All women, especially in the reproductive age, physiologically produce a low concentration of male gonads or androgens. Some diseases cause an increase in the concentration of these male gonads, such as hyperandrogenism. Being able to […]

Oligoasthenozoospermia consists of a decrease in the concentration and percentage of motile spermatozoa in a sperm sample and is determined by means of a sperminogram or sperm analysis. The sperminogram is currently a basic tool […]

What is hypogonadism? Hypogonadism is understood to be when the gonads (testicles in men and ovaries in women) produce low amounts of hormones or none at all or when the hypothalamus is incapable of producing …

Reproductive health includes an individual’s right to conceive and the right to decide when to do so. As we have previously pointed out, when speaking about reproduction in 2016, the World Health Organization recognised the […]

At Instituto Bernabeu, we are bidding farewell to ovarian stimulation injections during courses of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment. The clinic is launching an innovative device called i-Port Advance™ for self-administration of drugs using a system that is already used […]

One of the most important milestones in the history of reproductive medicine has undoubtedly been the ability to successfully cryopreserve oocytes (eggs) and embryos. Currently, the most widespread freezing technique of choice in In Vitro […]

The answer is YES. All-female couples who choose to start a family together do need to be married. The main reason for this is to meet the legal requirements in terms of anonymity of tissue, […]

SIRHA stands for Assisted Human Reproduction Information System in Spanish. It is a computer-aided platform set up by the national health service that is used to record and consult all assisted reproduction technique activity at […]

At Instituto Bernabeu we want to continue advancing in today’s knowledge about the embryo implantation process, which is still very limited. Therefore, we are carrying out a study to assess the importance of the changes […]

Specific management and quality control systems are key factors in increasing success rates at in vitro fertilisation laboratories (IVF laboratories). Since 2006, all Instituto Bernabeu clinics have adhered to official international ISO 9001 quality management […]