According to the WHO, infertility is defined as a “disease of the reproductive system that leads to the absence of conception after 12 months or more of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse”. Infertility can be treated or overcome using various types of treatments, depending on the severity of the diagnosis.   Medically assisted reproduction treatments Therefore, […]

Infertility can be treated or overcome using medical, surgical or Medically Assisted Reproduction treatments. Find out what each of them is. The desire to be a mother that a woman has at a certain point in her life is just the beginning of a journey that can sometimes be winding and exhausting. What begins as […]

Infertility is defined by the World Health Organization as a disease or condition of the reproductive system that can be identified after one year of frequent and unprotected sexual intercourse, without the couple being able to achieve pregnancy or in cases where the woman, under the age of 35, reports multiple miscarriages. When a woman […]

The diploma regulating the confidentiality regime for Medically Assisted Procreation (MAP) techniques was published on 8 July 2019 in the Official Gazette. The new confidentiality regime for gamete and embryo donors comes into force on August 1st, creating a transitional regime to respect the rights of people born from these techniques, beneficiaries and donors. This […]

Endometriosis is a disease that affects about one in ten women of childbearing age worldwide. It is often masked by symptoms similar to menstruation, making it difficult to diagnose. As explained by Professor João Luís Silva Carvalho, Clinical Director of CETI, “this pathology derives from the fact that the endometrium, which forms every month to […]

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 reproductive age should have regular menstrual […]

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 technological advances in recent decades, […]

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 couples […]