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Articles by Thanos Papathanasiou
GRASPing the risk: Managing complex patients in IVF
In recent years, the rise of women with underlying health conditions seeking fertility treatment has become a significant concern. As a fertility practitioner, I've observed first-hand how advances in medical care enable women with chronic conditions to pursue motherhood. However, these advances bring new challenges – specifically, how we manage the risks associated with these complex cases.
Identifying the risk of low ovarian response during repeat IVF - implications for fertility treatment provision during the COVID-19 pandemic
Identifying the risk of low ovarian response during repeat IVF – implications for fertility treatment provision during the COVID-19 pandemic 18 January 2021 Appeared in BioNews 1079 The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increased workload for assisted conception clinics worldwide.
Fertility takes up to eight months to return after stopping contraception
Fertility takes up to eight months to return after stopping contraception 16 November 2020 Appeared in BioNews 1072 Women may have to wait up for up to eight months for their fertility to return to normal after stopping some forms of contraceptives, new research suggests. Oral contraceptives were, and still are, the most used method of contraception, but long-lasting reversible contraceptives, such as intrauterine devices (IUD) or injectable contraceptives are becoming more popular.
How to safely deliver fertility treatments in the COVID-19 era: the controversy of guidelines
How to safely deliver fertility treatments in the COVID-19 era: the controversy of guidelines 29 June 2020 Appeared in BioNews 1053 The Health Secretary's announcement on 1 May 2020 that fertility services in the UK could apply to reopen (see BioNews 1045) was a message of hope for all those who depend on fertility treatment for having a baby.
Beyond the Mediterranean diet: Improving IVF success in women with higher BMI
Being a healthy weight, eating a varied diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables, taking regular exercise and cutting down on alcohol – this is all good advice for everyone. But the direct influence on these factors on the fertility of both men and women, highlighted this week by a study suggesting a 'Mediterranean diet' in women can boost IVF success rates (see BioNews 936) is now becoming better understood.
Should I reuse variables?
61 Should I reuse variables? I know that many best practices say you should not do it, however, later, when different developer is debugging the code and have 3 variables that look alike and the only difference is that they are created in different places in the code, he might be confused. Unit-testing is a great example of this. However, I do know that best practices are most of the time against it. For example they say not to "override" method parameters.
Is using nested try-catch blocks an anti-pattern?
It's okay. A refactoring to consider is pushing the code into its own method, and using early exits for success, letting you write the different attempts to do something at the same level: Once you have it broken out like that, you could think about wrapping it up in a Strategy pattern. Then just use the , which is a kind of composite strategy (two patterns for the price of one!).
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