Archive for the ‘Male Infertility’ Category
Sunday, June 20th, 2010
“Of course HE can become a dad at any age! But for a woman, it’s different!”
How many times have we heard that phrase repeated by people who are discussing the whole parenting issue of males versus females? But it perpetuates a myth that male fertility is something that doesn’t change over time and isn’t a concern.
The truth of the matter is that between 30-40% of all fertility problems in couples is due to male infertility, not female infertility. It’s a fact that surprises a lot of men… and women.
The next time you hear someone talking about the notion that men are somehow immune to fertility issues, you might want to interject the aforementioned statistic. Hopefully, that will help educate people into realizing that fertility isn’t a one-gender concern.
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Testicular cancer can be overcome, but it can have serious side effects, including male infertility. That’s why a recent finding by British scientists studying testicular cancer is so exciting.
The scientists have been able to isolate three genetic risk factors (the genes are called TERT, ATF7IP and DMRT1) for testicular cancer, findings that they hope will someday lead to early prevention (and cure) of a disease that’s been known to rob men of their fertility.
Men between the ages of 15 and 45 are at the greatest risk for testicular cancer, which can be treated but often leaves the men with fertility problems. If genes can tell early who is most likely to have testicular cancer, it opens the door for ways to keep male fertility intact.
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Saturday, May 15th, 2010
Straight from the latest in reproductive health science come stories that say ultrasound may someday be the key to contraception for men.
Tests have been performed at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and have preliminarily shown that a single treatment of ultrasound (focused on a man’s testicles) could provide up to six months of contraception.
Thus far, it would also appear that the contraception is easily reversible, meaning the effect wouldn’t be long-term in terms of affecting male fertility. (Of course, it’s always important to know that in the early stages of any study, a claim like this is only a hypothesis.)
To find out more about this innovative (and low cost) method of potential birth control for men around the globe, you can read the official press release from UNC here.
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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
Due to the high rise in the rate of male infertility, there’s been a wave of interest in the source of the problem. And some researchers are taking a unique approach, turning their sights on testicular development in utero.
A growing number of scientists are convinced that a male’s infertility could partially (or entirely) be determined based on what’s occurring during his fetal development stages. For instance, if his mother is repeatedly exposed to smoke (even secondhand smoke), excessive pollution, toxins (like certain plastics) and other substances, some say his chances of having a child of his own will decrease.
Though studies haven’t conclusively “yea-ed” or “nay-ed” this theory, it’s definitely one worth pursuing. It also echoes the sentiment that all pregnant women should be careful about the environments to which they are exposed, lest their environment lead to future concerns for their children.
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
If you’re a man struggling with infertility, there’s an interesting way for you to naturally boost your fertility — your intake of foods containing omega-3 fatty acids.
Where are omega-3 fatty acids found? Look for them in oily fish (think salmon and anchovies), enriched milk and enriched yogurt. And make sure you eat enough of them to have the same positive effect that occurred when researchers from the University of Illinois studied omega-3 fatty acid diets in mice.
The mice were missing an amino acid (DHC) that rendered them infertile. However, when they added omega-3 fatty acid to their diets in substantial quantities, their infertility was reversed.
It’s a fascinating result and could be a solution for some men experiencing infertility.
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Thursday, April 8th, 2010
The “mumps”, a disease characterized that’s been all-but-eradicated in the United States and Europe, the condition is making a comeback in teen boys in the British Isles. This has proven worrisome for doctors who have connected mumps in teens with serious problems including infertility.
The surge is the result of a shortage of the mumps, measles and rubella vaccine (MMR) during the ’90s. Many children at the time did not receive inoculation; thus, they are experiencing a “teen” version of the mumps, known as mumps orchitis.
This type of mumps causes painful swelling of the testicles, ultimately leaving some with lowered sperm counts. And a small percentage are left unable to have children.
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Sunday, April 4th, 2010
The results of a recent Danish study appear to link excessive drinking of soda to infertility in males, but it’s important to realize that this study does raise some serious questions and should only be used as an educational tool at this point.
Key points of the study include:
- The study was conducted on 2,554 Danish men between 2001-2005.
- Each week, some of the men drank at least 14 liter bottles of soda containing a minimum of 800 mg of caffeine per day. The control group drank a more moderate amount of soda and caffeine.
- Semen samples were used throughout the study to determine if the soda drinking was having an effect.
The results? Men who drank soda excessively had a lower sperm count.
But before you swear off an afternoon Coke or Pepsi pick-me-up, it’s important to remember that the study, while interesting, raised some questions.
For instance, similar studies done on caffeine alone showed that the ingedient caused little to no change in sperm count or viability. Plus, the Danish study didn’t consider other nutritional possibilities, such as that excessive soda drinking could contribute to eating unhealthy foods (which could lead to lowered male fertility rates.)
In the end, it’s probably best to simply adopt a healthy diet until more information connecting soda and male infertility can be unearthed.
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Too often, people tend to think of infertility as being a female issue. Though this is probably due to the fact that women are the ones carrying the children, there’s as much of a likelihood that a couple’s inability to conceive is a male problem as that it is a female one.
Statistics vary on how often couples’ conception problems are related to female issues as opposed to males — some sources say a third of fertility problems is due to the female’s infertility, a third is due to the male’s infertility and a third is due to unknown circumstances. Other sources have the figures at 40%, 40% and 20%. But the crux of the studies show that men have just as much chance of having infertility issues as do women.
It’s time to stop thinking of infertility as something that’s primarily related to women. Truly, it’s a condition that’s “equal opportunity”.
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
If you’re a man who’s experiencing infertility issues, you might want to drop the bottled water habit or at least switch to drinking only from BPA-free bottles.
BPA (Bisphenol A) is a chemical often used in the manufacture of plastic bottles. When people are exposed to high levels of BPA, they may suffer from a host of medical problems, including infertility. This appears to especially be true in the area of male infertility.
Of course, if you can’t be certain whether or not your bottled water has been contaminated with BPA, it may be wise to go the old-fashioned route: Buy a BPA-free container and enjoy a cool sip of tap water as your drink of choice.
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
As reported by Rob Waters at Bloomberg.com, Reijo Pera, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford, near Palo Alto, California, discovered three genes involved in germ-cell creation that are missing or defective in infertile males. For the current research, she and her team engineered a protein that glows green when those genes are present, signifying a germ cell.
Reijo Pera said the technique would allow her to take patients’ own stem cells and make full-fledged sperm cells and, eventually, egg cells, which could be used for in vitro fertilization procedures. Her goal is to use her new methods to study infertility in a laboratory dish and hunt for drugs that could correct it.
“I’m hopeful that in two to five years we’ll be better able to understand and diagnose infertility,” providing some answers to the 30 percent of infertile couples that never find out what went wrong, she said. Click here to read the entire article.
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