The bottom line: Don’t talk on your mobile while it’s charging and never use it within 50cm of your groin and you shouldn’t keep your cellphone in your pants pocket.
A groundbreaking study done in Israel, albeit on a very small sample group, has found a stark correlation between sperm abnormalities and cellphone use. The main dangers are using it …
An article on the impact on male fertility on slate.com draws attention to the increasing male factor in infertile couples.
Male fertility is a new epidemic, at least if you’ve seen the news coverage. This burgeoning crisis seems to be related to the effects of age, inspiring headlines such as: “Men Also Suffer Age-Related Infertility,” “Too Old to Be a …
A study in the December 2013 issue of Fertility & Sterility has found that Propecia (finasteride), commonly used in reproductive-age men as a hair restorer, may cause reduced sperm counts in some men. The same medication in a higher dose is used as Proscar in older men for enlarged prostates.
The good news is that they found that sperm counts …
I have been noticing it for the past ten years: the sperm parameters in otherwise healthy men have been declining. In fact, the World Health Organization recently downgraded the normal values for a semen analysis.
An article in the July 16th edition of the Wall Street Journal reports on the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) annual conference …
According to an article in USA Today, healthy young men who watch a lot of TV and those who skimp on exercise have lower concentrations of sperm in their semen than guys who watch less and move more, a new study finds.
The study is small and does not prove cause and effect. But it adds to evidence that …
One question that must be on the mind of every couple or individual considering the use of donor sperm is how will I, we and the family relate to this child.
An Australian study shows that children born through sperm donation belong to families that function just as well as others even though most of these children are not told …
Drinking, smoking and using recreational drugs probably will not reduce a man’s fertility, a new study reported in the New York Times suggests — but working on a road crew might.
British researchers studied 2,249 men who visited fertility clinics after a year of trying unsuccessfully to impregnate a partner. The men completed detailed health and behavioral questionnaires and each …
A man who has never had any children has a greater chance of dying from cardiovascular disease than fathers, researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine, California, reported in the journal Human Reproduction. The authors say that they do not know whether male infertility is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. They tracked 137,903 men who were members …
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 …
We have all had the experience of being told that we need to eat a good, balanced diet. Turns out that's true, at least in order to produce normal sperm.
A study in the March 2010 issue of Fertility & Sterility examined the diets of 30 men with poor semen quality and 31 normospermic control subjects of couples attending a fertility …