A male factor is implicated in more than 50% of couples treated with IVF. However, neither the routine testing of male fertility potential nor its treatment address the specific mechanisms by which spermatozoal factors may impact upon reproductive outcome. An important function of spermatozoa is to deliver the paternal genome to the oocyte. Recently, a number of acquired spermatozoal nuclear fa...

This Committee Opinion provides practitioners with suggestions for optimizing the likelihood of achieving pregnancy in couples attempting conception who have no evidence of infertility.

A case study of Southwest Airlines, a Fortune 500 company, demonstrates that a well-designed infertility coverage plan can control resource use. This successful model could be used by employers who wish to ensure that their employees have access to high-quality, cost-effective infertility services in a managed-care environment.

Introduction ............................................................................. 486 I. Background on Reproductive Technologies and Adoption ............................................................................. 489 A. Infertility and IVF in the United States .................... 489 B. Adoption in the United States .................................... 493 II. The Policy Debate...

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One couple out of seven will have a decrease in fertility. In 40% of cases, the men will be responsible for this decrease; in 40% of cases, the women will be responsible and in the 20% left, it will be a combination of causes involving both partners. This paper will address the genetic causes of infertility including lesion at the chromosomal or gene level with the investigation of these causes.