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24 November 2020
False (Phantom) Pregnancy: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments
False pregnancy, or phantom pregnancy, is a rare condition. The patient not only thinks she is pregnant, but her body displays many of the signs of pregnancy too. It is not the same as an imagined pregnancy, in which someone hopes for pregnancy with such intensity that she convinces herself that she is, in spite… View Article
20 November 2020
What is anti Mullerian hormone?
Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) plays a vital role in foetal development, as well as having other important functions in the mature adult. At about eight weeks of development, the human foetus features two sets of ducts. One of them has the potential to develop into a male baby, the other carrying the potential for a female…. View Article
20 November 2020
What is World AIDS Day?
On the first of December each year, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. It provides an opportunity for people around the globe to remember those who have died of AIDS-related illnesses. We want also to show our support and solidarity with people who are living with HIV. Every year AIDS day focuses on a special… View Article
23 October 2020
IVI Achieves Important Advances in the Safety and Success of Assisted Reproduction
IVI finds that the use of slush nitrogen at -210o in embryo vitrification could increase embryo survival compared to the current technique Non-invasive preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy is the starting point to continue to seek an improvement in results, and can become a useful diagnostic tool This important safety research is being presented at… View Article
22 September 2020
How do ovarian and antral follicles relate to fertility?
The beautiful complexity and delicate balance of the reproductive system are among the wonders of human biology. It would be impossible to claim that any one element was more important than the others because they all play an essential part, but it is true to say that without ovarian follicles there could be no egg… View Article
24 July 2020
Bicornuate uterus, what is it and what are the causes?
A bicornuate uterus, also known as a heart-shaped womb, is a congenital condition in which the two sides of the uterus do not join completely during foetal development. It results in a girl being born with a womb partially divided into two parts which are not completely separate and have a common cervix. This results… View Article
9 July 2020
A low sperm count: symptoms, causes and treatment
A low sperm count leading to infertility is an increasingly common condition in the Western world. A recent study led by Dr Ashley Tiegs, IVI fellow, found that the number of men at risk of needing fertility treatment went from 12.4% in 2004 to 21.3% in 2017. It also reported that male infertility now represents… View Article
8 July 2020
The importance of egg preservation for women with endometriosis
IVI presents a study that reveals the relationship between early fertility preservation and a higher gestation success rate in endometriosis patients On the occasion of the 36th Congress of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) We have already talked about endometriosis on other occasions, what this disease consists of, what its main… View Article
7 July 2020
Artificial intelligence in embryo selection: a reality thanks to IVI
Artificial Intelligence has made it possible to create the KIDScoreD5 system, which automatically analyses and classifies embryos, increasing the probability of gestation IVI has carried out the most extensive study to date, which has enabled it to demonstrate this clinical revolution in embryo selection using Artificial Intelligence This study on Artificial Intelligence and KIDScoreD5 is… View Article
6 July 2020
Hope for women with premature ovarian failure
Promising results are achieved in women under 40 with the worst reproductive scenario at ovarian level, thanks to the ASCOT technique (infusion of stem cells in the ovarian artery), which was already successful in low-responder patients The latest development shows the benefits of mobilizing stem cells in bone marrow and how, without injecting them, they… View Article
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