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Obesity Is an Independent Risk Factor for Oligozoospermia, With Co‐Existing Hyperglycemia Exacerbating Risks of Asthenozoospermia and Elevated Sperm DNA Fragmentation

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Metabolic health plays a critical role in maintaining male fertility and may influence offspring health. Therefore, it is necessary to incorporate metabolic indicators into the clinical assessment of male fertility. However, the relationships between different metabolic abnormalities and semen quality remain incompletely understood.
Rubing Hu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Associations Between Sperm DNA Fragmentation and Lifestyle Factors

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) has been proposed as a supplementary biomarker to traditional semen parameters in the evaluation of male infertility. However, its determinants and clinical relevance remain unclear, particularly regarding modifiable lifestyle factors.
Lana Haval Mairof Adams   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of the Number of Peripheral Blood CD4+CD25+ T Cells in Unexplained Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion Patients with Normal Pregnant Women

open access: yesMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Shahīd Ṣadūqī Yazd, 2011
Introduction: Undoubtedly, reproduction is a necessity for survival and successful pregnancy is an immunological paradox. In the present study, we investigated the proportional changes of CD4+CD25bright T cells, CD4+CD25dim T cells in peripheral blood in
M Eslami   +8 more
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Sexually transmitted diseases among women with habitual abortion

open access: yes, 1998
343-349Sexually transmitted disease as a risk factor for habitual abortion was investigated in a case-control study in Basra between October 1994 and May 1995. Of 81 women with habitual abortion, 41 [50.6%] had a sexually transmitted disease.
Mahdi, N.K., Al Hamdani, M.M.
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A CCNA1 Missense Variant Associated With Chromatid Non‐Disjunction in Abnormal‐Headed Sperm and Male Infertility

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Macrozoospermia is a rare form of teratozoospermia characterized by tetraploids, large‐headed spermatozoa with multiple flagella, usually caused by bi‐allelic AURKC mutations. The etiology of atypical phenotypes with a lower proportion of large headed spermatozoa and single flagella however often remains unresolved.
Aurore Perrin   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toxoplasmosis among women with habitual abortion

open access: yes, 1997
310-315The role of maternal toxoplasmosis as a risk factor for habitual abortion was investigated. The indirect haemagglutination test was positive in a titre of 1:32 to 1:2048 much more frequently in women with habitual abortion [18.5%] than in the ...
Mahdi, Nadham K., Al Hamdani, Muna M.
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Incidence and risk factors for postpartum infections: A Norwegian cohort study, 2012–2020

open access: yesActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
Nationwide registry data from 516 874 deliveries in Norway (2012–2020) show that postpartum infections are common and that endometritis/puerperal sepsis is increasing. Delivery‐related factors, especially emergency cesarean section, postpartum hemorrhage, and chorioamnionitis, show the strongest associations.
Kjerstine Røe   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of tacrolimus in women with unexplained infertility: A narrative review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine
Several autoimmune and immunological disorders can cause infertility. About 10–20% of infertility cases are related to fetal-maternal immune factors. The use of immunological treatments in women with infertility is an emerging strategy.
Abbas Khalili
doaj   +1 more source

The Polish Parliament and the making of politics through abortion : nation, gender and democracy in the 1996 Liberalization Amendment Debate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The collapse of communism across East Central Europe was marked by a renewal of debates around reproduction, with abortion debates surfacing in Romania, Germany and Poland.
Kramer, Anne-Marie   +2 more
core   +1 more source

General Practitioners Should Ask Patients to Reduce Their Carbon Footprints

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is a 21st century problem, and we must be ready to adapt our practices in order to confront it. Current philosophical efforts to reconcile our obligations to make healthcare sustainable with important principles of patient care have been successful up to a point, but do not go far enough.
Simon Paul Jenkins, Sati Heer‐Stavert
wiley   +1 more source

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