most basic instinct of all creatures is to survive and propagate. The social concepts of love, family, community and mortality strengthen the biological drive for genetic procreation. Reproductive liberty is most often described as a negative right: a guaranteed right to be free from state interference in procreative choice. 1 Few theorists in the developed world would contradict the negative r...

This document is designed to provide a framework for assisted reproductive technology (ART) programs that meet or exceed the requirements suggested by Centers Disease Control and Prevention certification of ART laboratories. replaces "Revised Minimum Standards Practices Offering Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Committee Opinion" published in 2019.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To assess the evidence of an increased risk of imprinting diseases in children born after use of assisted reproductive technologies. RECENT FINDINGS Imprinting disorders occur when the epigenetic programming during gametogenesis is disturbed, or when this programming is not sufficiently sustained during the process of fertilization and early embryonic development. Ten case o...

background: in vitro fertilization (ivf) and intra cytoplasmic sperm injection (icsi) are recognized as established and increasingly successful forms of treatment for infertility, yet significant numbers of couples discontinue treatment without achieving a live birth. this study aims to identify major factors that influence the decision to discontinue ivf/icsi treatments. materials and methods:...

BACKGROUND Worldwide more than 70 million couples suffer from infertility, the majority being residents of developing countries. Negative consequences of childlessness are experienced to a greater degree in developing countries when compared with Western societies. Bilateral tubal occlusion due to sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy-related infections is the most common cause of inferti...

The scope of this review is to focus on the management of benign ovarian cyst in the reproductive-age group of women undergoing ART. Ovarian cysts are a common occurrence in this patient population. The differential diagnosis includes functional cysts, dermoid cysts, endometrioma. The appropriate evaluation includes medical history and physical examination, laboratory tests and imaging. The tre...

Purpose: This study aims to determine the psychosocial problems experienced by infertile women and their stigmatization statuses. 
 Methods: qualitative was conducted in Assisted Reproductive Treatment Center of a university hospital Turkey between November 2016-May 2017. Sample consisted 42 who agreed participate study. Data were collected through semi-structured “Interview Form” consisti...