The current approach to infertility of assisted reproductive technology (ART) completely misses and then bypasses the evaluation and treatment of cervical factor infertility. In contrast, the Creighton Model FertilityCare System (CrMS), a method of fertility awareness that has the unique ability to quantify cervical mucus observations, and natural procreative technology (NaProTECHNOLOGY or NPT)...

background: reduced ovarian reserve has been known to predict poor ovarian response and poor success rates in infertile women undergoing assisted reproductive technology. ovarian reserve also decreases with age but the rate of decline defers from a woman to another. the aim of this study was to detect any difference in ovarian reserve as measured by basal serum fsh and amh between matched cohor...

OBJECTIVE To assess procreative outcomes for HIV-positive men and women with seronegative partners. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. SETTING Not applicable. PATIENT(S) Twenty-four studies with extractable data for HIV-serodiscordant couples undergoing intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF). INTERVENTION(S) None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) PRIMARY OU...

Abstract Background Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) outcome prediction is a challenging issue which the assisted reproductive technology (ART) practitioners are dealing with. Predicting success or failure of IUI based on couples' features can assist physicians to make appropriate decision for suggesting couples not and/or continuing treatment them. Many previous studies have been focused predic...

This retrospective longitudinal study was undertaken in order to determine the incidence and reproductive impact of uterine malformations on women desiring to conceive during their reproductive years. A total of 3181 patients in whom the morphology of the uterus was ascertained by hysterosalpingography (HSG) and laparoscopy/laparotomy during the years 1980-1995 was included in the study. The po...

Abstract Background Contrary to overt hypothyroidism, the true impact of subclinical hypothyroidism on fertility has not been well established. This study aimed investigate whether serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) values between 2.5 and 4.5 mIU/L are associated with lower pregnancy rates compared TSH levels 0.3 in women undergoing ovulation induction gonadotropins intrauterine inseminati...

Over the last couple of generations, we have been exposed to an increasing number of endocrine disrupters in our environment, including dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), PCB, certain pesticides, the phthalate DBP, synthetic steroids in meat and many other agents (table 1), which act as agonists or antagonists of sex steroids. Although biologists working with wildlife have been concerned ab...