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Definition of the luteal phase status in ART cycles: can it be described as Luteal phase dysfunction, or luteal phase insufficiency?

I would not readily support the use of ‘luteal phase insufficiency’ for describing what happens in COS and would prefer ‘luteal phase dysfunction’, as it more humbly states what we are dealing with.

The premier reference resource for the whole team at any IVF clinicnow returns in a new format for an entirely revised fourth edition. This edition comes more conveniently as a set of two separate volumes, one for laboratory aspects and the other for clinical applications.

The Internet has revolutionized our society and is now in the process of revolutionizing the way we deliver healthcare.  I attended a conference in Berlin on the subject.  What an eye opener! Experts in the field of internet marketing and social networkingdemonstrated how rapidly things are changing in patients’ desires to communicate with each other about their healthcare delivery.  This was the first formal meeting where IVF Clinicians and Internet experts share information to understand the ways to improve communication.

The Ministry of Health of the Province of Buenos Aires developed a program of diagnosis and treatment for infertile couples based on the recommendations of a multidisciplinary Think-Tank Committee.

On January 7 2011, the Congress of the Province of Buenos Aires signed the law 14208, which assures free ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology ) to all the citizens of the Provincewithout discrimination of socioeconomic status.

 Direct Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Haploid Spermatogenic Cells.The first author is Dr. Charles Easley IV who just accepted a faculty position at Emory University and full authorship is:  Charles A. Easley, Bart T. Phillips, Megan M. McGuire, Jennifer M. Barringer, Hanna Valli, Brian P. Hermann, Calvin R. Simerly, Aleksander Rajkovic, Toshio Miki, Kyle E. Orwig, Gerald P. Schatten It is now available online  in CELL Reports at: http://cellreports.cell.com/ Cell Reports,23 August 2012; 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.07.015