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Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Human reproduction, growth & development > Reproductive medicine
One out of every six patients in the United States is treated in a
Catholic hospital that follows the policies of the U.S. Conference
of Catholic Bishops. These policies prohibit abortion,
sterilization, contraception, some treatments for miscarriage and
gender confirmation, and other reproductive care, undermining
hard-won patients’ rights to bodily autonomy and informed
decision-making. Drawing on rich interviews with patients and
providers, this book reveals both how the bishops’ directives
operate and how people inside Catholic hospitals navigate the
resulting restrictions on medical practice. In doing so, Bishops
and Bodies fleshes out a vivid picture of how The Church’s stance
on sex, reproduction, and “life” itself manifests in
institutions that affect us all.
Developmental biologists have been driven to investigate growth
factor signaling in embryos in order to understand the regulatory
mechanisms underlying a given developmental process. Thus, it is
critical to explore the technical methods and experimental designs
for growth factor signaling in embryos.
Focusing on specific pathways or pathway components, Analysis of
Growth Factor Signaling in Embryos provides the methods and
guidelines for experimental design to study major aspects of cell
signaling in vertebrate embryos. The book covers a broad range of
topics in signaling and a variety of current model organisms.
Section I explores specific signaling pathways or pathway
components. In this section, some chapters highlight the
biochemistry of signaling pathways during development, which is
often distinctive from that observed in cell culture systems.
Section II discusses ionic regulatory mechanisms and the two
chapters in Section III examine ways of investigating gene
regulation in response to extracellular signals. Finally, Section
IV addresses emerging strategies that facilitate integrated
analyses of cell signaling" in vivo" in embryonic systems.
Featuring contributions from expert researchers, Analysis of
Growth Factor Signaling in Embryos will provide a foundation for
further explorations of the cellular regulatory mechanisms
governing vertebrate embryonic development.
The experiences of infertility and childlessness, while not worse
than other griefs and disappointments people experience, are
nevertheless distinctive in a number of important respects. Unlike
other griefs, they often take place in private, with no body, no
funeral, and no public acknowledgement of the loss. In her profound
and wise theology of childnessness, Emma Nash takes her own story
as a starting point, examining several distinctive features of this
painful human experience. She asks what biblical and theological
resources offer consolation, and what liberative action individuals
and churches might take to make an appropriate response. Weaving
trauma theology together with personal experience, Nash offers a
profound and heartfelt theological reflection which breaks the
barriers between pastoral resource and carefully constructed
theology.
'This book is an absolute game-changer' - Dr Xand Van Tulleken
'Everyone concerned about their fertility should read this book' -
Dr Raj Mathur, Chair of the British Fertility Society The book you
can trust to help you achieve a healthy pregnancy. Whether you are
trying for a baby now or preparing for a family in future, The
Fertility Book is the no-nonsense guide you need to help you to
optimize your chances of a healthy pregnancy. World-renowned
fertility consultant Adam Balen and reproductive biologist Grace
Dugdale dispel the myths in this comprehensive guide to
reproductive health, explaining in easy-to-understand terms the
genetic and lifestyle factors at play. They take an honest look at
the evidence for both conventional and alternative approaches,
equipping you with powerful tools to improve your chances of a
natural conception and an understanding of how to create the best
environment for a healthy pregnancy. If you do decide to seek help
through assisted conception, this book will be with you every step
of the way, explaining what treatments are available and how to
approach them, so that you can come to an informed decision about
what is right for you. Professor Adam Balen and Grace Dugdale have
decades of experience helping couples on their journey to
conception and beyond. Now in this, their first book for a general
readership, they explain everything you need to know to understand
your own fertility.
In order to maximize the chance of IVF success, couples need to
ensure that their preconceptual health is optimal to increase the
quality of gametes and reproductive fitness. This text reviews the
medical and lifestyle factors that can affect the body at
preconception stage, such as micronutrients, stress, hormonal and
gynecologic assessment, as well as environmental factors such as
optimal weight and age for childbirth. This book will enable all
medical practitioners and healthcare professionals to give
evidence-based advice to influence the success rate of subsequent
IVF cycles, and ensure that every child is born in the best
possible condition. Part of a four-book series on optimizing
different aspects of the IVF cycle, this book focusses on preparing
the body for assisted conception. Other books in the series focus
on the egg and embryo, the endometrium, and the sperm.
In US security culture, motherhood is a site of intense
contestation--both a powerful form of cultural currency and a
target of unprecedented assault. Linked by an atmosphere of crisis
and perceived vulnerability, motherhood and nation have become
intimately entwined, dangerously positioning national security as
reliant on the control of women's bodies. Drawing on feminist
scholarship and critical studies of security culture, Natalie
Fixmer-Oraiz explores homeland maternity by calling our attention
to the ways that authorities see both non-reproductive and "overly"
reproductive women's bodies as threats to social norms--and thus to
security. Homeland maternity culture intensifies motherhood's
requirements and works to discipline those who refuse to adhere.
Analyzing the opt-out revolution, public debates over emergency
contraception, and other controversies, Fixmer-Oraiz compellingly
demonstrates how policing maternal bodies serves the political
function of securing the nation in a time of supposed danger--with
profound and troubling implications for women's lives and agency.
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