Marcelle I. Cedars, Susan E. Taymans, Louis V. DePaolo, LeeWarner, Stuart B. Moss, and Michael L. Eisenberg* Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA Fertility and Infertility Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda...

background & aim: intimate partner violence (ipv) is a global public health issue leading to the death of many people every year. experience of infertility profoundly affects the personal well-being of women. this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and contributing factors of psychological ipv in infertile women referring to the infertility centers affiliated to shahid beheshti university o...

background: while multiple factors can contribute to male infertility, genetic factors, such as chromosomal disorders or y-chromosome microdeletion, are responsible for about 10% of male infertility. considering the role of y-chromosome microdeletions in men with oligozoospermia who volunteer for in vitro fertilization (ivf), the prevalence of such microdeletions in each particular community ne...

background & aim : infertility and its treatment are considered a crisis in women’s life which would affect different aspects of their quality of life. along with therapeutic measures, infertile women need educating and continuous care. this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of educating based on continuous care model on treatment-related quality of life in infertile women. methods & m...

Background As assisted reproductive technology is advancing, it should arrange all principles and indexes to improve its quality of functions to provide optimal services to infertile patients. There are few infertility care-specific quality indicators. The indicators were developed by the existing quality dimensions. Safety, effectiveness, and patient centeredness are the most important quality...

PURPOSE Assisted reproductive technology (ART), including in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection, is routinely used to treat male factor infertility. Because of the success of ART, the optimal method to achieve pregnancy with male infertility is controversial. Two examples in which ART competes with traditional male infertility treatments are varicocelectomy and vasectomy r...

BACKGROUND Millions of men and women suffer from infertility worldwide. In many cultures, infertile women are at risk of social and emotional problems. Infertility may affect the public health in many countries. Domestic violence is the intentional use of physical force, power or threat against oneself, another person or another group or community which leads to injury, death, mental harm, lack...

OBJECTIVE To determine the optimal infertility therapy for women at the end of their reproductive potential. DESIGN Randomized clinical trial. SETTING Academic medical centers and private infertility center in a state with mandated insurance coverage. PATIENT(S) Couples with ≥ 6 months of unexplained infertility; female partner aged 38-42 years. INTERVENTION(S) Randomized to treatment w...