Introduction: Infertility is a major problem in today´s medicine. Infertility is known a health indicator and the right to infertility treatment is part of Millennium Development Goal. The present study aimed to determine the risk factors of infertility, in women referred to both public and private health centers in Ilam. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among wom...

Background: The reported prevalence of infertility in Pakistan is 21% of which 35% is contributed by male factor. Male infertility has multifactorial etiologies ranging from modifiable to genetic risk factors. Among all the risk factors that may account for male infertility, obesity is one of the emerging public health problems. Therefore, the aim of the study was to determine the association o...

INTRODUCTION Infertility is as an important and common problem in couples necessitating assisted reproductive technology (ART) or drug therapy. Infertility is known as a risk factor for ovarian, breast and endometrial cancer. We aimed on evaluation of the history of primary infertility and previous ART in patients with the above-mentioned cancers. MATERIAL AND METHOD In this retrospective stu...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the potential risk factors for infant leukemia. With its very young age at diagnosis, exposures occurring in the perinatal period are suspected. Parental infertility and infertility treatment have been studied with regard to childhood cancer in general, but rarely in individual cancer subtypes. METHODS A case-control study of infant leukemia was conducted thro...

abstract background: infertility predisposes the couples to mental and psychological problems such as anxiety, depression, anger, and partner abuse. this study aimed to investigate the association between infertility factors and the non-physical abuse between infertile spouses. materials and methods: this is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on 262 infertile couples (131 female and ...

background: infertility is considered as a major health care problem of different communities. the high prevalence of this issue doubled its importance. a significant proportion of infertility have been related to environmental conditions and also acquired risk factors. different environmental conditions emphasized the need to study the different causes of infertility in each area. objective: t...