Background: Age is an important factor in the success of infertility treatment. Upper limit of the age that people can get into infertility treatments vary in different countries. This study investigated the relationship between age and BMI with laboratory parameters in women undergoing ART and oocytes extracted from the ICSI procedure in Omid Infertility Center in Babol. Materials and Methods:...

BACKGROUND Three quarters of individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are in their reproductive years and may consider pregnancy planning. Techniques have been developed which can minimize the risk of HIV transmission in these couples, and the current literature on this topic is reviewed here. METHODS We reviewed the literature for the following topics: risk of HIV transmi...

introduction: infertility is a major problem in today´s medicine. infertility is known a health indicator and the right to infertility treatment is part of millennium development goal. the present study aimed to determine the risk factors of infertility, in women referred to both public and private health centers in ilam. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was carried out among wome...

OBJECTIVE To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV-infected individuals and HIV-affected couples who were referred for preconception counseling (PCC) at a large urban US-based HIV clinic. METHODS Electronic medical records were reviewed for HIV-infected individuals and HIV-affected couples. Medical, reproductive, surgical, psychosocial, and family history data were abst...

background : today, infertility is a major medical problem and its prevalence is increasing worldwide. infertility affects men and women of reproductive ages. in addition, infertile couples encounter many emotional and mental problems. the theory of planned behavior is a theory that explains the process of adopting appropriate behaviors. the aim of this study was to determine the predictive pow...

Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive within 12 months of regular unprotected intercourse for women under 35 years age and affects approximately 15% reproductive aged couples [1]. A diagnosis infertility often emotionally, physically, financially devastating many patients will seek fertility assistance with their obstetrician gynecologist. While there may be underlying factors con...

UNLABELLED The core business of reproductive health care in developing countries is HIV/AIDS, contraception and maternal care and not one single reproductive health care program is dealing with couples unable to reproduce. How strange to have on the one hand the reproductive medicine clinics in the resource rich countries focusing mainly on infertility care and on the other hand reproductive he...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the costs and clinical effects of 16 alternative strategies for cystic fibrosis (CF) carrier screening in the reproductive setting; and to test the sensitivity of the results to assumptions about cost and detection rate, stakeholder perspective, DNA test specificity, chance of nonpaternity, and couples' reproductive plans. METHOD Cost-effectiveness analysis. RESULTS A...