Among the rare diseases, Huntington’s chorea is one of the most common. It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes serious consequences such as the onset of involuntary movements, dementia, personality changes and psychiatric involvement. Facts about Huntington’s chorea Huntington’s chorea is a disease caused by the alteration of the huntingtin gene located on chromosome … Read more
Dr. Fernandez-Shaw, who has more than 20 years of experience in Assisted Reproduction, directs the Assisted Reproduction Unit at URH Garcia del Real. She has several publications and conferences on the specialty, especially on endometriosis, ovarian stimulation protocols, multiple pregnancy prevention, blastocyst embryo transfer and the impact of Assisted Reproduction techniques on the health of … Read more
Thanks to egg donation, many couples with fertility problems are able to have children. Despite popular belief, egg donation is a painless process and although the requirements to become a donor are quite demanding, any young woman in good health is a good candidate. Almost 30 years have passed since the first child conceived through … Read more
Egg donation is the Assisted Reproduction treatment with which the best pregnancy rates are achieved, reaching over 90% after two attempts. However, egg donation does not guarantee pregnancy. Below, we will try to explain why this treatment does not always work. What is egg donation? Ovodonation is an in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment in which … Read more
Nowadays, it is increasingly common to find cases of women who decide to have children after the age of 40. However, after that age, there are more pathologies that can alter the development of pregnancy. For this reason, the Procreatec medical team states that it is important for pregnant women over this age to be … Read more
Fertility in men responds, above all, to seminal quality. The most commonly used test is the semen analysis, which assesses sperm concentration, sperm motility and sperm morphology. Do you want to know more about semen quality and its implication in pregnancy? The ProcreaTec Clinic gives us some clues. Does semen quality influence the chances of … Read more
Embryo adoption, also known as embryo adoption, is a technique used in fertility treatments with high fertility rates. It consists of transferring an embryo, previously donated by a family that has undergone fertility treatment, to the patient who needs it. It is a very effective technique, since in many cases, patients have more embryos generated … Read more
Since the world’s first in vitro fertilization was performed 37 years ago, this technique has been routinely performed in many countries. It has resulted in more than 4 million births worldwide. In vitro fertilization has become a routine technique in many countries, making it a safe method of achieving pregnancy. Moreover, it has not been … Read more
Implantation failure is one of the most current issues in assisted reproduction units and researchers: why, when embryos are implanted from In Vitro Fertilization or Without Sperm Microinjection (IVF/ICSI), of good quality and in patients with ultrasonographically normal uterus and endometrium, they do not implant and the desired pregnancy does not develop? Causes of embryo … Read more
More than 3 million Spaniards and 29 million Europeans suffer from one of the nearly 8,000 rare diseases that exist. Currently, it is possible to prevent the transmission of many of these diseases, which are characterized by being degenerative and life-threatening, sometimes at an early age. Preimplantational Diagnosis Preimplantational diagnosis (PGD) is a technique that … Read more