Vol.2 （Published：2014-12-17）

In-Hospital Study

QA⁄ QC Systems for Trouble Shooting in the ART Laboratory

A briefing session was held for a new product from ORIGIO, the world's largest manufacturer of ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) mediums and instruments / equipment.

Infertility News

Introducing progesterone vaginal preparation for fertility treatment (11/14)

• Introducing the first progesterone preparation in Japan
• A drug that is administered intravaginally to replace the corpus luteum and improve the pregnancy rate.

Sunscreen Ingredients Cause Male Infertility? National Institutes of Health (11/17)

• Chemicals used in sunscreens may cause male infertility
• Benzophenone 2 and 4HO-Benzophenone can detected in male urine

Approved fertilized egg diagnosis. In vitro fertilization to inspect for chromosomal abnormalities (11/26)

• Approved "New Fertilized Oocyte Diagnosis" to collect a part of in vitro fertilized egg and examine all chromosomal abnormalities.
• This is meant to help women who have a miscarriage more than once or who have not succeeded in in vitro fertilization more than 3 times.
• If this is introduced, we can learn more information about the condition of the fertilized egg.

Travel expenses subsidy for infertility treatment / Miyakojima city council general question (12/12)

• Miyakojima City has announced that it will expand the framework of "support for travel expenses for patients with intractable diseases" from FY2015 and will subsidize travel expenses.
• There was no medical institution that can treat infertility in Miyakojima city until now.

Staff Introduction

Medical Office Aya Hirano