This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
Intake and levels of trans fats were …
We have known for some time that male fertility depends on sperm-cell architecture. When a man has a low strict morphology (a detailed study of sperm shape) the chance of natural conception is very low and often requires IVF with intracytoplasmic sperm injection ( ICSI) to achieve a pregnancy.
A University of Illinois study reports that a certain omega-3 fatty acid is …
Males who place a laptop on their laps with the WI-FI on might have a greater risk of reduced sperm motility and more sperm DNA fragmentation, which could, in theory, undermine their chances of becoming fathers, researchers reported in the journal Fertility and Sterility this week.
This study was done in an artificial setting. The male participants were not tested …
Two recent articles outline potential dangers to mens fertility from environmental causes.
In a study performed on mice reported in Science Daily, daily exposure to a chemical that is prevalent in the human environment, bisphenol A (BPA), causes lowered fertility in male mice.
Mice that received daily BPA injections for two months had lower sperm counts and testosterone levels …
There's more evidence that a man's diet can not only affect his potency, but the quality of his sperm as well. In a study reported in Science Daily a little-known omega-3 may have implications for treating male infertility. In a study done in mice that lacked the gene responsible for an enzyme important in making the omega-3, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), …