Areta JL et al.2021European journal of applied physiology
Energy availability (EA) is defined as the amount of dietary energy available to sustain physiological function after subtracting the energetic cost of exercise. Insufficient EA due to increased exerc...
NaProTECHNOLOGY – a chance for offspring or fraud? In the media space in Poland, you can meet the concept of Naprotechnology as an alternative to the in vitro procedure. Often, many myths and untruths...
Effectiveness and EthicsNaProTECHNOLOGYDiagnostic Applications
Agence de la biomédecine2021Agence de la biomédecine
Rapport annuel d'AMP Vigilance 2020 publié par l'Agence de la biomédecine. Document de surveillance pour les activités d'Assistance Médicale à la Procréation en France couvrant les incidents et effets...
The neuropeptide oxytocin acts as a hormone and a neuromodulator, influencing a multitude of human social behaviors, including reproduction. During childbirth and the postpartum period, it plays a key...
PURPOSE: The summary presented herein represents Part I of the two-part series dedicated to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Infertility in Men: AUA/ASRM Guideline. Part I outlines the appropriate evalu...
Background: In elite athletes, training individualization is widely recommended to optimize competitive performance. Previous studies have evidenced the impact of hormonal fluctuations on different pe...
The reference range and potential value of inhibin B are still unclear and controversial. This study aimed to define the variation trend of inhibin B in healthy women with age and explore its value in...
STUDY QUESTION: What were the utilization, effectiveness and safety of practices in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) globally in 2014 and what global trends could be observed?
SUMMARY ANSWER:...
OBJECTIVE: To report the utilization, effectiveness, and safety of practices in assisted reproductive technology (ART) globally in 2013 and assess global trends over time.
DESIGN: Retrospective, cros...
Androgenic Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) creates physical/emotional burdens in 4-20% of premenopausal women living with PCOS (WLWP) including: few menstruations per year, subfertility, hirsutism/ac...
Progesterone TherapyAnti-Androgen TherapyFeasibility and Pilot Studies
RATIONALE: Functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) rarely produce vasopressin. Here, we reported a case of pNET producing vasopressin in a 78-year-old man with hyponatremia.
PATIENT CONCE...
Dorani F et al.2021Journal of psychiatric research
This is the first study to assess the prevalence of symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), episodes of postpartum depression symptoms (PPD) after first childbirth, and climacteric mood sy...
Sims ST et al.2021BMJ open sport & exercise medicine
INTRODUCTION: As the number of female athletes competing rises globally, training methodologies should reflect sex differences across critical metrics of adaptation to training. Surrogate markers of t...
Pearson JT et al.2020Journal of Women's Health (2002)
Background: Digital fertility awareness-based methods of birth control are an attractive alternative to hormonal or invasive birth control for modern women. They are also popular among women who may b...
App-Based MethodsFertility Awareness MethodsProspective Cohort Study
Stafford IA et al.2020American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
Background: Incidence, risk factors, and perinatal morbidity and mortality rates related to amniotic fluid embolism remain a challenge to evaluate, given the presence of differing international diagno...
Buskmiller C et al.2020Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
Objective: Function of the lower extremities after prenatal myelomeningocele (MMC) repair is best assessed with ambulatory function at 30-36 months of age, but parents often ask about function before ...
Shen H et al.2020
Open Access
The Journal of International Medical Research
Objective: To examine potential risk factors associated with the success rate following fallopian tube recanalization (FTR) in infertile women with obstruction of the proximal fallopian tube.
Methods...
Reproductive health is compromised during anorexia nervosa (AN). However, it is still unclear whether this medical complication is reversible after recovery from AN. The purpose of this paper was to c...
Larsen SV et al.2020
Open Access
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
Objective: Sex steroid hormones potently shape brain functions, including those critical to maintain mental health such as serotonin signaling. Use of oral contraceptives (OCs) profoundly changes endo...
Despite the available research investigating uterine physiology during and immediately following pregnancy, including at the vascular and muscular levels, knowledge of the potential long-term timeline...
STUDY QUESTION: Can a core outcome set to standardize outcome selection, collection and reporting across future infertility research be developed? SUMMARY ANSWER: A minimum data set, known as a core o...
The 2018 Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Fertility Clinic Success Rates Report, prepared under the Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-493), presents dat...
Samartzis EP et al.2020Annals of translational medicine
Endometriosis is a benign gynecologic condition affecting up to one woman out of ten of reproductive age. It is defined by the presence of endometrial-like tissue in localizations outside of the uteri...
Rondanelli M et al.2020Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS)
BACKGROUND: Boron is a trace element that plays an important role in numerous biological functions, including calcium metabolism, growth and maintenance of bone tissue. However, there are still no pre...
Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Electronic address: asrm@asrm.org et al.2020Fertility and sterility
Ovarian reserve is defined as the number of oocytes remaining in the ovary, or oocyte quantity (oocyte number). Markers of ovarian reserve include hormone levels and sonographically measured features ...
Bariani MV et al.2020Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Uterine leiomyoma (fibroids) is a gynecologic disorder impacting the majority of women in the United States. When symptomatic, these noncancerous tumors can cause severe morbidity i...
Vitale SG et al.2020International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
This study aims to evaluate the effects of myo-inositol supplementation on gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) rates and body water distribution in overweight non-obese women. 223 overweight non-obese...
Konicki AJ et al.2020Journal of Christian Nursing : a Quarterly Publication of Nurses Christian Fellowship
Infertility affects one in 16 married women in the United States where 12.7% of these seek treatment. The stress of infertility and treatment is known to impact marital satisfaction, which can be furt...
Stanford JB et al.2020Reproductive Biomedicine Online
While we agree with many of the points stated by Dyer et al. in their recent commentary inRBMO(Dyer et al., 2020), we believe their conclusions are focused too narrowly. Limiting the indicator of acce...
Kiani AK et al.2020Acta Bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Infertility affects \~20% of the couples in the world. Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) are currently the most common treatment option for infertility. Nevertheless, ARTs ...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the current evidence that correlates impaired male fertility with the risk of developing male-related malignancies.
DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis of population...
# State of the fertility sector 2019/2020
**Annual publication on our regulatory work**
Published: November 2020
[**Download the underlying data set as.xlsx (47KB)**](https://www.hfea.gov.uk/media/328...
Horodenchuk Z et al.2020Kwartalnik Naukowy Fides et Ratio
Objective: To assess the outcomes of treatment the couples with infertility or recurrent miscarriage with restorative reproductive approach and to identify predictors of success.
Methods: It was a re...
We herein summarise the evidence concerning the impact of sperm DNA fragmentation in various clinical infertility scenarios and the advances on sperm DNA fragmentation tests. The collected evidence wa...
Mosorin ME et al.2020European Journal of Endocrinology
Objective: The use of combined hormonal contraceptives (CHCs) worsens glucose tolerance, but the risk for glucose metabolism disorders remains controversial.
Design: The study is a prospective longitu...
Background: Hormonal contraceptive drugs are being used by adult and adolescent women all over the world. Convergent evidence from animal research indicates that contraceptive substances can alter bot...
Background: Oral contraceptive use has been previously associated with an increased risk of suicidal behavior in some, but not all, samples. The use of large, representative, longitudinally-assessed s...
Kaneshiro B et al.2020Hawai'i Journal of Health & Social Welfare
Long acting reversible contraceptives (LARC), including intrauterine devices (IUDs) and contraceptive implants, can support an individual in meeting their reproductive goals by allowing them to preven...
Rabijewski M et al.2020
Open Access
Ginekologia Polska
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) concentration decreases with age, therefore, DHEA has been considered a hormone that reduces the symptoms associated with aging, so the usefulness of DHEA in premenopausa...
Dahlke JD et al.2020
Open Access
Obstetrics and Gynecology
In this Commentary, we explain the case for a standardized cesarean delivery surgical technique. There are three strong arguments for a standardized approach to cesarean delivery, the most common majo...
Wang JW et al.2020Therapeutic Advances in Reproductive Health
OBJECTIVE: Previous studies show good technical success rates for fallopian tube recanalization. Scarce literature exists regarding advance techniques currently used by interventional radiologists dur...
OBJECTIVE: To consolidate evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analyses investigating the association between reproductive factors in women of reproductive age and their subsequent risk of cardio...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are used in specialty/functional textiles to impart oil, water, and stain repellency. Little is known, however, with regard to the occurrence of PFASs in te...
McNulty KL et al.2020Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)
BACKGROUND: Concentrations of endogenous sex hormones fluctuate across the menstrual cycle (MC), which could have implications for exercise performance in women. At present, data are conflicting, with...
Skorseth P et al.2020Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine
BACKGROUND: Investigations of the female athlete triad (Triad) in high school athletes have found that 36% had low energy availability, 54% had menstrual abnormalities, and 16% had low bone mineral de...
Cetin E et al.2020Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Uterine fibroids are the most common benign neoplasms of the female reproductive tract and one of the major public health concerns. Although most women with uterine fibroids are asy...
We aim to describe the diagnosis and surgical management of urinary tract endometriosis (UTE). We detail current diagnostic tools, including advanced transvaginal ultrasound, magnetic resonance imagin...
AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate whether irregular or long menstrual cycles throughout the life course are associated with all cause and cause specific premature mortality (age <70 years).
Design: Prospe...
DeVilbiss EA et al.2020Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
Background: Attaining pregnancy is conditional upon a series of complex processes, including adequately timed intercourse, ovulation, fertilisation, and implantation. Anovulation is a first-line treat...