Chapter 90: The Future of NaProTECHNOLOGY

Key Findings

• The chapter describes the textbook's first 28 years of research as a first phase and quotes a 2002 lecture stating that evidence is lacking for about 85 percent of what physicians do.
• The chapter states that the 13-month FertilityCare Practitioner training program must expand sizably over the next 5 to 10 years. The author also calls for centers of excellence and postgraduate fellowships.
• The chapter presents a prototype hand-held system that interprets vaginal discharge recording system entries and gives feedback. A long-term version could link to a biochemical marker for fertility onset and postovulatory infertility.
• The author states that laboratories need reference ranges established in different populations of women, and he calls for further studies of therapeutic claims, some of them double-blind, placebo-controlled trials.
• The chapter's research topics include endometriosis causes, reproductive immunology, chronic stress, receptor deficiencies, preterm delivery, adhesion prevention, and long-term studies of bone density, breast cancer and endometrial cancer risk.