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Background and Objectives: Accuracy in detecting ovulation and estimating the fertile window in the menstrual cycle is essential for women to avoid or achieve pregnancy. There has been a rapid growth ...
Background Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) presents clinical symptoms of menstrual abnormalities, excessive hair growth (hirsutism), scalp hair loss, acne and infertility. Metabolic abnormalities suc...
Background: Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a common gynecological disease with serious ramifications including low pregnancy rate and low estrogen symptoms. Traditional Chinese medicine is reg...
Menopausal hormone therapy (HT) was widely used in the past, but with the publication of seminal primary and secondary prevention trials that reported an excess cardiovascular risk with combined estro...
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex endocrine and metabolic disorder, typically characterized by anovulation, infertility, obesity, insulin resistance, and polycystic ovaries. Lifestyle or d...
The number of sperm that reaches the oocytes in mammalian species is limited. In mice, 8-10 oocytes are ovulated, a similar number of sperm reaches the oocytes, and nearly all oocytes are fertilized v...
The purpose of this State-of-the-Art Review was to provide a strategic analysis, in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis), of the current evidence regarding the man...
BACKGROUND: Low vitamin D status has been associated with an increased risk for infertility. Recent evidence regarding the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation in improving reproductive outcomes is i...
Objectives: We sought to better understand factors associated with ovarian aging in women with HIV (WWH). Design: HIV has been associated with diminished fertility, younger age at menopause, and short...
BACKGROUND: Frozen embryo transfer (frozen-ET) is increasingly common because of improved cryopreservation methods and elective freezing of all embryos. Frozen-ET is associated with higher risk of hyp...
BACKGROUND: One in seven couples are impacted by infertility in the UK, and female infertility is often associated with several health conditions impacted by nutrition. Despite many studies aimed at i...
Endometriosis is a chronic disease, in which endometrial-like tissue is found outside the uterine cavity. Lesions are typically located in the true pelvis but can be found, in addition to extragenital...
Background: Metformin is the gold standard insulin sensitizer, which is widely used to treat insulin resistance in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). However, metformin may induce gastrointestinal side...
Objective: The aim of the present study was three-fold. One, to assess the prevalence of medical traumatization in outpatients of a gynecologic department; two, to analyze the relationship of medical ...
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex endocrine disorder, affecting 13% of reproductive-aged women. While lifestyle management is the first-line treatment for improving complications, women ex...
Modern urban human activities are largely restricted to the indoors, deprived of direct sunlight containing visible and near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths at high irradiance levels. Therapeutic exposure ...
Youth get their sexual health information from social media, often from social media influencers (SMIs) or microcelebrities with large followings. Previous research suggests that SMIs have powerful pe...
BACKGROUND AND Objectives: Knowledge and competency in the topics of reproductive health and family planning are important for primary care physicians. Given the high rates of unintended pregnancy, in...
The presence of adenomyosis is traditionally confirmed by histopathologic examination of the uterine specimen. Today, it could be diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging or ultrasound. Ultrasound diag...
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis affects up to 10 % of women of reproductive age and can lead to infertility. Research investigating whether combined exposure to arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and mer...
Background: Patterns of vitamin D intake are relatively unexplored among women living with HIV, despite its importance for women's health. We compared vitamin D dietary and supplement intakes in women...
日本産科婦人科学会 体外受精・胚移植等の臨床実施成績 2022年. ENGLISH SUMMARY: JSOG ART annual registry report for 2022 from the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Reports IVF, ICSI, and frozen-embryo-transfer cycle vol...
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a metabolic, reproductive, and psychological complex series of disorders that impacts a woman throughout her lifespan. PCOS is a disorder of hormonal imbalance oc...
REDLARA (Red Latinoamericana de Reproduccion Asistida) annual registry report for treatment year 2021. REDLARA is a voluntary multi-country aggregation of ART centres across 16 Latin American nations,...
AbstractThe global production of textiles utilizes numerous large-volume chemicals that may remain to some extent in the finished garments. Arylamines, quinolines, and halogenated nitrobenzene compoun...
AbstractBackgroundThe textile dye mix (TDM) 6.6% in petrolatum contains Disperse Blue (DB) 35, Disperse Yellow 3, Disperse Orange (DO) 1 and 3, Disperse Red 1 and 17, and DB 106 and 124. The most freq...
# Ethnic diversity in fertility treatment 2021 Preliminary UK ethnicity statistics for IVF and DI treatment, storage, and donation Published: December 2023 [Download the underlying dataset as .xlsx](h...
INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is defined as the growth of endometrial glands and stromal cells in a heterotopic location with immune dysregulation. It usually leads to chronic pelvic pain and subfertili...
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis, a prevalent condition among females of reproductive age, may be associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) through chronic inflammation and early menopau...
Annual summary report on assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles performed in Japan during 2020, published by the Ethics Committee of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG).
The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has posed a huge global health threat since December 2019. Wearing face masks is known as an effective measure for controlling the wide spread of COVID-19 and its v...
Rapport annuel d'AMP Vigilance 2022 de l'Agence de la biomédecine. ENGLISH SUMMARY: 2022 ART adverse-event surveillance report from the French Agence de la biomédecine, covering serious adverse events...
The growing worldwide population is directly responsible for the increased production and consumption of textile products. One of the key reasons for the generation of microfibers is the use of textil...
While interest in sexuality\research is growing, in the past, it has been largely invisible in gerontology. By exploring the full range and dimensions of sexuality and their interrelationships with mu...
BACKGROUND: Endogenous sex hormones and oral contraceptives (OCs) have been shown to influence key regions implicated in fear processing. While OC use has been found to impact brain morphology, method...
Background: Ondansetron is a selective antagonist of the serotonin 5-HT3 receptor that is commonly used to treat morning sickness. It is estimated that 70%-80% of pregnant women suffer from morning si...
CARTR Plus 2023 plenary slides presenting 2022 Canadian ART cycle data. Single-embryo transfer rates, clinical pregnancy and live-birth rates, ART-conceived births, and multiple-pregnancy rates by par...
Many flame retardants (FRs) are brominated, and many of them are considered toxic, persistent and/or bio accumulative. A switch to non-halogenated alternatives for textile finishing is considered bene...
AbstractBackgroundTextile dye mix (TDM) is included in the European baseline series (EBS), but it is unknown if TDM identifies all patients with a textile dye allergy.ObjectivesTo assess the added val...
Oxidative methods (TOP and PhotoTOP) were combined with hydrolysis (THP assay) and fluorine sum parameters (EOF and TF) to characterize side-chain fluorinated polymers (SFPs) in functional textiles.
Rapport annuel d'activité 2022 de l'Agence de la biomédecine. Annual activity report covering Agence de la biomédecine activities including AMP (Medically Assisted Reproduction) registry operations fo...
BACKGROUND: Infertility has been confirmed as a significant medical and social problem. Heavy metal exposure refers to a risk factor for infertility, which is capable of damaging the reproductive syst...
PURPOSE: To assess efficacy of adjuvant dexamethasone during letrozole cycles for ovulation induction (OI) in women with letrozole-resistant polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). METHODS: We retrospectiv...
DIR Jahrbuch 2022 Sonderausgabe für Paare des Deutschen IVF-Registers. ENGLISH SUMMARY: 2022 patient-facing edition of the German IVF Registry annual report. Translates clinical-registry data into acc...
AbstractEnvironmental contamination brought on by the discharge of wastewater from textile industries is a growing concern on a global scale. Textile industries produce a huge quantity of effluents co...
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is one of the most common disorders faced by women of reproductive age. More than 200 symptoms of varying severity associated with PMS have been identified. Because of the ...
DIR Jahrbuch 2022 des Deutschen IVF-Registers. ENGLISH SUMMARY: 2022 Annual Report of the German IVF Registry covering German ART cycle counts, treatment indications, embryo-transfer outcomes, and pre...