The ability to detect the period of potential monthly fertility is of great importance to a large segment of the female population in their reproductive years, both in terms of contraception as well as conception. In the current study, the KNOWHEN® ovulation monitoring system was used by a group of women who tested their saliva on a daily basis for the presence of a ferning pattern, a known bio...

Neonatal handling induces anovulatory estrous cycles and decreases sexual receptivity in female rats. The synchronous secretion of hormones from the gonads (estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P)), pituitary (luteinizing (LH) and follicle-stimulating (FSH) hormones) and hypothalamus (LH-releasing hormone (LHRH)) are essential for the reproductive functions in female rats. The present study aimed t...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of transvaginal, ultrasound-guided, ovarian, interstitial laser coagulation treatment in anovulatory women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). DESIGN A pilot study. SETTING Assisted reproductive technology unit. SAMPLE Twenty-three anovulatory women with clomifene-citrate-resistant PCOS. METHODS Ultrasound-guided, transvaginal, ovarian, interstit...

BACKGROUND/AIM Any organs functioning directly depends on vascularization. It applies also to the uterus and ovary which go through changes of vascularization during a menstruation cycle. The aim of this investigation was to determine differences in intrauterine and ovarian stromal arterioral blood flow on basal ultrasound examination (day 2-4) between spontaneous ovulatory and anovulatory cycl...

Objective Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is highly associated with anovulatory infertility, features of the metabolic syndrome, including obesity, insulin resistance and dyslipidemia. Serum concentrations of high sensitive C- reactive protein (hs-CRP) were significantly higher in obese than in non-obese PCOS patients at baseline suggesting that the relationship between elevated hs-CRP levels ...

BACKGROUND Dairy foods and lactose may impair fertility by affecting ovulatory function. Yet, few studies have been conducted in humans and their results are inconsistent. We evaluated whether intake of dairy foods was associated with anovulatory infertility and whether this association differed according to fat content. METHODS We prospectively followed 18,555 married, premenopausal women wi...

The aim of the present study was to investigate nutritional and metabolic parameters during the dry and early postpartum periods of ovulatory and anovulatory cows, as well as their postpartum reproductive performance. Blood samples from 20 multiparous Holstein cows were collected once a week from the far-off dry period to 3 weeks postpartum. Early postpartum (0-3 weeks) ovulation was confirmed ...