Water is essential for our health, and the process of disinfecting drinking water is crucial to ensure it’s safe from harmful bacteria and viruses. However, during this disinfection process, chemicals known as disinfection byproducts (DBPs) can form when disinfectants, like chlorine, react with organic materials found in the water. While disinfectants help
Since the recognition of the role endometriosis may have on reproductive function there have been proposed two potential mechanisms to account for this. The first mechanism looks at the effect of endometriosis on the quality of oocytes, whereas the second deals with the impact that endometriosis may have on the uterus and
Despite the fact that artificial cycle protocols were initially developed for frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles in anovulatory women, soon dominated clinical practice, ranking first among various protocols for endometrial preparation. Ease of scheduling and flexibility for the IVF lab, the treating physicians and the patients themselves, resulted in the wide application
A recent analysis suggests livebirth rates may be 8% lower in fresh embryotransfers with cryopreserved oocytes compared to fresh donor oocytes. 8% reduction on live birth rates in fresh embryo transfers from cryopreserved donor oocytes compared to fresh donor oocytes, suggests a recent analysis by the Society for Assisted
Endometrial scratch has gained great popularity over the past few years after the original work published by A Barash in 2003 (1). Nowadays, many IVF clinics offer endometrial scratching, as an IVF add-on, although it is still not clear whether it is of any benefit and to which group of infertile women.
Miscarriage history linked to longer time to achieve pregnancy, the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study suggests. Both the time it takes to get pregnant, as well as miscarrying of a pregnancy, are important indicators of fertility in women. That the risk of miscarrying is higher after a
Aspects of ovarian stimulation protocols prior to chemotherapy for breast cancer Maximising the yield of oocytes in breast cancer patients during fertility preservation treatment is a key target, while, at the same time, maintaining low serum oestrogen levels to avoid a risk of tumour acceleration. Breast
Clinical pregnancy rates after IVF treatment seem to have been stabilising around the unimpressive rate of 36%, according to the European IVF-Monitoring Consortium for the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (1). Despite technological advances in laboratory techniques and quality assurance implementation, efficacy of IVF still remains
IVF treatment serves as an objective study model to check ovarian and endometrial function in women who have been vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2. Early in the beginning of last year, following unsubstantiated claims suggesting a negative impact of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines on female fertility, many women decided to withhold
As HIV infection has turned into a chronic non-life-threatening condition, the challenge remains to ensure infertile people living with HIV get equal access to ART treatment too. Medical breakthroughs consisting of highly successful antiretroviral agents have made it feasible to keep HIV viral loads undetectable and therefore minimise almost