Identifying increased risk factors in subsequent pregnancies after multiple recurrent miscarriages
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA: A pathfinding Chinese study has found that women who have suffered two or more miscarriages have a significantly higher risk of obstetric and perinatal complications in subsequent pregnancies. It [...]
When is it too late for a ‘fairy tale ending’ for women electing to freeze their oocytes?
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Around the world, soaring numbers of women are electing to freeze their eggs to preserve their fertility, and many do so in anticipation of a “fairy tale ending” with [...]
The social, economic and political reality for many girls cast aside in cultural sex selection
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Deep rooted historical preference for sons over daughters continues to be customary in some East and South Asian countries devaluing women and posing long term threats to society. This [...]
Tiger economies of the Asia Pacific are falling into an irreversible fertility trap
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Societies around the world are being confronted by inexorable evidence of falling fertility rates and environmental collapse that pose major threats to humanity. Nowhere is this free fall into [...]
Entering a bold new era of evolutionary medicine that will refine the human gene pool
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Evolutionary medicine is refining the human gene pool at embryonic level to eliminate many inherited diseases while accelerating the influence of artificial intelligence to help diagnose and treat other [...]
Exploring why rates of cardiovascular disease and earlier onset are increasing in women
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Advanced research is casting light on possible early life factors – including poverty, physical or mental abuse ¬– that may impact the rate of egg loss and increase the [...]
Toolkit of family friendly policy options to help APAC countries reverse collapsing birth rates
Academic, medical and public sector experts across the Asia Pacific region have contributed to an innovative toolkit designed to guide policy makers in addressing social and economic challenges associated with free-falling birth [...]
Untangling the enigma of PCOS and its distressing impacts in 12 per cent of women
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Psychological issues including anxiety, depression and negative body image are adding to the physical burden of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal disorder that affects 12 per cent of [...]
South Australia to host our 2023 Congress
The 2023 Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) will burst back to a face-to-face format in the wake of COVID-19 restrictions with South Australia’s capital city Adelaide to host [...]
ASPIRE 2022 Congress advanced knowledge on addressing the global crisis of human infertility
Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) 2022 Congress The 2022 Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) put delegates from 43 countries at the vanguard of scientific research and medical [...]
Mounting evidence on need for COVID-19 vaccination to protect pregnant women and their babies
Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) 2022 Congress A global review of the effects of COVID-19 on pregnancy and the fetus has cast new light on the importance of improving the low [...]
Frozen embryos, sperm and eggs will be big travellers in post COVID-19 cross border reproductive care
Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) 2022 Congress SINGAPORE: The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to have major impacts on the nature of cross border reproductive care where infertile couples [...]