February 2017

Who is responsible for couple infertility: A clinic-based survey in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

This study was carried out to describe the male or female original causes of infertility among couples and the semen quality among men attending fertility clinics. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with a retrospective data collection from 2003 to 2012. From 14 to 18th January, 6 982 patients were included and analyzed 6642 patients’ data from 15 private and public medical centres in...

Author(s): Somé N. Eric, Da D Cyriac, Boncoungou Justine, Lankoandé Jean and Poda Jean Noël

February 2017

Italian midwives attitude toward complementary and alternative medicine

The growing interest in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) applies also to the field of obstetrics and this encouraged midwives to support the application during pregnancy and delivery.  Application of CAM is complete according to the skills and the aims of the midwife’s professional profile, representing as it does a safe non...

Author(s): Isabella Neri, Maria Cristina Gemmi, Alba Ricchi and Elisabetta Romei