Female infertility
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Miscarriage Support | Female Infertility
It is often assumed that when a couple is suffering from infertility, the cause must lie with the female. This is incorrect!
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Female infertility - myDr.com.au
There are several factors that can affect a woman's fertility. Treatments are available for many of the causes of female infertilityandassisted reproductive technologysuch as IVF
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Five causes of female infertility | Women's Health Queensland Inc
There are many reasons why women experience difficulty in conceiving. we discuss five common causes.
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Infertility
Infertility can be a stressful and frustrating experience. Find out more on infertility.
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Infertility treatment | Jean Hailes
There are many reasons a woman may have difficulty becoming pregnant. There are a number of things you can do to increase the likelihood of becoming pregnant including lifestyle changes, surgery, hormone treatment and Assisted Reproductive Technology (AR
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Fertility treatments
There are a number of fertility treatments that are available to both and your partner if you are struggling to fall pregnant.
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Problems becoming pregnant
If you've been trying unsuccessfully to fall pregnant for a year or more, it's time to see your doctor.
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Fertility tests
There are a number of tests that are available to determine your fertility.
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Testicular cancer | Andrology Australia
Testicular cancer What is testicular cancer? What are the symptoms? What are the causes? Can I prevent testicular cancer? What can I do? What treatments are available? Will testicular cancer make me infertile? Your doctors appointment Resources Resources Fact sheet Testicular cancer Download PDF Information guide Testicular cancer Download PDF Fact sheet Testicular self examination Download PDF Fact sheet Storing your sperm Download PDF SEE ALL RESOURCES
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Turner's syndrome - Better Health Channel
Turner's syndrome is a random genetic disorder that affects females, causing short stature and infertility.
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Infertility and The Mind-Body Approach
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Endometriosis & fertility | Jean Hailes
Dr Jim Tsaltas presents on endometriosis and fertility, covering the topics of symptoms, management and treatment options.
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SERMs their role in menopause management - Australasian Menopause Society
SERMs is shorthand for a class of drug called selective oestrogen receptor modulators. They are a versatile group of drugs that can be used to treat/ prevent a number of conditions such as osteoporosis, infertility and hormone responsive cancers. Within the SERM class, different compounds have differing agonist or antagonist effects at the oestrogen receptor in different tissues, therefore they are selective
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Early Menopause due to Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy - Australasian Menopause Society
Chemotherapy is usually administered as part of cancer treatment but chemotherapy may also be given to women with severe connective tissue disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus or kidney disease such as Wegeners granulomatosis. Total body radiotherapy is used in the treatment of lymphoma and bone marrow transplantation and abdominal pelvic radiotherapy is used in the treatment of gynaecological cancer.
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Spontaneous Premature Ovarian Insufficiency - Australasian Menopause Society
Spontaneous Premature Ovarian Insufficiency is menopause occurring spontaneously in women younger than 40 years of age and affects approximately 1% of women. This was previously referred to as premature ovarian failure
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Choosing non-oral, long-acting reversible contraception | Issue 5 | Volume 39 | Australian Prescriber
IUDs, contraceptive implants and hormone injections what is available in Australia and how effective are they?
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