provides another reason for recommending that any pregnancy in subfertile couples, whether achieved naturally or through infertility treatment, is carefully monitored by a fetal medicine specialist, with detailed antenatal imaging. Given the possible link between infertility treatment and anomalies, counselling of affected couples in relation to future pregnancies may be more complex and requir...

Assisted reproduction with testicular sperm extraction (TESE) and intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are fertility treatment options for couples with severe oligospermia or azoospermia. A retrospective review was performed of 146 TESE procedures in a specialist fertility centre in Ireland. The indication for TESE was obstructive azoospermia (OA) in 59% (n = 80) and non-obstructive azoospe...

Many insect species are host-obligate specialists. The evolutionary mechanism driving the adaptation of a species to a toxic host is, however, intriguing. We analyzed the tight association of Drosophila sechellia to its sole host, the fruit of Morinda citrifolia, which is toxic to other members of the melanogaster species group. Molecular polymorphisms in the dopamine regulatory protein Catsup ...

The article examines the understandings of, and responses to, reproductive failure in the classical Greek world. It discusses explanations and treatments for non-procreation in a range of ancient Greek medical texts, focusing on the writings of the Hippocratic Corpus, which devote considerable energy to matters of fertility and generation, and places them alongside the availability of a divine ...

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a heterogeneous autosomal recessive condition affecting around 1:15,000. In people with PCD, microscopic motile cilia do not move normally resulting in impaired clearance of mucus and debris leading to repeated sinopulmonary infection. If diagnosis is delayed, permanent bronchiectasis and deterioration of lung function occurs. Other complications associated w...

OBJECTIVE Driver licensing agencies are faced with an increasing population of drivers who are seeking to maintain driving privileges whilst coping with functional changes associated with health, disability, or aging-related issues. Some of these changes impact upon the motor, sensory, and cognitive capacities essential for safe motor vehicle operation. The driver assessment process, as provide...

An especially dynamic area of discussion within nursing ethics is the philosophy of caring. The work on moral development by Harvard educator Carol Gilligan in her book, In a Different Voice, is pivotal in this discussion (see IV B, Cooper 1989). Jean Watson, a nurse at the University of Colorado Center for Human Caring, also has written extensively on the philosophy of caring. She states that ...

The Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) has responsibility for organizing groups to investigate research topics related to the Internet protocols, applications, and technology. IRTF activities are organized into Research Groups. This document describes the guidelines and procedures for formation and operation of IRTF Research Groups. It describes the relationship between IRTF participants, Rese...

OBJECTIVE To find out different causes of female infertility with diagnostic laparoscopy and their comparative frequency in primary and secondary infertility. STUDY DESIGN A case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, Liaquat University Hospital (LUH), Hyderabad, rom January 2006 to December 2007. METHODOLOGY All infertile women underwent diagnostic l...

Very little is known about male infertility in the dog. The causes of infertility are divided into two main groups, congenital infertility and acquired infertility. Congenital infertility is caused by genetic (chromosomal) abnormalities and is present at birth. Acquired infertility develops during the dog's lifetime. Infertility in male dogs is diagnosed by a good medical history, including bre...