Multiple pregnancy has received increasing attention over the last decade, with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline on multiple already in its second edition.1 The first review article about Obstetrician Gynaecologist (TOG) was published 2000 by Taylor Fisk (TOG 2000;2:4–10). Looking again at this seeing photograph of a young Myles (as all TOG articles featured au...

during assisted reproductive technology (art) procedures, the transfer of a single embryo dramatically reduces the rate of multiple pregnancy. proper information, therefore, should be delivered to patients before embryo transfer. in many countries, regulations limit, according to age of the patient, the number of embryos to be transferred. selective fetal reduction should not be considered as a...

Multiple sclerosis causes disability in young adults and, like most autoimmune diseases, affects women more commonly than men. The disease can therefore present at a time when many have, or are considering, starting a family. The effect of pregnancy on the outcome of multiple sclerosis is reviewed and the management of pregnant women who have multiple sclerosis is discussed.

In the last few years more studies indicated that although sclerosis multiplex frequently manifests in young adulthood, it should not be considered as contraindication for pregnancy in women affected with the disease. In fact, despite controversial literature data, pregnancy appears to be a protective factor to the disease without a harmful effect on the fetus. However, the use of immunomodulat...

background & aim: thecurrent population of the world is seven billion, and developing countries account for its 97%. approximately 210 million pregnancies annually occur worldwide and 75-80 million of them are reported to be unintended. multiple factors can contribute to unintended pregnancy, which need to be assessed to design interventions reducing the incidence of unintended pregnancies.this...