Fertility

AI in sperm selection: Changing the future of IVF

The next major advance in IVF may come from learning how to extract information that has been sitting under the microscope all along

Prof. Zeev Shoham, M.D.
Prof. Natan T. Shaked of the School of Biomedical Engineering

New Tel Aviv University imaging method could improve IVF sperm selection

An illustrative image of a mouth swab for DNA testing

Oral inflammation may impair female fertility, new Israeli research shows

Testicular tissue successfully produced sperm after 20 years

Testicular tissue successfully produced sperm after 20 years


Israel has a lot of children. Is this a problem and what should we do?

Israel’s current fertility rate of some 3.1 children per woman is the highest, by far, of any country in the 37-member OECD.

Israeli children wearing face masks make their way to school in Tzfat on their first day back to classes on November 1, 2020

Hillel's Tech Corner: Embryonics: When IVF meets AI

Embryonics uses bleeding edge technology to increase the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Embryonics

Woman granted divorce ten years after husband cut contact

Once their marriage was finalized, she became aware that her new husband had serious financial problems he expected her to help handle.

THE RABBINICAL court of Tel Aviv. It has been said that rabbinical courts allow men to hold back consent to divorce their wives in order to extort the women into agreeing to unfair overall terms.

B’yad Rama: A labor of love

The aim of the organization is to help women who are unable to become pregnant naturally by helping them in different ways.

BABIES GIVEN life with the help of Tali B’yad Rama.

Hillel's Tech Corner: Tempdrop helps women track fertility while asleep

According to Frost & Sullivan, the femtech market is expected to reach $1.1 billion by 2024, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 12.9%.

Tempdrop.

Amy Klein's down-to-earth advice for enduring fertility treatments

Klein, a New Yorker, shows how to survive fertility treatment without losing your sense of humor.

Peeking in at newborns at a Jerusalem hospital

Fertility treatments to return, women under 35 excluded

The process will begin with women above the age of 39, as well as fertility treatments that do not involve surgical procedures for women over 35.

Pregnant woman (Illustrative)

Women over 39 may be permitted to return to fertility treatments - report

Many in the Facebook page for the Female Fertility Forum of Israel were fuming at the reported decision, which according to them neglected a majority of the women seeking treatment.

Pregnant woman (Illustrative)

Quickly declining sperm count in the Western world: result of poor diet?

New studies have investigated nutritional value in one’s diet as a possible explanation for sperm count, showing an association between an unhealthy diet and a decreased count.

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Israeli doctors freeze eggs of seven-year-old girl with Turner's syndrome

While the girl who was treated has Turner’s syndrome, she can have healthy children because the disease isn’t hereditary, Professor Foad Azem told Haaretz.

The process of extracting eggs in a lab in a fertility clinic.