Insurance companies generally cover treatment for iatrogenic conditions that result from cancer treatment, including treatment for conditions that may be considered elective when “naturally” occurring (note that in this article, I am using the word “iatrogenic” to refer only to nonnegligent treatment-induced conditions). One notable exception is fertility preservation for iatrogenic infertility...

Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after one year despite regular intercourse. The need for treatment and option are determined by evaluation process that starts this stage. Treatment mainly includes ovarian stimulation followed timed intercourse, intrauterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Choosing appropriate patient ...

Clinical trials testing infertility treatments often do not report on the major outcomes of interest to patients and clinicians and the public (such as live birth) nor on the harms, including maternal risks during pregnancy and fetal anomalies. This is complicated by the multiple participants in infertility trials which may include a woman (mother), a man (father), and a third individual if suc...

OBJECTIVES The emotional adjustment of couples undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatments has been widely studied; however, it remains unclear whether infertility history contributes to couples' adjustment. This study examined the impact of infertility history (duration of infertility and number of previous ART treatment cycles) on the emotional adjustment of couples undergoin...

This paper explores how organizations within the fertility treatment sector in UK discursively construct (cis) male infertility and whether, so doing, they reinforce or reproduce prevailing institutionalized discourses practices of masculinity. We seek to address gender disparity contemporary understandings reproductive health Organization Studies (OS) where women's experience its impact is wel...

The recently released National Public Health Action Plan for the Detection, Prevention, and Management of Infertility calls for better access to high-quality infertility services and improved safety of fertility treatments. Both assisted reproductive technology (ART) and non-ART fertility treatments have allowed millions of patients worldwide to overcome infertility-a disease of the reproductiv...