background: infertility as a crisis can both lead to negative reactions and stress in infertile couples and bring about positive reactions and growth, to which henceforth posttraumatic growth is referred. this study was conducted to model the relation between martial adjustment and posttraumatic growth through the mediation of religious coping strategies in infertile couples. methods: this corr...

Satarzadeh N1, Bahrami N2, Ranjbar Koch-saraei F3, Ghojazadeh M4 1. Instructor, Department of nursing, Faculty of nursing and midwifery, Tabriz University of medical sciences 2. Instructor, Department of parastari, Faculty of nursing and midwifery,Ghazvin University of medical sciences 3. Assistant professor, Department of psychology medicine , Faculty of medicine , Tabriz University o...

BACKGROUND In human, about 25% of implanted embryos are losing 1-2 week following attachment to the uterus. A subset of this population will have three or more consecutive miscarriages which define as repeated pregnancy loss (RPL). Introducing the assisted reproductive technologies (ARTS) made a chance for infertile couples to solve their childless problem. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted ...

Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after 1 year of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. About 15% of couples are affected. Male factors account for about 50% of couples with infertility.1 Approximately 10 to 15% of infertile men suffer from azoospermia—complete absence of sperms in the ejaculate. Among these azoospermic patients, approximately 40% have complete obstruction i...

The conventional seminal parameters like sperm density, motility, morphology, etc. are not perfect indicators of seminal functional quality. Hence, Seminal Hyaluronidase Activity (SHA) and Hypo-osmotic Swelling (HOS score) of sperms that evaluate healthy sperms of fertilizing potential, were studied in male partners of infertile couples. The semen samples were obtained, by masturbation after 4 ...

Male are the sole cause of infertility in approximately 20% of infertile couples and are an important contributing factor in another 20-40% of couples with reproductive failure. Male infertility can result from a variety of causes. Some, like ductal obstruction and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, can be accurately defined and effectively treated. Genetic abnormalities can cause infertility by in...

Background: Infertility remains a global health challenge with devastating psycho-social consequences in many African communities. Nigeria’s rate of infertility is as high as 30%. Child adoption, although usually perceived as the last option for couples with incurable infertility, is associated with several physical, psychological, emotional and ethical issues. These issues have been linked to ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the cost-effectiveness of embryo donation (ED) to that of oocyte donation (OD). DESIGN Calculation of cost-effectiveness ratios (costs per outcome achieved) using data derived from clinical practices. SETTING In vitro fertilization centers and embryo donation programs. PATIENT(S) Infertile couples undergoing oocyte donation or embryo donation. INTERVENTION(S) Oocyte...

OBJECTIVE After the introduction of assisted reproductive techniques, human embryos were officially introduced into laboratories and now thousands of them are cryopreserved in such settings. Embryonic stem cells and the future application of such cells in the treatment of disease opened the door to further research on human embryos. These developments raise many ethical issues, some of which ha...

Statistics show that one in every six couples are currently infertile. Due to new artificial reproductive techniques, infertile have a whole range of possibilities become parents. Surrogacy tourism is type medical which with infertility travel other countries rent wombs surrogate woman. At present, surrogacy multi-billion-dollar industry. One the main reasons for not legal some countries. It ap...