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Fertility Article Index
Traffic Pollution Damages Male Fertility
(5 May 2003)
A study of tollgate attendants has demonstrated that traffic pollution damages the quality of sperm in men...
Older Sperm Behind Genetic Mutations
(24 April 2003)
Scientists explain why Apert syndrome - a genetic disease causing webbed fingers - is more common in children born to older fathers...
Sperm, Egg Communication Revealed
(31 March 2003)
A more detailed understanding of the new "smelling" capabilities of human sperm cells may lead to advances in contraception and fertility treatments...
Common Industrial Chemical Linked To Infertility
(10 March 2003)
A widely used industrial chemical that is also present in ground water, has been found in the semen of infertile men...
Semen Quality Declines With Age
(10 February 2003)
With each passing year, semen quality in adult men decreases, suggesting that age plays a greater role in male fertility than previously thought...
Cell Transfer Restores Sperm Production
(6 February 2003)
In research that may one day help infertile men, scientists have transplanted specialized cells and restored sperm production in once infertile animals...
Sperm Like It Hot
(3 February 2003)
Like heat-seeking missiles that sense the heat of a plane's engine, sperm are guided to the female egg by temperature...
Gulf War Chemicals Damage Sperm, Testes
(9 January 2003)
A combination of chemicals given to protect Gulf War soldiers against nerve gas may have inadvertently damaged their testes and sperm production...
Farm Chemical Use Linked To Sperm Quality
(12 December 2002)
New evidence shows that semen quality differs greatly between urban and rural regions and the use of agricultural chemicals may be a factor...
More Evidence For Male Biological Clock Revealed
(2 December 2002)
Scientists have discovered a cellular basis for what many have long believed: men, as well as women, have a reproductive clock that ticks down with age...
For Sperm, Size Does Matter
(11 November 2002)
Throughout the animal kingdom, sperm cells evolve rapidly into some of the most outrageous sizes and shapes...
Caution Advised On Test For Male Infertility
(7 November 2002)
A male infertility test approved by the FDA for over the counter sale will only tell part of the story says a male infertility specialist...
Sperm Mutations Increase With Men's Age
(21 October 2002)
Scientists may have discovered why genetic diseases are more common in children born to older fathers...
Sperm Mutation May Cause Fertility Problems
(26 August 2002)
Discovery of a mutation that prevents sperm maturation could lead to treatments for male sterility and development of new male contraceptives...
Hormone Drug Linked To Male Genital Disorder
(25 July 2002)
Hypospadias - a male genital disorder - could be more common among boys born to mothers who were exposed to a synthetic hormone withdrawn from use in the late 1970s...
Smoking Damages Sperm DNA
(18 July 2002)
Scientists say that smoking alters the DNA of sperm and they believe this hampers the development of the fertilized embryo...
Environment Affecting Sperm Fertility
(4 July 2002)
Scientists have found the first evidence that oestrogens from the environment, and also ones that occur naturally in our bodies, significantly affect the fertilising ability of sperm...
Parental Smoking Linked To Fewer Male Children
(1 July 2002)
Researchers suggest that couples who smoke around the time of conception could have a reduced chance of conceiving male offspring...
Vasectomy Not Related To Prostate Cancer Risk
(20 June 2002)
Contrary to earlier studies, a new study found that men who undergo vasectomies are no more likely to develop prostate cancer...
Testicular Cancer Gene Identified
(6 June 2002)
Research could lead to genetic testing to predict the potential for developing testicular cancer and possibility of stem cell therapy to cure infertility...
Disposable Nappies Behind Increase In Male Infertility?
(9 May 2002)
Nappies lined with plastic significantly increase the temperature of the scrotum but a low temperature is critical for normal testicular development and sperm health...
Pollutants Lower Sperm Counts
(21 April 2002)
High ozone levels produced in the lower atmosphere � the result of the release of pollutants � seem to be linked to lower sperm counts and decreased sperm motility in otherwise healthy, fertile men...
Testicular Cancer Treatment Risk
(27 February 2002)
The treatment of testicular cancer has become so successful that doctors face a new problem � patients are living long enough to suffer long term side effects that are potentially life-threatening...
Certain Foods Could Cause Testicular Cancer
(4 February 2002)
A compound called ochratoxin A which is found in cereals, pork products, milk and coffee may be a cause of testicular cancer in young men...
Effect Of PCBs On Sex Of Children
(29 January 2002)
Men with higher levels of PCBs in their bodies are more likely to father boys than girls and researchers say this is evidence of the effects environmental contaminants can have on the body...
Viagra Could Help Women Conceive
(17 January 2002)
The anti-impotence drug Viagra may help make babies - but not in the way you think. The little blue pill may also help some infertile women get pregnant...
Sperm In Space
(11 January 2002)
Researchers have found that too little gravity affects the behavior of sperm in puzzling ways...
New Contraceptive Blocks Sperm And Germs
(6 January 2002)
Scientists are trialling a new type of contraceptive gel that is also designed to protect against sexually transmitted infections...
New Study Provides Insight Into Male Infertility
(1 January 2002)
Findings that mice lacking a certain protein in their sperm were infertile may provide valuable insights into male infertility...
Estrogen May Lead to Male Contraceptive
(16 December 2001)
Researchers tapping into the estrogen pathway that regulates fertility in males have found two independent roles of the hormone, and they may have uncovered a new approach for developing a male contraceptive...
Weak Sperm May Not Cause Infertility
(8 November 2001)
An in-depth study of the quality of sperm in 1,500 men shows that sperm counts previously thought to be abnormal do not always mean infertility...
Simple Test For Most Fertile Day
(25 October 2001)
A simple way of establishing on which days in a woman�s menstrual cycle she is fertile has been identified by US and Italian fertility experts...
Prayer Increases Fertility
(2 October 2001)
Prayer seems to almost double the success rate of in vitro fertilization procedures that lead to pregnancy, according to the surprising results from a recent study...
Organic Solvents Linked To Low Sperm Count
(11 September 2001)
Printers and painters beware. Glycol ethers, known to adversely affect the reproductive systems of animals, appear to be hazardous for human male fertility as well...
Good Sex Makes Babies
(22 August 2001)
Pleasure helps conception. Sperm survival in the vagina and cervix is helped if the woman enjoys a high level of arousal during sexual intercourse�
New Syndrome Affecting Men's Reproductive Health
(10 July 2001)
Environmental factors are almost certainly to blame for a variety of men's health problems such as testicular cancer, poor sperm quality and abnormalities of the penis say researchers who have labelled these issues "TDS", or Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome...
Common Pesticide Reduces Testosterone Levels
(24 June 2001)
The common pesticide methoxychlor reduces testosterone production and could be a contributory factor in male infertility, scientists report...
Older Fathers Risk Children With Schizophrenia
(18 April 2001)
While older women run a higher risk of having babies with birth defects, it has long been presumed that men could have healthy children at any age. Think again...
Low Sperm Count Inherited Through Mother
(2 April 2001)
Nearly half of all genes related to the earliest stages of sperm production reside not on the male sex (Y) chromosome as expected, but on the X chromosome, a chromosome thought of as the female sex chromosome...
Chemotherapy Creates Long Term Fertility Problems
(1 March 2001)
Chemotherapy drugs are known to produce fertility declines in adult cancer patients, but their long-term effect on children had not been well studied until now...
Sperm On Drugs
(13 December 2000)
New findings suggest that men and women who use marijuana could jeopardize fertility by overloading the natural cannabinoid signaling system that regulates sperm structure, vigor and fertility...
Dress For Reproductive Success
(30 November 2000)
In many animals, the difference between male and female is strikingly apparent. This is especially true in birds, fish and some insects where colors and other adornments can spell the difference between mating success and failure. Now the genetic circuit that controls this has been found...
Psychological Well-Being Of Infertile Men
(5 October 2000)
Infertile men trying alternative ways of achieving pregnancy with their wives are less stressed than men whose wives were already pregnant...
New Concerns Over Donor Insemination
(1 September 2000)
Two studies highlight concerns surrounding children conceived through donor insemination and raise issues for countries considering legislation on a child's 'right to know'...
Key Ingredient In Sexual Reproduction Discovered
(11 August 2000)
When a sperm and an egg come together, something triggers the cascade of chemical events that eventually results in the development of an embryo. But what? A century-old mystery about sex finally appears to have been solved...
Sperm Counts Unchanged Over 50 Years
(8 August 2000)
Concerns over the effects of environmental toxins on male fertility appear unfounded with sperm counts identical to those in the '50's...
Marijuana May Alter Human Fertility
(24 July 2000)
It's been known that marijuana smoking has a drastic effect on sperm production. New findings suggest that THC in marijuana smoke may also affect sperm functions required for fertilization in the female reproductive tract...
Fertility Controversy
(20 July 2000)
Should cancer patients undergo IVF to store frozen embryos and later have children? It may be good therapy for the mother -- but what about the child who might be bereaved at an early age...
Driving Can Make You Infertile
(23 June 2000)
Research by fertility experts has provided the strongest evidence yet to back up the hypothesis that long hours spent driving could be linked to infertility in men...
Testicular Cancer Sufferers Have Fertility Problems Even Before Diagnosis
(14 June 2000)
Men who develop testicular cancer father fewer children and are more likely to have been diagnosed with infertility prior to their cancer diagnosis...
Evidence Of Faulty DNA Repair In Infertile Men
(5 June 2000)
Some infertile men have mutations or errors in their DNA code, suggesting that faulty DNA repair may be a reason for their infertility...
Male Contraception
(25 April 2000)
The discovery of a family of proteins which bind to human sperm may offer significant insights into male fertility and possibly even male contraception...
Fathers Can Pass Along Infertility
(20 April 2000)
A common method of artificial insemination is passing on a genetic defect that causes infertility in men...
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