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How Celiac disease affects fertility? And when you are already pregnant?
Celiac disease is an intolerance to gluten, a plant-based protein found in cereals such as wheat, spelt, Kamut and so on1 2. The World Health Organization (WHO) classes Celiac disease as a chronic illness that occurs in […]
Emotional support for repeated miscarriages
According to the WHO, infertility is considered a chronic illness, since it causes emotional reactions that are the same as those seen in patients with other serious chronic pathologies. Infertility is considered to be a […]
Natural cell killers (NKC): influence in reproduction and in the embryo’s implantation failure
Embryo implantation in the mother’s uterus is a very important phenomenon in the human survival and evolution. Many of its regulating processes have been already described but we still have a long way to understand […]
The miracle of embryo implantation
Embryo implantation is the process in which the human embryo adheres to the endometrium, where it continues developing. The first step of this process begins with the dialogue between the embryonic and maternal cells. This […]
One of the options for patients undergoing In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) techniques with remaining embryos, meaning high quality embryos that can be cryopreserved for the future, is to donate these embryos to other couples for […]
Medical history: The first contact.
When we meet couples with fertility problems, clinical histories and direct medical interviews remain fundamental. At these interviews, we need to try and find out about the whole background and all the factors that may […]
Progesterone and its role in reproduction
What is progesterone? Just a simple look at the word itself gives us an idea of what its functions are. PROGESTERONE: the hormone which facilitates pregnancy. This is a good point from which to start out. Progesterone plays […]
Antioxidant-rich diet and improved male fertility
Infertility as a disease, is defined as the impossibility of achieving pregnancy after 12 months of regular sexual intercourse without using any contraceptive method. The term subfertility (Zegers-Hochschild 2017) can also be used. Therefore, subfertility […]
The menopause: everything you need to know
Índice1 What is the menopause and at what age do women go through it?2 What are the phases of the menopause?3 Causes and symptoms of the menopause3.1 Initial symptoms of the menopause3.2 Medium to long-term […]
Cystic fibrosis is a chronic and progressive disease that appears in early childhood and affects many organs in the body, (such as the lungs, intestines, pancreas, liver…). The disease causes thick mucus production, which leads […]