This book addresses the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD), a new medical concept that demonstrates that various adult diseases start in the fetal period.
The decade that has passed since publication of the second edition of this textbook has not only witnessed a tremendous increase in knowledge within the ?
Since the first successful transfer of an in vitro fertilised human egg in 1976, modern endocrinology, genetics, and assisted reproductive technologies have opened new frontiers of research with the aim to treat infertile women.
This book offers a historical perspective on the scientific milestones that have brought IVF to its current prominence and explores future directions based on ongoing research.
This book considers the growing popularity of solo motherhood via gamete donation and how this type of "e;cyborg conception"e; is narrated in medicine, bioethics, fiction, and memoir.
This book presents the theory that positional obstruction of the inferior vena cava by the gravid uterus might contribute to the causation of preeclampsia, fetal growth restriction, preterm birth, dysfunctional labor and uterine atony.
Patients seeking fertility care may have experienced trauma prior to their fertility journey and often have experienced trauma as part of the fertility process itself.
This book considers the growing popularity of solo motherhood via gamete donation and how this type of "e;cyborg conception"e; is narrated in medicine, bioethics, fiction, and memoir.
By providing the background knowledge, the book empowers the obstetrician/gynecologist to be in the key coordinating role, and to communicate effectively with all parties and health workers involved in psychological care.
This book provides readers up-to-date information on various aspects affecting assisted reproduction laboratories and corresponding management approaches, based on latest literatures, clinical practice, and international consensus.
This book offers a historical perspective on the scientific milestones that have brought IVF to its current prominence and explores future directions based on ongoing research.
This book addresses the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD), a new medical concept that demonstrates that various adult diseases start in the fetal period.
Personalized medicine is what this book is about-tailoring your lifestyle, food, medicines, treatments, and reproductive choices to your genetic signature.
Thirty-five years after its initial success as a form of technologically assisted human reproduction, and five million miracle babies later, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has become a routine procedure worldwide.
In the last forty years anthropologists have made major contributions to understanding the heterogeneity of reproductive trends and processes underlying them.
Central to this book are Gbigbil womens experiences with different reproductive interruptions: miscarriages, stillbirths, child deaths, induced abortions, and infertility.
