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Computer Assisted Spermogram (CASA) at the price of classical semen analysis — 60 lev (regular price 187.00 lev) until October 31 2015 at New Life clinic.
What is CASA and why choose it instead of the classical semen analysis?
Computer assisted sperm analyzer (CASA) is an automated system for semen analysis in which the concentration, motility and morphology of sperm are assessed by specialized software and special camera unlike classical semen analysis in which these parameters are measured by a biologist. The main advantage of semen analysis through CASA is that it eliminates the subjectivity associated with human factor, enabling better standardization of the study. Also sperm count software calculates more accurately sperm speed and stores its trajectory, as well as the dimensions of its three main constituents — a head, a neck and a tail. Besides calculating many more parameters at once, CASA system — available at New Life Specialized Medical Center Gynecology, gives better opportunities for the display of these parameters through graphs and images that we give to our patients as part of the analysis.

Prof. Neri Laufer — emblematic name in the world assisted reproduction sphere, one of the first doctors who fertilized a woman by in vitro method, the founder of many clinical centers in the US and Israel, visited \»Good Morning, Bulgaria!\» at news station TV7
You can watch Prof.Laufer’s whole interview on the TV 7’s website or the official Facebook page of New Life Clinic

At the Open Door fo clinic New Life in Plovdiv and Sofia, Dr. Dobrinka Petrova shared her personal experience and wished more young families to experience real happiness of having the long-awaited baby.
She infored about the developments in the field of the assisted reproductive technologies. The Open Days gave an opportunity to all stakeholders to get acquainted with the rest of the staff, and the extremely comfortable conditions offered in the Bulgaria’s first Israeli Center for Reproductive Health.
High-tech equipment at New Life allows accurate and precise diagnosis and treatment. Experts at the medical center have been trained in prestigious hospitals Hadassa and Asuta in Israel. The team at the clinic diagnoses, advises and treats both female and male factor infertility.

Semen analysis via Computer Aided Sperm Analysis (CASA)
CASA is an automated system for sperm analysis which makes use of a software for the evaluation of sperm concentration, motility and morphology. The main advantage of CASA is that it eliminates the subjectivity associated with the human factor in manual semen analysis, thereby allowing for better standardization of the procedure. Furthermore, the software counts the spermatozoa more accurately, can calculate and record their exact speed and movement trajectory as well as the dimensions of their heads, midpieces and tails for more accurate morphology evaluation. Using computer aided sperm analysis also allows better visualization of the results, which aids patient understanding

Free consultations with the best specialists in sterility in Bulgaria.
Bulgarian specialists from ten clinics specialized in assisted reproduction will conduct free individual consultations with patients in the Day of reproductive health on June 6 from 13:00 pm to 17:00 pm in hotel \»Orpheus\» Bansko.
The highlights will be: Relief and sharing experiences, free individual consultations and group discussions with experts in the field of reproductive health, news in infertility treatment.
Again, all who walk the difficult path to pregnancy, will have the chance to meet in an informal setting the experts and to receive adequate information on medical, psychological and legal issues.
8 visitors of the Day of reproductive health in Bansko on June 6, 2015 will receive vouchers worth 500 BGN each
Traditionally, during the Day of reproductive health NGO \»Conception\» gives vouchers for financial support for diagnosis and treatment of infertility. The funds for these vouchers are provided through donations from individuals and companies during the year. Voucher recipients are chosen via a public draw during the official closing day. Every visitor to the Day of reproductive health 2015 in Bansko, wishing to participate in the draw for a voucher for financial support amounting to 500 lev must complete a special registration card upon arrival at the event. Voucher winners sign a contract for donation and the money is paid after submission of documents for diagnoses and treatment.
Medical center \»New Life\» will be represented by Dr. Vasil Daskalov and Dr. Mariela Daskalova
More information about the program of the event: www.zachatie.org and the phones of MTS New Life: 032 693 693 or free phone 0800 13 006

Students led by the gynecologist/ obstetrician Dr. George Krumov were welcomed by the manager and colleague of Dr. Krumov, Dr. Dobrinka Petrova, and chief embryologist Assoc. Prof. Rumen Dimitrov, who delivered a lecture tracing each step of the process in embryotransfer. Also young future doctors observed an IUI procedure. Students visited the IVF laboratory where they had the opportunity to see the modern equipment of the center and observe the procedure for freezing embryos. The visit was accompanied by detailed explanations of the work in an IVF laboratory and handling liquid nitrogen.
The future doctors were impressed by what they saw. After the procedures they had the opportunity to ask numerous questions about the theoretical and practical aspects of the work process in a modern European IVF center.

Dr Dobrinka Petrova, medical manager and gynaecologist at New Life medical centre for reproductive health, of how a Bulgarian clinic partners with the best in vitro specialists in the world

New Life works in co-operation with internationally renowned specialists in infertility treatment, from Israel. What is the feeling to be a partner to names such as Professor Neri Laufer and Dr Anat Safran?
Working side by side with Professor Neri Laufer, the second physician in the world to perform successful human in vitro fertilisation, and the mastermind of the in vitro programmes of the Yale University, New York, and Atlanta University, in the US, together with Dr Anat Safran, is a great honour and pleasure. These people have more than 30 years of experience in the field of reproductive medicine, they are avant-garde thinkers and have the feeling of mission to this world. We are happy that we have the opportunity to work together with them, to share their mission and to give all our knowledge and passion that Bulgaria has more children.

Tell us more on the specialists in New Life and the technologies used at the clinic?

We are the first in vitro centre in Bulgaria which have imported know how from Israel in the field of assisted reproduction technologies. The whole medical team of the clinic has successfully graduated prestigious training at the famed Israeli hospitals Hadassah in Jerusalem and Assuta Rishon close to Tel Aviv, and not only there, of course.
New Life clinicThe centre has modern equipment, including the latest micromanipulation system of Eppendorf for ICSI fertilisation – TransferMan 4r and benchtop incubator with 10 segments. This type of incubator sustains a much more stable temperature, pH and carbon dioxide during opening, than the standard incubators. This is crucial for the success of an in vitro procedure.

What is the difference in the approach towards the New Life patients?

We as specialists have an individual approach towards each patient, and pay attention not only to the medical side of the infertility treatment, but also to the human and emotional story of the patient. That is why many of our patients stay in touch with the physician who have helped them to create their family long after the successful end of their procedures.

Which is the biggest satisfaction in your work?

What is important to us is to see the tears of happiness in the eyes of our patients, this is the great mission for our team, and we fight for it every day. The feeling, when we manage to do this on a daily basis, is beyond description, because our patients are a part of us and we know their problem personally.

“New Life” expands its opportunities by signing a partnership agreement with University Hospital \»Sofiamed\»

University Hospital for Active Treatment \»Sofiamed\» is part of a chain of hospitals, operating in Bulgaria. This is the first hospital of the chain that \»New Life\» Medical Center for Reproductive Health signed a contract with. Contracts with the other hospitals in the chain will follow during the year.

On the International Day of the health worker, the students of University of Plovdiv \»Paisii Hilendarski\» ‘s first Reproductive Biology master degree program in the country had the opportunity to see the latest IVF center in Plovdiv.
Students were welcomed by the chief embryologist o f the clinic Dr Rumen Dimitrov,
who gave a visual lecture tracing each step of an IVF cycle. Students visited the IVF laboratory where they had the opportunity to see the modern equipment of the center and to monitor the performance of semen analysis in the clinical setting.
Future embryologists asked their questions related to various aspects of assisted reproduction- the sphere of their future career development.

New Life Specialized Medical Center of Gynecology has its own in-house donor sperm bank comprised of samples from carefully selected and tested donors of spermatozoa. The tests carried out include HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Syphilis tests. Donor sperm is frozen and quarantined for a period of 180 days. Before his samples are released from quarantine, each donor is retested in order to minimize the risk of disease transmission. All approved donors are healthy young men with very high quality sperm.
As well as its own cryobank, New Life has a contract with 2 international European sperm banks. They offer a wide range of over 150 donors of various ethnicity, hair and eye colour, height, weight, blood type and educational status. As well as the transmissive diseases testing, required by Bulgarian law, the two cryobanks that we work with also test the carrier status of their donors for some of the most common genetic diseases in the European population, such as Cystic Fibrosis and Sickle Cell Anemia. Due to transportation costs and the higher standard of living in Western Europe, donor sperm from the European sperm banks is, however, more expensive.
If you are interested in an assisted reproductive procedure with donor sperm, you may come to New Life for a free consultation. During the consultation, one of our embryologists will help you chose a donor and will provide detailed information about your upcoming procedure.