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Are You Hanging Up on Fertility?

Study finds link between cellphones and infertility

Feb 25, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Men may want to be sure their unlimited minutes include calls to the urologist, USA Today reports, because a new study shows a possible link between cellphone use and male infertility. Researchers split 361 men under 40 into groups divided by amount of daily cell use and found the 4-plus-hours... More »

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cell phones • sperm • infertility • sperm count

Viagra Linked to
Reduced Fertility

New concern for fertility clinics that provide drug to male partners

Feb 24, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Popular sexual potency drug Viagra has been linked to sperm effects so dramatic that it could seriously affect male fertility, researchers have discovered. The findings are particularly troubling because in-vitro fertilization clinics often provide Viagra to men to increase sperm production. The new studies show that while Viagra increases sperm... More »

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sperm • in vitro fertilization • eggs • prescription drugs • Viagra • Britain • off label drug use • recreational drugs • scientific study

'Toxic Sperm' Linked to
Child Ills

Gene material in sperm may be hurt by heavy drinking, smoking: study

Feb 19, 08 2:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Men who smoke or drink heavily may transmit genetic abnormalities through their damaged sperm, leading to child health complications, miscarriages or stillbirth, researchers have found. The effects of environmental toxins on paternal health—long held to be far less important than that of mothers—may play a crucial role in... More »

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fatherhood • health • alcohol • sperm • smoking • conception • childbirth • toxin • genetic abnormalities

UK Military Wives Freezing Husbands' Sperm

More women planning for kids should husbands die in combat

Feb 17, 08 7:35 PM CST
(Newser) - More UK military wives are freezing their husbands' sperm before the men serve in the Middle East. One London fertility clinic expected interest from soldiers but was surprised by the "wives and girlfriends who want to have children should anything happen," a spokesman said. But servicemen must give... More »

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fertility • sperm • United Kingdom • embryo • soldier • British military • fertility clinic • War Widows Association of Great Britain

Sperm Donation Not
'Taxable Labor' for Danes

Sperm banks warned identity disclosure would kill the thriving exports

Feb 6, 08 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The Danish government has thought better of a plan to tax earnings from sperm donation just as it taxes any other job, Der Spiegel reports. The catch is that it would have required donors to disclose their identities, which sperm banks said would drive away 93% of their business.... More »

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fertility • sperm • in vitro fertilization • Denmark • donor • fertility treatment • sperm bank • sperm donors

Quality Sperm Demand
More Sex

Docs tie frequent activity to reduced genetic defects

Oct 16, 07 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conventional wisdom says daily sex reduces the chance of success for couples trying to conceive, but conventional wisdom may be very wrong. A small Sydney University study found men with damaged sperm actually improved its quality by producing it on a daily basis for a week. Abstaining does increase quantity,... More »

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fertility • sperm • male fertility

Salmon Made
to Bear Trout

Success shows sterile animals could
become surrogates
for extinct species

Sep 14, 07 6:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cue the world’s most peculiar baby announcement: Masu salmon have produced rainbow trout offspring, with an assist from scientists that could lead to the preservation of rare fish species. Trout sperm stem cells had already been injected into salmon embryos to produce salmon with trout sperm; now the same... More »

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breeding • sperm • salmon • eggs • fish • trout

Sperm Made From Bone Marrow

Scientists may be able to produce sperm from women's bone marrow

Apr 13, 07 8:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists are getting closer to removing men from the conception equation, announcing yesterday that they have produced early-stage sperm cells from male bone marrow. Now the team of British researchers is seeking ethical approval to try the same thing with women. More »

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gender • pregnancy • medical breakthrough • fertility • adoption • health • women's health • genetics • reproduction • sperm • lesbians • science

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