Obesity epidemic impacts on fertility, but denying women treatment based on weight is discriminatory
Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) 2022 Congress SINGAPORE: The worldwide increase in the prevalence of female and male obesity is having a profound impact on general health and fertility, particularly among women of [...]
Greater sense of patient empowerment with telemedicine trends in IVF services
Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) 2022 Congress SINGAPORE: Telemedicine that became a vital engagement tool between health professionals and patients during the COVID-19 pandemic is emerging as a welcome new treatment of choice [...]
The unrecognised return on investment of creating children from assisted reproduction
SINGAPORE: A serious decline in world population numbers and its major economic and social ramifications in coming decades can be addressed by recognition of the life-long benefits generated by children born from assisted reproduction. [...]
Infertile women continue to be marginalised and excluded from treatment in developing countries
Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) 2022 Congress SINGAPORE: Women living with infertility in many developing countries are victims of a systemic process of cultural and institutional exclusion from assisted reproductive treatment. This view [...]
Tracking hormonal pathways linking stress with reproductive dysfunction and failure
Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) 2022 Congress SINGAPORE: Advanced insights into the potential impacts of stress on human reproductive health will be reported at the 2022 Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on [...]
New global spotlight on Asia Pacific region in the quest to overcome challenges of human infertility
Latest advances in the treatment of human infertility, which the World Health Organisation says affects 48 million couples and 186 million individuals globally, is about to come into sharp focus in the Asia Pacific [...]