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What Is Menopause? - Age, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Menopause is a stage of a woman's life that marks the ceasing of ovarian function after 12 months without menstrual periods. It is a gradual process that typically happens in your 40s or 50s, and it has a series of common symptoms like hot flashes, mood swings, vaginal dryness, cramps, dizziness, etc.
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What Is Perimenopause? Symptoms and Pregnancy Possibility
Perimenopause is the transition period until menopause. It usually happens in women between 40 and 48 years old and many of them experience recurrent symptoms.
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What is the two-week wait? - Symptoms and tips after treatment
All couples trying to conceive, whether naturally or by assisted reproduction, have ever heard about the dreaded two-week wait or 2WW. Indeed, it is the time period between ovulation or the embryo transfer, and the moment when you can take a pregnancy test. Here's what you can expect and tips to survive it.
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Embryo culture in the in vitro fertilization laboratory (IVF)
Egg and embryo culture is an essential phase of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. It can be performed in short or long culture.
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Ovarian reserve tests: What they are and how to interpret them
Ovarian reserve refers to the number of eggs still remaining in a woman's ovary at a given time. Currently, there are several methods to measure a woman's ovarian reserve, but the most commonly used are antral follicle count (AFR) and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) determination.
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What are Estrogens? Types, Functions and Drugs
Estrogens are sex hormones found mainly in women whose function is to stimulate the development of female sex organs, the appearance of secondary sex characteristics and regulate the menstrual cycle.
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Sperm DNA Fragmentation - Causes & Effect on Fertility
Sperm DNA fragmentation is a cause of male infertility. It can prevent natural conception by causing repeated miscarriages, or result in non-viable embryos after fertilization.
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What is the treatment of ectopic pregnancy?
Ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that occurs outside the uterine cavity and therefore cannot develop normally. In addition, the complications that can be associated with this type of pregnancy can endanger the patient's life. Thus, early diagnosis and treatment is essential.
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What is the contraceptive injection and how is it used?
The contraceptive injection is an injectable hormonal method of contraception, very effective if given at the right time. Injectable contraceptives also have a number of other benefits, but their use must be indicated by a physician who evaluates that it is the most appropriate contraceptive method for the woman.
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34th week of pregnancy: changes in the baby and the mother
The 34th week of pregnancy corresponds to the middle of the ninth month of pregnancy, so the woman is in the final stretch of pregnancy. The pregnant woman may feel a pressure in the vagina that makes her feel uncomfortable, as the foetus has wedged itself into the pelvis and is preparing to come out.
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Birth Control Implant: Advantages and Disadvantages
The contraceptive implant is a method of prolonged use to prevent pregnancy. Depending on the type of implant you can prevent pregnancy for 3 or 5 years thanks to the continuous release of progestogens in low quantities.
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What Is Sperm Morphology? - Meaning & Normal Range
Sperm morphology is assessed in a semen analysis, which allows for the calculation of the percentage of normal sperm in the semen. A value greater than 4% of normally shaped sperm is considered normal. If the percentage of abnormally shaped sperm exceeds 96%, the condition is called teratozoospermia.
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