The relationship between stress and infertility

KL Rooney, AD Domar - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The relationship between stress and infertility has been debated for years. Women with
infertility report elevated levels of anxiety and depression, so it is clear that infertility causes …

Stress and the HPA axis: balancing homeostasis and fertility

DN Joseph, S Whirledge - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
An organism's reproductive fitness is sensitive to the environment, integrating cues of
resource availability, ecological factors, and hazards within its habitat. Events that challenge …

Efficacy of psychological interventions for mental health and pregnancy rates among individuals with infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Dube, K Bright, KA Hayden… - Human Reproduction …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Depression and anxiety are highly prevalent among individuals struggling
with infertility. Thus, numerous psychological interventions have been adapted to infertility …

Lifestyle and fertility: the influence of stress and quality of life on female fertility

S Palomba, J Daolio, S Romeo, FA Battaglia… - Reproductive Biology …, 2018 - Springer
There is growing evidence that lifestyle choices account for the overall quality of health and
life (QoL) reflecting many potential lifestyle risks widely associated with alterations of the …

Current understanding of hypothalamic amenorrhoea

RE Roberts, L Farahani, L Webber… - … in endocrinology and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Hypothalamic amenorrhoea (HA) accounts for approximately 30% of cases of secondary
amenorrhoea in women of reproductive age. It is caused by deficient secretion of …

Increasing number of implantation failures and pregnancy losses associated with elevated Th1/Th2 cell ratio

K Kuroda, K Nakagawa, T Horikawa… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Problem We aimed to assess whether an imbalance of T‐helper (Th) 1 and Th2 cells
contributes to implantation failure and pregnancy loss. Method of study In this cross …

The hidden costs of terrorism: The effects on health at birth

C Quintana-Domeque, P Ródenas-Serrano - Journal of Health Economics, 2017 - Elsevier
We study the effects of in utero exposure to terrorism in Spain on birth outcomes, focusing on
terrorism perpetrated by ETA during the period 1980–2003. We find that in utero exposure to …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of pregnancy and live-birth in couples with unexplained infertility after ovarian stimulation–intrauterine insemination

KR Hansen, ALW He, AK Styer, RA Wild, S Butts… - Fertility and sterility, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To identify baseline characteristics of couples that are likely to predict conception,
clinical pregnancy, and live birth after up to four cycles of ovarian stimulation with IUI in …

Zebrafish: a versatile animal model for fertility research

JY Hoo, Y Kumari, MF Shaikh, SM Hue… - BioMed research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The utilization of zebrafish in biomedical research is very common in the research world
nowadays. Today, it has emerged as a favored vertebrate organism for the research in …

Anxiety and depression symptoms among sub-fertile women, women pregnant after infertility treatment, and naturally pregnant women

LS Joelsson, T Tydén, K Wanggren… - European …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Background: Infertility has been associated with psychological distress, but whether these
symptoms persist after achieving pregnancy via assisted reproductive technology (ART) …