Infertility‚ I.V.F. and other Assisted Reproductive Technologies A look into the main reasons for infertility‚ how procedures evolving from recent scientific breakthroughs can combat this problem and an insight into the ethics surrounding this issue of ARTs. Since the live birth of Louise Joy Brown (the first successful ’test-tube’ baby) in 1978; we have heard massive praise‚ accompanied by huge controversy about the use of In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and other methods of technology-assisted
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Unexplained infertility Some women get pregnant quickly‚ while for others it may take much longer. The question is that how long is normal? If couples cannot conceive after 1 year of regular unprotected intercourse‚ they may have a fertility problem which is defined as infertility. Infertility can be caused by many conditions such as lack of ovulation‚ blocked fallopian tubes‚ PCOS‚ endometriosis etc in female or low sperm counts‚ poor sperm quality‚ varicose veins etc in male. However in 30% of
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possible solution to this problem! This sad story happening to 11% of the US population (Infertility‚ 2010) is called Infertility‚ and it simply means that you are unable to get pregnant after attempts for a usual time period of a year (Infertility‚ n.d.). There can be many variables that causes this problem‚ and recent medical breakthroughs have lead to the discovery of a method to help dissolve the sad pain of infertility in women. This method is called In-Vitro Fertilisation‚ or IVF. There can be many
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high rate of male infertility among Middle Eastern men is explained by several factors. Similar to Western societies‚ lifestyle factors such as smoking‚ drinking alcohol and sexually transmitted diseases are closely related to male infertility in the Middle East (Inhorn 2013). Smoking is widespread and considered as a means to promote sociability in many Middle East societies so that it is hard to believe for many Middle East infertile men that smoking is a risk factor of infertility since many of male
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begins to decrease‚ especially in the case of women since pregnancy rates for natural conception decrease from ages 35-40. Infertility is when a couple is unable to conceive even when having unprotected sex. According to the NHS‚ 1/7 couples experience difficulty conceiving‚ "This is approximately 3.5 million people in the UK." In women‚ the most common cause of infertility is due to problems with ovulation which is the process by which an egg is released every month from the ovaries. There are
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Infertility is the fundamental lacking of the ability to conceive a baby‚ and both men and women can have this problem. Dr. Clark‚ our guest speaker in class pointed out that approximately 30% of men and women are infertile‚ while 25% of infertility cannot be explain by science yet. Because of that‚ infertility is no longer considered as a lifestyle problem but a disease instead. According to Dr. Clark‚ one of the options for the infertility patients today is the use of stem cell therapies to treat
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Human Sexuality Course Project: Human Sexuality — Different Facets Submitted by: Date: Delayed Pregnancy and Infertility Treatment Although Marsha and Liam’s marriage is able to weather the conflict arising from Marsha’s diagnosis of HPV. Marsha is treated as successfully as possible‚ and the virus seems to be in remission. The couple decides to postpone starting a family until they both have more time to develop their respective careers. Although they discuss starting a family
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Infertility Rates In Present-Day Canada Phase Five Amanda Fischer Ms.Thiel Due: December 12‚ 2012 Introduction In the last ten to twenty years there has been an increase in infertility among women. This report is being designed to answer the following question: What are the causes of infertility in present-day Canada? The purpose of answering this question is to make women aware of the possible causes of infertility so fertile
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Hum. Reprod. Advance Access published December 5‚ 2012 Human Reproduction‚ Vol.0‚ No.0 pp. 1– 9‚ 2012 doi:10.1093/humrep/des398 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Reproductive epidemiology Asthma in children born after infertility treatment: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study C. Carson 1‚*‚ A. Sacker 2‚ Y. Kelly 2‚ M. Redshaw 1‚ J.J. Kurinczuk 1‚ and M.A. Quigley 1 1 National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit‚ University of Oxford‚ Oxford OX3 7LF‚ UK 2Institute for Social and Economic Research‚ University
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Running head: MALE AND FEMALE INFERTILITY Male and Female Infertility {Affiliation} Infertility in refers to inability to conceive and carry a pregnancy to full term in women while in men‚ it refers to inability to contribute to a conception after a full year of unprotected sexual intercourse. Infertility has a myriad of courses ranging from genetic problems to environmental factors. Infertility affects both those who have
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