There are many different risk factors that can play a huge part when it comes to female fertility. For today we have chosen 18 of them in detail. The Education Zone of Fertilitypedia explains 181 infertility risk factors. Our Education Zone has been created by team of medical experts and its professional source of information you can trust. BRCA mutations A mutation in either of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which are tumor suppressor genes. Cervical polyps Small, elongated tumors…
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Calculate your chances to conceive
Posted on 21.11.2019
Last week we provided you with the explanation of how artificial intelligence can help being used in the online self-diagnosis Fertilitypedia tool. Today we want to highlight another unique Fertilitypedia tool which will indicate your chance to conceive. How can our online Fertilitypedia Chance to conceive calculator help you? This tool is intended to serve as a guide for decision-making about how and when to deal with fertility issues. The Fertilitypedia Chance to conceive calculations are based on over 30 years of…
Boosting Fertility Through Good Sleep
Posted on 15.3.2019
/sponsored article/ Sleep deprivation is now a global epidemic, with scientists warning that a lack of sleep is strongly linked to heart disease, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and other disorders. Not getting enough quality sleep can affect you in an additional way – by interfering with fertility. The very latest research shows that good sleep should be a priority when you are trying to conceive, regardless of whether you are a man or woman. Sleep Disorders and Female Infertility Researchers…
Obesity: What Constitutes Obesity, The Risks, and How to Combat It
Posted on 3.5.2018
What exactly is obesity? Is it just having a little tummy fat? And what are the risks associated with obesity? And how can you combat it? We lay out everything you need to know. It’s common knowledge that the obesity rates and trends in the United States are grim. So grim, in fact, that according to the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention, more than one-third of U.S. adults are dealing with obesity (that’s about 36.5 percent of adults in…
The Realities of Hepatitis C in 2018
Posted on 28.1.2018
You’ve probably heard about Hepatitis C. There are regularly commercials advertising medications that treat the issue. Perhaps you have an acquaintance that has been afflicted by the virus. Or maybe you’re concerned that you’ve somehow contracted the virus. Unfortunately, there’s also a lot of misunderstanding about Hepatitis C, how it varies from other strains of Hepatitis, and how it can be treated. These misunderstandings often lead to fear, frustration, and confusion. If that’s you, have no fear. The issue really isn’t…
The evolution of the family – will nuclear family survive in our changing world?
Posted on 25.1.2017
When you hear the term “nuclear family”, you may think of The Simpsons, wherein a married couple, Homer and Marge, live together under one roof with their three children. While this is the traditional model of the nuclear family, as we have known it since the days of the Industrial Revolution, the standard family structure has been redefined over the past several decades, starting in the 1960s, when alternatives to the stereotypical heterosexual married couple with an average of 2.4…
Squashing the Myth – Infertility is the Woman’s Problem
Posted on 19.1.2017
Infertility problems can be overwhelming. They affect couples worldwide. This article will shed some light on a multi-millennial myth associated with infertility. The myth? “Infertility is a woman’s problem”. Why is this myth still engrained in so many people’s minds? Is it fueled by a superfluous society mindset that has been imbedded into many people’s minds for hundreds or even thousands of years? Is a man’s virility at stake? If society continues to educate themselves and becomes familiar with…
Gynaecologist: If I were an infertile woman, I would want to live in the Czech Republic
Posted on 11.1.2017
“The Czech Republic is experiencing an infertility epidemic; every tenth couple has reproductive problems. However, the care provided here is at a high level and the success rate of assisted reproduction is 90%. If I were an infertile woman, I would be glad that I live here,” says Luboš Vlček, gynaecologist and physician in the field of assisted reproduction. You’re talking about the epidemy of infertility. Is it really caused by the fact that people are not in such a…
Every day science moves forward, either in small, partial steps or in quite significant discoveries. We’ll be bringing you regular news from IVF, keeping an eye on both scientific and medical advance and also inspirational stories. December brought various good news. 1. Researchers have investigated a protein called NLRP2, which plays an important role in early embryogenesis. This insight could result in better understanding and treating of reproductive disorders. The protein was shown to become more important with increasing maternal age,…
Why normal spermiogram is not enough to ensure men’s fertility
Posted on 21.12.2016
Sex is war. Okay, that’s a contentious statement to grab your attention, and probably not the best lens to view all of human loving and procreation through, but the fertilization process in human sex does sometimes resemble a military operation. The sperm-meets-the-egg part of reproduction is not the beginning. There is a complex saga leading-up to the moment of fertilization, one which takes thousands of sperm on a mission which none come back from. There are an array of sperm-types,…