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The relationship between ovarian cysts and infertility is a subject of debate, mainly because it is difficult to determine the real impact of the cyst and its treatment on later fertility. For a long ...

Objectives: The "International Active Surveillance Study of Women Taking Oral Contraceptives" investigated the risks of shortand long-term use of an extended 24-day regimen of drospirenone and ethinyl...

We determined the prospective 10-year association among incident fragility fractures and four glucocorticoid (GC) treatment groups (Never GC, Prior GC, Baseline GC, and Ever GC). Results showed that G...

Objectives: The potential effect of hormonal contraception on HIV-1 acquisition and transmission represents an important public health issue. Several observational studies have suggested an associatio...

We used data from a large, prospective Canadian cohort to assess the association between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin and noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) and...

Objective: To evaluate the association between endometriosis and chronic endometritis. Methods: Endometrial specimens were obtained from 71 patients, 34 with endometriosis (endometriosis group) and 3...

Objective: We reviewed the occurrence of prematurity, low birth weight, multiple gestations, frequency of stillbirths and maternity care-associated variables including hospital stay and hospital charg...

Whether hormonal contraceptives increase HIV-1 acquisition, transmission and disease progression are critical questions. Clinical research has been hampered by a lack of understanding that different p...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the variability in the recognition of normal sperm and various sperm defects using the strict criteria recommended by the World Health Organization (5th edition, 2010). DESIGN...

Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) has been demonstrated to reduce symptom severity in conditions such as fibromyalgia, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, and complex regional pain syndrome. We review the ev...

BACKGROUND: Anti-N-methyl-aspartate receptor encephalitis is a potentially fatal form of encephalitis and frequently associated with ovarian teratomas. Surgical removal of ovarian teratomas improves c...

The diagnosis of unexplained infertility can be made only after excluding common causes of infertility using standard fertility investigations,which include semen analysis, assessment of ovulation, an...

Purpose: To evaluate the association between physical activity (PA) across the menstrual cycle and reproductive function. Methods: The BioCycle Study (2005-2007) followed 259 healthy premenopausal wo...

The aim of the article was to investigate the relationship between pregnancy complications, infertility and assisted reproductive technologies (ART). The study was conducted on 1331 couples with compl...

INTRODUCTION: Oral contraceptives (OC) are effective for birth control and have good cycle control and tolerability. However, the hormonal components could modify mood and libido. AIM: The aim of thi...

PURPOSE: The high costs of fertility care may deter couples from seeking care. Urologists often are asked about the costs of these treatments. To our knowledge previous studies have not addressed the ...

Background: Weight gain is often considered a side effect of combination hormonal contraceptives, and many women and clinicians believe that an association exists. Concern about weight gain can limit ...

Background: Progesterone is effective treatment for hot flushes/night sweats. The cardiovascular effects of progesterone therapy are unknown but evidence suggests that premenopausal normal estradiol w...

The indications for IVF have expanded from tubal disorders to many causes of subfertility, including unexplained. But with limited evidence underpinning its extended remit Esme Kamphuis and colleagues...

Background: Findings on potential interactive effects of oral contraceptives (OCs) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on breast cancer risk have been inconsistent. We aimed to use population-based ...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of coital lubricants and oils on sperm motility. DESIGN: Comparative prospective in vitro study. SETTING: University Andrology laboratory. PATIENT(S): Twenty-two ...

It is not clear if early oral contraceptive use increases the risk of breast cancer among young women with a breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1) mutation. Given the benefit of oral contracepti...

Infertility is a relatively common health condition, affecting nearly 7% of all couples. Clinically, it is a highly heterogeneous pathology with a complex etiology that includes environmental and gene...

BACKGROUND: Transient exposures may influence fertility and early embryonic development. To assess the time of conception in vivo and conduct concurrent biomonitoring, ovulation must be identified pro...

The human endometrium is a dynamic tissue, which undergoes cycles of growth and regression with each menstrual cycle. Adult progenitor stem cells are likely responsible for this remarkable regenerativ...

Emerging research raises questions that synthetic oxytocin during childbirth may alter the endogenous oxytocin system and influence maternal stress, mood, and behavior. Endogenous oxytocin is a key co...

Objective: We used validated sensitive and specific questions associated with clinically confirmed diagnoses of unexplained vulvar pain (vulvodynia) to compare the cumulative incidence of vulvar pain ...

BACKGROUND; Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) reduce levels of androgen, especially testosterone (T), by inhibiting ovarian and adrenal androgen synthesis and by increasing levels of sex hormone-bin...

CONTEXT: Clomiphene citrate (CC) is the first line drug for ovulation induction but because of its peripheral antiestrogenic effect, letrozole was introduced as the 2nd line drug. It lacks the periphe...

Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) can interfere with normal hormonal balance and may exert adverse consequences on humans. The male reproductive system may be susceptible to the effects of such en...

1. Endocrinology. 2014 May;155(5):1956-69. doi: 10.1210/en.2013-2081. Epub 2014 Mar 31. Use of a mouse in vitro fertilization model to understand the developmental origins of health and disease hypot...

Annual report (Jahrbuch) of the Deutsches IVF-Register (DIR) for treatment year 2013. DIR is the German national IVF/ICSI registry, founded 1982 — the oldest continuously operating ART registry. Volun...

CARTR Plus annual report covering Canadian ART cycle outcomes; presented at CFAS Annual Meeting October 2015 with 2013 birth outcomes and 2011-2014 cycle data. The Canadian Assisted Reproductive Techn...

Perforation of the uterus is the most common immediate complication at the time of dilatation and curettage (D&C). We experienced the case of a patient with intra-abdominal extrusion of fetal part and...

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether menstrual cycle phase in women at the time of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) predicts 1-month outcomes. SETTING: Six emergency departments; 5 in Upstate New York, ...

Comment in Fertil Steril. 2014 Jan;101(1):47-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.09.043. OBJECTIVE: To systematically quantify the impact of consumer cost on assisted reproduction technology (ART) util...

Several recent studies suggest that obesity may be a risk factor for fracture. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) and future fracture risk at differ...

OBJECTIVE: The relation between eating disorders and menstrual function has been widely studied, but it is unknown whether the behavior of binge eating itself is related to menstrual dysfunction. MET...

Jul 27. Assisted reproductive technology in Europe, 2010: results generated from European registers by ESHRE†. Kupka MS(1), Ferraretti AP(2), de Mouzon J(2), Erb K(2), D'Hooghe T(2), Castilla JA(2), C...

Sunderam S, Kissin DM, Crawford SB, Folger SG, Jamieson DJ, Barfield WD; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Epub 2013 Nov 1. International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technology: world report on assisted reproductive technology, 2005. Zegers-Hochschild F(1), Mansour R(2), Ishihara O(3), A...

BACKGROUND: Clomiphene citrate (CC) is most commonly used as a first-line treatment of infertility. However, a disturbance of endometrial growth by the adverse effects of the CC has been recognized. S...

Background: Clinical, animal, and epidemiological studies have clearly demonstrated that cancer is a hormonally mediated disease and several factors that influence hormonal status or are markers of ch...