Background: Infertility is one of the major problems in life which affects about 20% of couples in developed countries and a large population in the developing countries including Iran. Since not much has been discussed, published or talked about in the literature and infertilityconferences in Iran, we have decided to conduct a review of literature and provide a summary of what is known in the ...

The experience of infertility can cause distress in many women, and there is a dearth of research that addresses infertility type (i.e., primary or secondary) and strengths-based constructs, such as self-compassion. Although the prevalence of secondary infertility (i.e., experiencing infertility after having a child) is significantly greater than primary infertility (i.e., experiencing infertil...

BACKGROUND Social support can be a critical component of how a woman adjusts to infertility, yet few studies have investigated its impact on infertility-related coping and stress. We examined relationships between social support contexts and infertility stress domains, and tested if they were mediated by infertility-related coping strategies in a sample of infertile women. METHODS The Multidi...

Endometriosis, PCOS, and unexplained infertility are currently the most common diseases rendering large numbers of women infertile worldwide. Oxidative stress, due to its deleterious effects on proteins and nucleic acids, is postulated to be the one of the important mechanistic pathways in differential expression of proteins and in these diseases. The emerging field of proteomics has allowed id...

BACKGROUND Infertility is defined as the inability to achieve the pregnancy within a year of unprotected intercourse. Infertility is a complex issue and different factors such as stress oxidative can be involved in this problem. So, any attempt to neutralize oxidative stress would be helpful in the treatment of infertility. Melatonin is a known scavenger of free radicals. OBJECTIVE The aim of...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether normospermic infertile men have high seminal oxidative stress, using 3 measures of oxidative stress: reactive oxygen species (ROS), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), and a composite ROS-TAC score. Forty-three normospermic men without leukocytospermia and 19 healthy donors who came to our infertility clinic were included. Patients were categoriz...

Prostatitis has been associated with abnormal semen parameters and may be the cause of infertility in some patients. Sperm antibodies and impaired sperm motility have been observed in the semen of patients with prostatitis. More recently, seminal oxidative stress has been detected in patients with prostatitis or accessory gland infection. Oxidative stress is the result of elevated Reactive Oxyg...