A new study published in January 2019 and led by the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) corrects a century-and-a-half-old theory about how sperm are transported within the male body. The findings could lead to new treatments to address the issue of male infertility.
Read MoreYou’ve educated yourself on the best ways to stay emotionally and physically fit. Closely examined your diet and lifestyle choices to see whether there’s room for improvement or proactive measures (there almost always is). And you’ve monitored your potential and real exposure to toxins, pollutants, and chemicals to avoid their harmful effects on your fertility.
Read MoreThe idea that men can pass along genetic mutations to their children dates back to at least the 1930s, when one pioneering geneticist began investigating a distinct pattern among families with long histories of hemophilia. His concluding theory: Fathers likely passed along more genetic mutations to their offspring than their mothers did.
Read MoreWhile humorous references abound concerning a male version of menopause, the truth is that men also experience hormonal and sexual function changes as they age. The proper name for this phase is andropause, and while comparisons continue to be made to menopause, there are some significant differences, particularly with regard to a man’s ability to conceive a child.
Read MoreA recent scholarly article claims that the effects of climate change on sperm could prove critical to species extinction. Rising temperatures prove to be incidental in health effects of all species.
Read MoreFor men who are survivors of child cancer treatments, concerns about possible effects on their fertility can loom paramount. After all, adult men with cancer face significant obstacles to maintaining healthy fertility during and after treatment, though men can take proactive measures to protect themselves.
Read MoreResearchers at the University of Pennsylvania stood poised in early 2018 to begin an experimental human trial using gene-editing tools to change the makeup of immune cells, which would in turn equip those cells to do battle with three different forms of cancer.
Read MoreIn 2015, the Sydney Morning Herald ran a headline that trumpeted the fact that Australia’s fertility rate had fallen to its lowest level in 10 years, resulting in a so-called ‘baby drought’. The national fertility rate of 1.8 children per women had dropped from 1.88 children in 2014, and even further from the 2.0 children per woman recorded from 2007 to 2010. That mini-peak was attributed in part to a boom in the mining industry.
Read MoreResults showed that adolescents who had used indoor chlorinated pools for greater than 250 hours before the age of 10 or for more than 125 hours prior to the age of 7 were roughly 300 per cent more likely to register abnormally low testosterone levels – less than the tenth percentile – than those of peers who had not used these kinds of swimming facilities while children.
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