Reproductive Medicine category: 171 books
Conceptions
Infertility and Procreative Technologies in India
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Infertility and assisted reproductive technologies in India lie at the confluence of multiple cultural conceptions. These ‘conceptions’ are key to understanding the burgeoning spread of assisted reproductive technologies and the social implications of infertility and childlessness in India. This...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Disorders of the ovary can lead to a wide range of endocrinologic and malignant conditions, many of which are linked with fertility. This comprehensive, yet succinct book presents a multidisciplinary approach to address the major issues in diagnosing and managing ovarian disorders. Beginning with...
The Lure of Hope
On the Transnational Surrogacy Trail from Australia to India
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2017
The Lure of Hope portrays a snap shot of the rise and fall of commercial surrogacy in India. By chance, the author’s fieldwork began around the same time NSW legislation in Australia extended its ban on commercial surrogacy to include overseas arrangements. Not long after returning from fieldwork...
Fertility and Pregnancy
An Epidemiologic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2010
Fertility and Pregnancy: An Epidemiologic Perspective, is a lively overview of human reproduction: how it works, and what causes it to go wrong. Weaving together history, biology, obstetrics, pediatrics, demography, infectious diseases, molecular genetics, and evolutionary biology, Allen Wilcox brings...
Cosmopolitan Conceptions
IVF Sojourns in Global Dubai
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
In their desperate quest for conception, thousands of infertile couples from around the world travel to the global in vitro fertilization (IVF) hub of Dubai. In Cosmopolitan Conceptions Marcia C. Inhorn highlights the stories of 220 "reprotravelers" from fifty countries who sought treatment...
Maternal Critical Care
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
If you are an obstetrician whose patient has been admitted to ICU, you need to know how she is managed there. If you are an intensivist, you need to adapt to changes in physiology, alter techniques for the pregnant patient and keep the fetus from harm. This book addresses the challenges of managing...
Portal Vein Thrombosis, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
Portal Vein Thrombosis, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2018
This book describes Portal Vein Thrombosis, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is the blockage of the portal vein by a thrombus (blood clot).
The portal vein, also called the hepatic portal vein, is a vital vessel that supplies up to 75% of blood supply to the...
Laughing IS Conceivable
One Woman's Extremely Funny Peek into the Extremely Unfunny World of Infertility
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
Laughing IS Conceivable is a #1 Best Seller in the category of Reproductive Technologies on Amazon. It was written by a former stand-up comic and humor writer and has been downloaded by thousands of infertility patients, partners, families & medical teams who are looking for some fast, fun...
Making Babies
personal IVF stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
Around 15 per cent of couples in various Western countries suffer from infertility. Every year thousands try IVF and other assisted-reproduction techniques, but only about a third go home with a baby in their arms. IVF now accounts for 3 per cent of all births in Australia, and the numbers are similar...
by Henry T. Greely
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2016
Within twenty, maybe forty, years most people in developed countries will stop having sex for the purpose of reproduction. Instead, prospective parents will be told as much as they wish to know about the genetic makeup of dozens of embryos, and they will pick one or two for implantation, gestation,...
Gender before Birth
Sex Selection in a Transnational Context
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2018
In the mid-1990s, the international community pronounced prenatal sex selection via abortion an �act of violence against women� and �unethical.� At the same time, new developments in reproductive technology in the United States led to a method of sex selection before conception; its US inventor...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
In order to maximize the chance of IVF success, couples need to ensure that their preconceptual health is optimal to increase the quality of gametes and reproductive fitness. This text reviews the medical and lifestyle factors that can affect the body at preconception stage, such as micronutrients,...
by Gregory E. Pence
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 1998
Human cloning raises the most profound questions about human nature, our faith in ourselves, and our ability to make decisions that could significantly alter the character of humanity. In this exciting and accessible book, Gregory Pence offers a candid and sometimes humorous look at the arguments...
Labor of Love
Gestational Surrogacy and the Work of Making Babies
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
While the practice of surrogacy has existed for millennia, new fertility technologies have allowed women to act as gestational surrogates, carrying children that are not genetically their own. While some women volunteer to act as gestational surrogates for friends or family members, others get paid...