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 …

Although studies of both humans and animals suggest detrimental effects of psychological
(restraint) stress on reproduction, reports concerning the direct effect of psychological …

Background: Infertility makes an essential challenge to the sexual life of couples, especially
infertile women. When pregnancy does not happen, infertile women think that sexual …

Aim To evaluate the effect of infertility on sexual function in women attending in private and
public institutions in Ilam during 2013. Materials and Methods In a cross-sectional study …

Psychological stress can cause adverse health effects in animals and humans.
Accumulating evidence suggests that psychological stress in female mice is associated with …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of anxiety on pregnancy rate after in vitro fertilization
(IVF). STUDY DESIGN: This was a prospective study of 180 infertile women who were …

Hair steroids and their ratios are believed to be reliable biomarkers reflecting the long-term
exposure of circulating steroids. Hereinto, two underlying assumptions are that hair …

Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of a 10-week mind–body intervention (MBI) for women
coping with fertility challenges, examine the impact of an MBI on psychological distress and …

Objective. We determined the effect of baseline psychological stress and norepinephrine
(NE) levels in the follicular fluid on the outcome of in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Methods. One …

Although the predatory stress experimental protocol is considered more psychological than
the restraint protocol, it has rarely been used to study the effect of psychological stress on …