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4th Annual International Congress on the Future of Women’s Health™
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How to trust information on the Internet
October 9th 2011The Internet has, without question, assumed a place in the life of most physicians and many patients. Though users vary in skill of use and sophistication of inquiry, some issues are common to all. The quandary about which websites may safely be trusted is one such issue. Health website quality guidelines, easily accessed on the Internet, aid users in their decisions.
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Laparoscopic Ovarian Cautery (Drilling): A surgical approach to assist ovulation
October 9th 2011In 1935 Drs Stein and Leventhal described 7 women with irregular periods (oligomenorrhea), increased body hair (hirsutism) and obesity, who at the time of surgery were found to have enlarged ovaries with a smooth "pearly white" appearance.
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Web-based learning in obstetrics and gynaecology
October 9th 2011The ubiquitous use of the World Wide Web to facilitate learning has been a benefactor of change, revolutionising the way in which education can be delivered and received. This technological advancement has woven together communities of learners and permitted access to huge repositories of information while eliminating distance as an obstacle to learning (Table I).
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X Chromosome Inactivation (or XCI) Occurs Prior to Implantation
October 8th 2011Dutch researchers find first evidence that female human embryos adjust the balance of X chromosomes before implantation in the womb. Results have implications for in vitro fertilisation and embryonic stem cell research
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Ovarian Transplantation after Rapid Cooling Vitrification
October 8th 2011Ultra-fast freezing of ovarian tissue from women who have lost their fertility as a result of cancer treatment can lead to it being used in transplants with the same success rate as fresh tissue, a researcher told the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology.
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Will IVF work for a Particular Patient? The Answer may be found in her blood
October 8th 2011For the first time, researchers have been able to identify genetic predictors of the potential success or failure of IVF treatment in blood. Dr. Cathy Allen, from the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, told the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Wednesday 1 July) that her research would help understand why IVF works for some patients but not for others.
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Chromosomal Problems Affect Nearly All Human Embryos
October 8th 2011Ms Vanneste and her team studied each cell from 23 three or four day-old IVF embryos from young (less than 35 years old), fertile couples who had asked for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). PGD is carried out where one or both parents have a known genetic abnormality, in this case an X-linked disorder or the microdeletions (loss of a tiny piece of a chromosome) that can cause such disorders as the cancer predisposition syndrome neurofibromatosis type 1.
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Ten Years of Monitoring ART in Europe sees a Doubling of Cycles and Higher Pregnancy Rates
October 8th 2011Twin deliveries after assisted reproductive technology (ART) have fallen below 20% for the first time in Europe according to the tenth report summarising data on ART in Europe, which was presented at the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Amsterdam today (Wednesday).
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Cancer Survivors at Greater Risk of Birth Complications; Special Monitoring Needed
October 8th 2011Survivors of childhood cancer run particular risks when pregnant and should be closely monitored, the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today (Wednesday 1 July). Dr. Sharon Lie Fong, of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, said that, although such women may have conceived spontaneously and considered themselves to be perfectly healthy, their deliveries should always take place in a hospital.
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How to make the right decision
October 8th 2011Making decisions is often one of the most difficult tasks you will face as an infertile couple. Should we stop treatment ? Should we consider adoption ? Should we switch doctors ? Should we move on to IVF ? How many embryos should we transfer ? Should we ask for an assisted hatch or a blastocyst transfer ?
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The Right and The Plight of the Infertile Couple in India
October 8th 2011The right to have a baby is something most of us take for granted , and we often lose sight of the fact that 1 in 10 married couples will not be able to have the child they want. Infertility is a very common problem , and if you stop to think about it, you will realize that you know at least one person who is infertile amongst your own group of friends or relatives. However, it remains one of those taboo topics which no one wants to talk about, even though it interferes with one of the most fundamental and highly valued human activities - building a family.
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How a consumer health library can help empower patients with information
October 8th 2011How can one go about empowering patients with information in developing countries which have limited resources ? A free public health library can provide information directly to patients, and encourage them to make their own decisions, in partnership with their doctor. It can also serve as a resource center for doctors, who can use it to develop their own patient educational materials.
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IVF and related assisted reproductive technologies (ART) offer great hope to infertile couples the world over. Because these techniques are so expensive, however, they are out of the reach of the vast majority of couples, and especially those in the developing world. This is because IVF programmes are too technology-intensive at present - anything which is complicated is bound to be expensive.
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Some couples worry that a test tube baby is "weak" or abnormal (and others still believe that the child is grown in a test tube for 9 months and then handed over to the parents!). Fortunately, with increasing awareness, many couples now know that there is nothing "artificial" about a test tube baby.
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How to make the right decision
October 8th 2011Given the fact that IVF is still more of an art than a science; that “luck” still plays a very important role; and that we still cannot predict who will get pregnant when, you are likely to be completely confused by conflicting information and contradictory opinions . Whom can you trust? How can you decide? And the fact that you and your spouse may have completely different priorities and opinion can make a bad situation even worse!
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For patients with azoospermia, surgical sperm harvesting techniques need to be used to retrieve the sperm. This is called surgical sperm retrieval or recovery, and a number of methods have been devised to recover sperm from the male reproductive tractor men with obstructive azoospermia, (because of duct blockage or absence of the vas deferens), sperm are usually recovered from the epididymis.
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How to get out of the Infertility Maze
October 8th 2011Dr Margarete Sandelowski, Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has done some very exciting work in exploring how couples cope with their infertility. She observed that infertile couples often find that they are trapped in a maze; and they exhibit 6 patterns of pursuit in their quest to exit the maze.
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Conservative Treatment for Fibroids
October 8th 2011If you need treatment for fibroids, there are a number of options available to you. Your choices should be guided by the medical problems the fibroids are causing, your desire to have children, and your feelings and thoughts about surgery or other options. I think it is important for you to know all the options available.
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Throughout history, menstruation has been associated with myth and superstition. Menstrual blood was felt to cure leprosy, warts, birthmarks, gout, worms and epilepsy. It has been used to ward off demons and evil spirits. Menstruating women have been separated from their tribes in order to prevent a bad influence on the crops or the hunt. As recently as 1930, the cause of abnormal menstrual bleeding was felt to be an undue exposure to cold or wet just prior to the beginning of the period.
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In Vitro Maturation Of Oocytes
October 8th 2011Our Knowledge of Reproductive medicine has been expanded rapidly since the birth of Louise Brown, the first baby to be conceived by In vitro Fertilization in 1978. Hardly a year goes by without the development of a new or a modification of an existing method of assisted reproduction.
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With more information being made available on-line, and support groups helping to increase awareness of infertility, patients have a seemingly limitless amount of information now available to them. One direct result of the ongoing information revolution is that patients today are becoming more knowledgeable and empowered than ever before.
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Infertility is the inability to conceive after a year of unprotected intercourse in women under 35, or after six months in women over 35, or the inability to carry a pregnancy to term. Couples who have known barriers to fertility, such as endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, male factor infertility, irregular cycles, etc., do not need to sit out the traditional waiting period to seek expert care for infertility.
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Infertility Diagnostic Procedures
October 8th 2011A thorough history should include information about past surgical history, medical history, exposures to tobacco, alcohol, environmental toxins, a history of sexually transmitted diseases, a careful menstrual history, a history of any past pregnancies, a through review of all organ systems, and any other relevant information.
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Encouraging New Egg Freezing Results
October 8th 2011Extend Fertility™ and Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York (RMA of NY) today announced initial results in the ongoing Extend Fertility-sponsored multi-site study designed to further the science and efficacy of oocyte cryopreservation or “egg freezing.”
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A cost efficient approach to the diagnosis and treatment of infertility for the OBGYN generalist
October 8th 2011The purpose of this proposal is to outline suggested clinical pathways for the management of infertility and common reproductive endocrinology problems. The goal is to create an approach that provides the greatest success while using limited resources in the most cost-effective fashion.
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ART Success Rates - All that Glimmers
October 8th 2011A fact that makes reproductive medicine unique is a specific and quantifiable end point- a healthy baby. Each infertile couple and each and every assisted reproduction technology (ART) program are vitally interested in success rates. The stakes are high. Truly, success breeds success.
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Conception Rate in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Polycystic ovary syndrome is characterized by enlarged ovaries, multiple peripherally arranged cysts and increased stromal density(1). Polycystic ovary syndrome is responsible for approximately 25-30% of infertility in women, which is mainly anovulatory(2). Ovulation can be induced with antiesterogens in many women but a proportion fail to respond and even in those who ovulate, the pregnancy rate is often low and the miscarriage rate is high.
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Pregnancy Loss: Approaches To Evaluation And Treatment
October 8th 2011Pregnancy loss is a frustrating and challenging problem for couples and clinicians alike. Although medical textbooks specifically target the recommended "work-up" towards those patients labeled as "recurrent" or "habitual aborters", it is important, in this author's opinion, to consider certain specific aspects of evaluation after any miscarriage.
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