Effect Of A Mobile Preconception Lifestyle Programme In Couples Undergoing In Vitro Fertilisation: A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial
This study examined whether a mobile preconception lifestyle programme (PreLiFe-programme) improves the reproductive outcomes and lifestyle behaviour of couples undergoing IVF. (Source: Clinical Nutrition ESPEN)
Source: Clinical Nutrition ESPEN - March 23, 2023 Category: Nutrition Authors: T. Boedt, E. Dancet, C. Spiessens, S. Lie Fong, C. Matthys Source Type: research

Blurring the divide: Navigating the public/private landscape of fertility treatment in the UK
This article challenges this distinction and demonstrates how the boundaries between public and private fertility treatment provision are increasingly blurred. It draws on interviews with 42 fertility patients and partners who had accessed in vitro fertilisation (IVF) through both the National Health Service and private providers, to demonstrate how participants were compelled to engage with a consumerist model of healthcare, even when they had access to publicly funded IVF cycles. Patients' experiences of navigating fertility treatment revealed a hybrid public/private consumption landscape, which reflects the uneven proce...
Source: Health and Place - February 25, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Josie Hamper Manuela Perrotta Source Type: research

Adult granulosa cell tumour of the ovary incidentally discovered during caesarean section in a pregnant patient after IVF: a rare case and a review of the literature
In conclusion, AGCTs of the ovary are very rare during pregnancy. Pre-operative diagnosis is difficult. Conservative surgery should be considered in women who wish to have children. Patients should receive adequate counselling and long-term follow-up to ensure the highest survival rates and early detection of recurrence.PMID:36816784 | PMC:PMC9937067 | DOI:10.3332/ecancer.2023.1496 (Source: Ecancermedicalscience)
Source: Ecancermedicalscience - February 23, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Kong Chi Pham Phuong Thi Minh Ta Nhat Minh Huynh Source Type: research