Dr. Eliahu Levitas

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  bedfordhypnosis.co.uk/inpress_the_hypnotism_doubles_IVF - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/30/2004    Last Visited: 1/31/2009  

  Dr Eliahu Levitas, a fertility doctor at Soroka University, Israel, studied nearly 200 women undergoing IVF treatment. Half the women were hypnotised by a trained expert during the transfer of their embryos, while the other half had normal treatment.
  
  "IVF is a stressful event for the patient and the procedure of embryo transfer is the peak of that stress," Dr Levitas told the fertility conference.

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  Published on: 2/18/2008    Last Visited: 10/13/2008  

  Dr. Eliahu Levitas of Soroka University Medical Center in Beer Sheva and colleagues found that nearly 60 percent of a group of women who were hypnotized during the procedure became pregnant, versus about 30 percent of a group of women who weren't hypnotized.
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  Levitas and his colleagues hypothesize that hypnosis helped a woman's uterus to remain relaxed, allowing the embryo to implant more easily.It is also possible, they say, that hypnosis produced changes in immune or hormonal uterine function resulting in "an improvement in the interaction between the blastocyst and the endometrium," or the lining of the uterus.
  
  While the researchers attempted to make the hypnosis and non-hypnosis groups as similar as possible, the group that did not receive hypnosis had, on average, been infertile for a longer period.Levitas and his team performed statistical analysis to account for this, and found that hypnosis remained the key factor in pregnancy success.

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  achievehypnotherapy.com/Latest/Hypnosis-may-boost-in-vi - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 7/22/2008  

  Dr Eliahu Levitas of Soroka University Medical Centre in Beer Sheva and colleagues found that nearly 60 per cent of a group of women who were hypnotised during the procedure became pregnant, versus about 30 per cent of a group of women who weren't hypnotised.

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  A.R.E. Clinic -- News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/15/2005    Last Visited: 12/20/2006  

  Dr. Eliahu Levitas of Soroka University Medical Center in Beer Sheva and colleagues found that nearly 60 percent of a group of women who were hypnotized during the procedure became pregnant, versus about 30 percent of a group of women who weren't hypnotized.READ MORE >>

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  ABC News: Abstinence makes the sperm grow stronger - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/22/2005    Last Visited: 6/23/2005  

  "After only two days of abstinence, sperm from patients with male factor infertility initiate a process of quality degradation," Dr. Eliahu Levitas of Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel, and colleagues report.
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  Levitas and his team note in the medical journal Fertility and Sterility and Sterility that most fertility clinics likely follow World Health Organization recommendations, which advise men to abstain for 2 to 7 days before semen collection for fertility evaluation.
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  Levitas and colleagues conclude that semen should be collected from men with male factor infertility after 1 day of abstinence, for optimum sperm quality.

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  Abstinence makes the sperm grow stronger - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/23/2005    Last Visited: 6/23/2005  

  "After only two days of abstinence, sperm from patients with male factor infertility initiate a process of quality degradation," Dr. Eliahu Levitas of Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel, and colleagues report.
  
  The findings are important for men trying to father children through in vitro fertilization, or even through the natural method.
  
  Levitas and his team note in the medical journal Fertility and Sterility that most fertility clinics likely follow World Health Organization recommendations, which advise men to abstain for two to seven days before semen collection for fertility evaluation.
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  Levitas and colleagues conclude that semen should be collected from men with male factor infertility after one day of abstinence, for optimum sperm quality.

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  Abstinence makes the sperm grow stronger - Yahoo! News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/23/2005    Last Visited: 6/23/2005  

  "After only two days of abstinence, sperm from patients with male factor infertility initiate a process of quality degradation," Dr. Eliahu Levitas of Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel
  
  " /> Israel, and colleagues report.
  
  The findings are important for men trying to father children through in vitro fertilization, or even through the natural method.
  
  Levitas and his team note in the medical journal Fertility and Sterility and Sterility that most fertility clinics likely follow World Health Organization
  ...
  Levitas and colleagues conclude that semen should be collected from men with male factor infertility after 1 day of abstinence, for optimum sperm quality.

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  BBC NEWS | Health | Hypnosis 'doubles IVF success' - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/29/2004    Last Visited: 6/29/2004  

  Dr Eliahu Levitas, who led the research, told the conference: "Embryo transfer is known to be a stressful for patients, and it may be that the procedure is the peak of their stress in IVF.

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  Farvision - Hypnosis - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/15/2005    Last Visited: 10/10/2006  

  Dr. Eliahu Levitas of Soroka University Medical Center in Beer Sheva, Israel and colleagues found that nearly 60 percent of a group of women who were hypnotized during in vitro fertilization became pregnant, versus about 30 percent of a group of women who weren't hypnotized.

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  Fertility :: Hypnosis may boost in vitro fertilization... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/25/2005    Last Visited: 7/30/2006  

  Dr. Eliahu Levitas of Soroka University Medical Center in Beer Sheva and colleagues found that nearly 60 percent of a group of women who were hypnotized during the procedure became pregnant, versus about 30 percent of a group of women who weren't hypnotized.
  ...
  Levitas and his colleagues hypothesize that hypnosis helped a woman's uterus to remain relaxed, allowing the embryo to implant more easily.It is also possible, they say, that hypnosis produced changes in immune or hormonal uterine function resulting in "an improvement in the interaction between the blastocyst and the endometrium," or the lining of the uterus.
  
  While the researchers attempted to make the hypnosis and non-hypnosis groups as similar as possible, the group that did not receive hypnosis had, on average, been infertile for a longer period.Levitas and his team performed statistical analysis to account for this, and found that hypnosis remained the key factor in pregnancy success.

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