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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 reproductive age. Overweight or obese women are at greater risk of menstrual dysfunction or pregnancy related difficulties, and those with [...]

2022-05-08T03:05:40+08:00April 30th, 2022|

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 among fertility clinics and couples striving for parenthood. Patients seeking assisted conception services, such as IVF, are increasingly interacting by [...]

2022-05-08T03:02:23+08:00April 29th, 2022|

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. This was the thrust of a keynote address today to the 2022 Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction [...]

2022-05-08T02:59:00+08:00April 29th, 2022|

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 on access to and quality of infertility treatment services in the developing world will be presented at the 2022 Congress [...]

2022-05-08T02:55:16+08:00April 28th, 2022|

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 Reproduction (ASPIRE) starting on Thursday. The Congress will hear of profound interaction between chronic and sustained stress and hormones, including [...]

2022-05-08T02:51:08+08:00April 26th, 2022|

Statement on Ukraine in War

The ASPIRE executive board condemns the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. The war causes so much unnecessary sufferings. Our hearts are with the Ukrainians. We salute their courage.

2022-03-17T16:14:43+08:00March 17th, 2022|

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, will come into sharp focus in the Asia Pacific region in 2022. The 11th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) in late April and early May will link [...]

2021-12-14T15:03:56+08:00December 14th, 2021|