Growing public awareness of future pressures on Social Security is eroding many Americans’ confidence in this key retirement program. These pressures are nearly certain in the next century, stemming from the retirement of the large baby-boom generation, longer average life spans, and lower projected fertility rates. To meet such pressures, various reforms of Social Security have been proposed, ...

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is an established alternative to prenatal testing for couples at risk of transmitting genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis (CF).PGD screens pre-implantation embryos, allowing the safe transfer of those identified as unaffected. Awareness of CF carrier status in Ireland is increasing following the introduction of neonatal screening in 2011. PGD is th...

Autologous human oocyte cryopreservation allows storing woman’s eggs to be used later by the same donor when therapeutic or elective reasons induce women to postpone motherhood. In the case of non-medical motivation, this practice is termed social freezing. By shifting the awareness from a medical procedure to social relations, frozen oocytes are becoming polemic bio-objects, which pose new que...

BACKGROUND Some 222 million women worldwide have unmet needs for contraception; they want to avoid pregnancy, but are not using a contraceptive method, primarily because of concerns about side effects associated with most available methods. Expanding contraceptive options-particularly fertility awareness options that provide women with information about which days during their menstrual cycles ...

The emphasis of the study of the female sex organs has long been on understanding its reproductive role rather than sexual responsiveness. The majority of anatomic descriptions for these organs have been from the context of reproduction. Yet, there is a growing awareness that while sharing some of the same anatomical structures and hormonal milieu, sexual function and fertility/reproductive fun...

Abstract There is a near-consensus in the literature that urbanization incompatible with large family size owing to factors such as high cost of urban living, opportunity having children centers and increasing awareness benefits small size. However, cursory glance at data on sub-Saharan Africa cast doubt incompatibility fertility rate. Hence, this paper investigates urbanization-fertility nexus...

Declining agricultural productivity has been a challenge worldwide and especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Low attributed to factors such as poor farm management practices, soil moisture stress, infertility, degradation, among others. The nations the SSA are prone insufficient crop yields due their inadequate capacity adapt good practices that support integrated fertility water (ISFWM) prac...

BACKGROUND The likelihood of conception is increased if intercourse is timed to coincide with the fertile period (5 days up to ovulation). However, to be effective, this requires good awareness of the day of ovulation. The aim of this study was to examine the accuracy of women's perceived ovulation day, compared with actual fertile days, in a cohort of women trying to conceive. MAIN OUTCOME M...