Human reproduction, growth and development

Distills the author''s wealth of expertise and experience in troubleshooting and implementing quality management in the IVF laboratory.

This practical book focuses on the most recent advances in natural cycle and minimal stimulation in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Keep living a healthy and active life for longer using the natural and trusted method of Pilates.

You're pro-life.

An updated and complete guide to the practice of fertility counseling, exploring unique and diverse challenges in reproductive patient care.

Despite France and Belgium sharing and interacting constantly with similar culinary tastes, music and pop culture, access to Assisted Reproductive Technologies are strikingly different.

This book focuses on reproductive health rights and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa.

Epigenetics is the study of how certain genes are activated without modification at the DNA sequence level, resulting in genetically similar individuals having different clinical outcomes.

This textbook takes a new, dynamic approach to the basic sciences in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Klonen von Tieren und Menschen ist derzeit das am häufigsten genannte und am heftigsten umstrittene Thema der Entwicklungsbiologie, über das Tagespresse und Medien berichten.

While it is barely 50 years since the first reliable reports of the recovery of living cells frozen to cryogenic temperatures, there has been tremendous growth in the use of cryobiology in medicine, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and the conservation of endangered or economically important species.

Advances in technology now offer promising solutions to deal with the chronological aging of the cell, tissue or organ to synchronize its existence and its use.

South America has one of the greatest riches in the world in terms of biodiversity.

This unique book provides expert advice on all the different aspects related to fertility preservation for age related infertility.

This extensively revised edition of the highly-respected reference book provides in-depth discussions on the latest developments in male reproductive medicine.

This new edition of an acclaimed text reviews the evidence for best practice in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, to present the reader with the right information, with appropriate use of proven interventions and avoidance of ineffectual or harmful ones.

Originally published in 1960, The Future of Man is a chronicle of Professor Medwar's Reith lectures of 1959.

This comprehensive volume focuses on recent trends and new technologies used in the management ofreproduction in major farm animals, focusing on both males and females of bovine, equine, and porcinespecies.

"e;Alex has a truly unbelievable story: this is a wild journey to motherhood, filled with hard-won insights into how society can help families struggling with infertility.

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.

'An inspiring and necessary book that challenges the narratives we set for our lives and reveals the beauty beyond them' CLEMENTINE FORDAlexandra Collier was a writer living in a light-filled Brooklyn brownstone in New York with the man she loved.

An Introduction to Using Theory in Social Work Practice equips the reader to use fourteen key social work theories to guide each phase of the planned change process, from engagement through to evaluation.

This atlas provides a practical guide applicable to the diagnosis and management of skin diseases affecting the male genital area.

Now in its revised and expanded second edition - including over 20 new chapters - this comprehensive textbook remains a unique and accessible description of the current and developing diagnostic and treatment techniques and technologies comprising in vitro fertilization (IVF).

This book provides an integral approach to the history and current methods for manipulation of embryonic stem (ES) cells by recognised experts.

Researchers of human behaviour have identified an "e;orgasm gap"e;: Men usually orgasm during intercourse, whereas women often do not.

The book is an evidence-based source of information on women's health issues for health professionals already practicing lifestyle medicine, as well as an entry level textbook for those new to the field of lifestyle medicine.

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A clear introduction to the fast-moving, complex field of male reproductive medicine.

Today, we are exposed to an increasing number of chemicals in the environment and there is a growing awareness of the effects of these chemicals on the ovaries.

Social Work Practice with People with Dementia critically discusses the cultural and discursive contexts in which social work with dementia takes place.

Communication between cells via intercellular channels - gap junctions - appears essential to certain developmental processes and appropriate organ function.

This book reconstructs the history of conception, pregnancy and childbirth in Europe from antiquity to the 20th century, focusing on its most significant turning points: the emergence of a medical-scientific approach to delivery in Ancient Greece, the impact of Christianity, the establishment of the man-midwife in the 18th century, the medicalisation of childbirth, the emergence of a new representation of the foetus as "e;unborn citizen"e;, and, finally, the revolution of reproductive technologies.

In recent decades the concept of kinship has been challenged and reinvigorated by the so-called ';repatriation of anthropology' and by the influence of feminist studies, queer studies, adoption studies, and science and technology studies.

This Third Edition of Men's Health provides a comprehensive and authoritative reference source to urologists, andrologists, family practitioners, and all professionals dealing with the male patient who diagnose and treat males with a variety of health problems, such as prostate cancer, male osteoporosis, and testicular cancer.

Helping IVF laboratories and clinics to maintain the highest success rates possible, this is essential reading for every IVF laboratory.

This text has been written as a practical guide, based on the author's experience over the last 40 years of daily clinical practice and aiming to place the modern approach to the management of infertility in the context of sound theory and evidence-based therapy.

An updated and comprehensive book of case studies exploring the unique challenges of reproductive patient care in fertility counselling.

This book provides a comprehensive guide for nurses practicing in any area of endocrinology and at any level of expertise.

The over-arching goal of this volume is to help infertility practitioners evaluate and manage their patients with poor semen quality.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the structural, nanotribological and nanomechanical properties of skin with and without cream treatment as a function of operating environment.

This book address fundamental questions of human development, revisiting old questions and applying original empirical findings.

Challenging Concepts in Obstetrics and Gynaecology is a case-based guide to difficult scenarios faced in both fields, covering many of the major sub-speciality areas of each.

This book is an up-to-date comprehensive resource on the names (scientific, English and vernacular) of the mammals of South Asia.

This unique text discusses the wide range of causes and pathophysiologic conditions contributing to recurrent implantation failure (RIF) and the current treatment approaches to best approach this challenging patient population.