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How Does the IUD Work and What are the Pros & Cons ?
The intrauterine device, or IUD, is a highly effective, reversible, temporary contraceptive method. There are two types: copper IUD and hormonal. Both types of devices must be inserted and removed by a health care professional.
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How Can Breast Cancer Be Detected? Symptoms & Treatment
Breast cancer is one of the most common tumors in women. In recent years, early diagnosis and the development of specific therapies against breast cancer have increased the survival rate of women suffering from this disease.
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What is a birth plan and how to write it, and does it have any advantages?
The birth plan is a document in which the pregnant woman establishes her preferences for giving birth prior to the moment of delivery, since the circumstances of the process itself may make it difficult to make decisions. However, it can be modified or even revoked as the delivery progresses.
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Week 18 of pregnancy: How big is the baby? Tips for mother
Week 18 corresponds to the second week of the fifth month of pregnancy. Regarding the development of the fetus, the changes that occur in its skeleton are important this week; ossification begins. Additionally, the mother will begin to feel her baby's movements.
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Spanish Fertility Society (Sociedad Española de Fertilidad - SEF)
The Spanish Fertility Society (Sociedad Española de Fertilidad - SEF) is a non-profit scientific society related to fertility and assisted reproduction.
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An analysis of success rates in assisted reproduction treatments
The Spanish Fertility Society (SEF) is in charge of publishing annually the success rates of all assisted reproduction treatments performed in Spain. The rate of delivery per transfer or per cycle performed is the most important, as it is the one that really provides information on the children born.
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What is Huntington's disease and can it be prevented with PGD?
Huntington's chorea is a neurodegenerative disorder with autosomal dominant inheritance. Only one copy of the altered gene is required to develop the disease. Specifically, the disease-causing gene is HTT located on the short arm of chromosome 4. Its transmission can be prevented by PGD.
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How to deal with your friend's pregnancy if you have fertility problems?
Finding out about a friend's pregnancy when you are having trouble getting pregnant is a difficult situation to deal with. However, it is a normal reaction to the sense of loss and a woman should not feel bad about feeling such a mixture of emotions.
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When Female Infertility Is Due To Thyroid Gland Problems
Disorders caused by the thyroid gland may lead to female fertility problems. Women having trouble getting pregnant should take a thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) test.
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The menstrual cycle: what happens in each of its phases?
Regulated by hormones, the ovarian cycle consists fundamentally of three phases: the follicular phase, the ovulatory phase, and finally the luteal phase. At each phase, different sets of hormones take part.
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Menstruation: symptoms and characteristics of the monthly period
Menstruation is a cyclic process that occurs monthly in women of reproductive age. The vaginal bleeding is due to the shedding of the endometrial lining in the absence of embryo implantation.
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Semen Quality : What Is Measured And What Can Be Done To Improve It?
For men with semen alterations, there are several treatment options, which means that even with these alterations, pregnancy is achievable.
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