Reproductive health

infertility problems. Men Stay Fertile Into Their Golden Years Think again. Don't buy into this myth. Studies show that a man's fertility decreases as they age. In fact, delayed fatherhood increases the chances that our offspring's develop autism, mental health issues, or serious birth defects. Men With Fertility…

Conceivement is a major life event in everyone's life, but with that, infertility can bring about social and psychological problems, from the effects on the women and the couple's relationship to the pressures generated from society, ruining the experience for the possible parents to be. Throughout the years, as we evolve, some things tend to never change. People’s perception and comprehension on some topics tend to stay unseen by the public because of the lack of awareness brought to such…

the right to have an abortion if they want to. In addition to the debate about abortion, there are also debates going on about conception. In some cases men are sterile and cannot make a women pregnant, and then there are options such as assisted reproductive technologies where you can get sperm from another man and the woman can then get pregnant. Some people think it is ethically incorrect to use techniques such as this,…

The male reproductive system can be divided into three subdivisions: spermatogenesis, performance of the male sexual act, and regulation of reproductive hormones. The reproductive system consists of the penis, testis, epididymis, and vas deferens (Figure 2). The testis are composed of approximately 900 coiled seminiferous tubules where the spermatozoa…

Throughout history, mankind has made numerous strides in medicine, mainly in the contraceptive field. In today’s society there are many ways for women who are not able to naturally conceive a child; however, through artificial conception these women can now have a child of their own . In Vitro Fertilization was created in the 1970’s by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards, to help women who have fertility issues due to a blocked or damaged fallopian tube (Zhu). Since the discovery of In Vitro…

1 BARRIERS FOR HEALTH CARE IN US FEMALE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES Hannah Hammoud WS220, Sara Chadwick University of Michigan 23 November 2016 Barriers for Health Care in US Female Correctional Facilities Over the course of many years, the rate of incarcerated women has increased dramatically. According to the U.S Department of Justice, the number of incarcerated women increased from a total of 26,378 to 215, 332 between 1980 and 2014 (Carson, 2015). Despite this, correction facilities in…

Infertility” is discussing an opportunity for men and woman without medical issues to have children without requiring traditional sexual activity. Traditional sexual activity being between a man and a woman. This opportunity is a result from the World Health Organization announcing…

Many women who are looking to conceive but have a few dilemmas will turn to sperm donation and artificial insemination.You might choose a sperm donor to help when unable to conceive such as a woman who doesn 't have a male partner or a couple experiencing male infertility. Like many things, there are both beneficial and unbeneficial outcomes to sperm donors. Some benefits being that it will help mothers trying to conceive and same sex couples along with the men and women who are serving in our…

He was an Australian M.D. who specialized in obstetrics and gynecology and was one of the first to pioneer the process of IVF. Wood had an interest in making gynecologic procedures more pleasant for women who had endured difficulties with their reproductive systems. Wood had studied gynecological medicine at Melbourne University in Australia. He also conducted research in London and the U.S. He invented the method of using frozen embryos and also pioneered the use of fertility drugs for the…

The statistics, some of which is highlighted by Dorothy Roberts in Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction and the Meaning of Liberty, show the disparity between whites and blacks who seek fertility help from the new reproductive mechanisms. She concludes that it is very evident that the methods are used also exclusively by whites: there are a few black middle-class patients, but largely exceptions. The cost of the procedures is the first of many barriers that rule out numerous black families…