Background Chromosomal abnormalities are common in embryos from assisted reproductive technology, ranging from 60% abnormal embryos in women

Background & aim: Stress and anxiety due to waiting for treatment results and uncertainty of treatment success are common problems in infertile women. Acupuncture has been suggested as an effective strategy to relieve anxiety. This study aimed to review the available evidence on the effects of acupuncture on anxiety in infertile women. Methods: This systematic review was conducted via searching...

background: the complexity of assisted reproductive technology (art) increased during the last decades. new scientific and medical findings as well as the statutory requirements for improving the safety and the outcome of art were the main impetus for its development. while therapy planning is done and art is used by the ivf centers, the medical support and monitoring of patients is conducted b...

Assisted reproductive technology (ART), such as donor-assisted insemination (DI) relying on anonymous sperm donors, has been available since the 1940s, and it is assumed that tens of thousands of children throughout the world have been born through these procedures. Although anonymous DI has been occurring in Japan since the late 1940s, the use of egg donation has been a more recent development...

Despite the widespread use of assisted reproductive technology (ART), few studies analyse its impact on total fertility rate (TFR). Furthermore, very little is known about how ART affects at older ages and contributes to family s

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of major birth defects diagnosed by 6 years of age in all births and terminations of pregnancy for fetal anomaly conceived by assisted reproductive technology (when this included intracytoplasmic sperm injection and in vitro fertilization [IVF]) and the remainder of nonassisted reproductive technology-conceived children born in Western Australia from 1994 to...