Can I travel by plane during pregnancy? Generally speaking, air travel does not pose any danger to the mother or the fetus. However, before traveling, you should ask your obstetrician about the main warning signs to look out for. Airlines generally advise against pregnant women traveling in the last trimester of pregnancy and in some […]
Gives life to hope “Give life to hope” is the motto of the new national campaign of the Portuguese Society of Reproductive Medicine (SPMR) which aims to raise awareness among the general population about the importance of egg and sperm donation. The growing demand for infertility treatments has increased significantly in recent years in Portugal and, due […]
InOvulation – study on ovulatory dysfunction Professor Rui Miguelote, a specialist doctor at CETI, is coordinating a clinical research project related to ovulatory dysfunction, called InOvulation. The project is being developed by a team of doctors and researchers linked to the University of Minho and the hospitals of Guimarães, Braga and Famalicão. A woman of […]
How to prevent cervical cancer? Currently in Portugal, around 720 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed every year, making it the Western European country with the highest incidence rate of this type of cancer. Cervical cancer is always primarily caused by infection with the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). This virus has been around for […]
CETI at the technological forefront In vitro fertilization (IVF) has been one of the fastest developing fields of medicine and has been available for over four decades. The first successful birth following treatment was reported in 1978. Today, it is estimated that over 5 million children have been born as a result of IVF. Despite […]
Main causes of male infertility Professor João Luís Silva Carvalho, Clinical Director of CETI and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Porto (FMUP), was the author and coordinator of the AFRODITE study, the first epidemiological study on infertility in Portugal, which concluded that 9% of couples are infertile in Portugal. The study reveals that 260 to 290 thousand […]
Everything you need to know about egg donation What is egg donation? Egg donation is the process by which a woman voluntarily, altruistically and benevolently donates eggs for the purposes of medically assisted reproduction. Egg donation is carried out with the aim of helping infertile couples to have a child through medically assisted reproduction techniques. […]