-sex couples both ‘‘do’’ and ‘‘undo’’ gender through housework. It illustrates how partners in same-sex couples are influenced by heteronormative meanin...

Recent results show higher perceived stress and more dysfunctional coping in depressed individuals, and suggest that dyadic approaches focused on enhancing couples coping can be useful in treating depression. At the same time, a long tradition of research on couples with a depressed partner suggests potential differences between couples who are more or less maritally distressed, as well as due ...

objectives: this study intends to evaluate marital adjustment of the addicts in isfahan na groups and their couples. methods: in this cross-sectional analytic-descriptive study, two centers were randomly selected among all of the na groups in isfahan in 2012. in the next stage, 40 addicts (both male and female) who were randomly selected from each center as well as their couples were asked to p...