INTRODUCTION Fertility is referred to the capability for having offspring and can be evaluated by fertility rate. Women's fertility is strictly dependent on individual's age. The fertility peak occurs in the early 20s, and it starts to decline in the third and fourth decades of life (falling sharply after age 35). AIM The aim of this work is to review the available data concerning fertility i...

Abrus precatorius is one of the most important herb belonging to Fabaceae family. It is native to India and grows in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. It used as anti-diabetic, anti inflammatory, anti fertility, anti bacterial, anti fungal. Therefore the present review is aimed to highlight the botanical characters, its Phytochemical and pharmacological activities in various diseases.

BACKGROUND The practice of traditional medicine for the control of fertility in rural Ethiopia is based on folk use of numerous antifertility herbs and Achyranthes aspera is one of these used for this purpose. Many plants are known to possess anti-fertility effect through their action on hypothlamo-pituitary-gonadal axis or direct hormonal effects on reproductive organs resulting in inhibition ...

Fertility impairments among men treated during childhood for cancer are known to occur after some, but not all, types of anti-cancer therapy. This is the first study to evaluate proven fertility among adult male survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). In a retrospective cohort study, proven fertility (ever fathered a pregnancy) was evaluated by self-report among 213 men treat...

Establishment and maintenance of the correct epigenetic code is essential for a plethora of physiological pathways and disturbed epigenetic patterns can provoke severe consequences, e.g. tumour formation. In recent years, epigenetic drugs altering the epigenome of tumours actively have been developed for anti-cancer therapies. However, such drugs could potentially also affect other physiologica...