Spectacular advances in the diagnosis and treatment of male infertility are offering new hope to the one in six couples globally who seek assisted reproduction to achieve their dreams of parenthood. A major fertility conference in the Philippines is addressing emerging frontiers of understanding about human male infertility and sexual dysfunction that is responsible [...]
An increasing trend of older fatherhood is potentially creating a global genetic disaster with devastating health consequences for offspring. A major conference of human reproductive health in the Philippines will hear of mounting evidence that paternal ageing is associated with a profound increase in sperm DNA damage that can burden offspring with mutational impacts [...]
Millions of women around the world continue to suffer unnecessarily from the physical and psychological effects of the menopause because of “mistaken fears” about the risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy. A world leader in human fertility and women’s health has warned that continued under-utilisation of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) will result in [...]
Compassionate closure is a vital aspect of the holistic care of millions of people each year who are left with lost hopes and dreams of parenthood after assisted conception. In the dynamic and rapidly expanding field of assisted reproductive technology, the reality of treatment failure is often suppressed with highly emotional and lasting psychological [...]
Specialists in reproductive health in the Asia Pacific region are advancing a pathfinding initiative to improve the lives of millions of women around the world who suffer from endometriosis. The debilitating condition affects up to 10 per cent of females with effects including chronic pain and potential fertility problems. Endometriosis robs many girls of [...]
More than 10,000 women and girls around the world facing urgent treatments for cancers and other serious conditions that threatened their fertility have had their motherhood potential preserved by surgical removal and freezing of ovarian tissue. Once the ovarian tissue is thawed and transplanted back into the body, organ function is regained including follicular [...]
Profound benefits of new developments in reproductive surgery that facilitate parenthood and enhance quality of life will only be fully realised by making them accessible to all people experiencing the distress of infertility. The challenge lies in overcoming socio-economic and geographic influences and ethical dilemmas to ensure equitable and affordable access to these life [...]
Global leaders in assisted reproduction are heading to the Philippines for a conference that will explore new boundaries in treating the estimated one in six couples experiencing infertility. The 2024 Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) in Manila will focus on latest advances in in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and other assisted [...]
Singapore: Countries across Southeast Asia are mounting a rear-guard action against an alarming decline in fertility rates that pose a major threat to their future sustainability. Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam are embracing a unique reform blueprint to advance family friendly policies and arrest falling birth rates with other countries being urged to follow their [...]
ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA: A unique reform blueprint to advance family friendly policies and arrest falling birth rates will be championed across the Asia Pacific by the peak body representing scientists, doctors, nurses and counsellors in assisted reproduction in the region. The Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) will advocate policy interventions that can be considered [...]
