Rachel Westfall's research while affiliated with Statistics Canada and other places

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Table 1 Validation of natural compounds as potential fertility...
Table 2 Validation of natural compounds as potential fertility...
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Table 11 Squaw bush Viburnum opulus (L.) and Viburnum prunifolium...
Herbal fertility treatments used in North America from colonial times to 1900, and their potential for improving the success rate of assisted reproductive technology
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  • Apr 2018
This paper serves to fill a gap in the literature regarding evidence for the use of botanical remedies in the promotion of fertility. It examines the botanical remedies that were used in North America (1492–1900) for all stages of reproduction from preconception to birth, and discusses their potential for future use with present-day infertility tre...
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... Insulin-sensitizing medications might minimise the detrimental effects of insulin on ovulatory function by increasing the responsiveness of target tissues to insulin and lowering compensatory hyperinsulinemia. Contrary to live birth rates (OR 1.05; 95% CI 0.75 to 1.47), cotreatment with metformin and clomiphene increases ovulation rates (OR 1.76; 95% CI 1.51 to 2.06) and clinical pregnancy rates (OR 1.48; 95% CI 1.12 to 1.95) (17) . Aromatase blockers Androstenedione and testosterone are changed into oestrone and oestradiol, respectively, by the enzyme aromatase. ...
Reference: Ovulation Induction Techniques in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Review of literature
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