Researchers have carried out a study testing young men’s sperm and found that those who eat lots of nuts are more likely to prodcue more sperm. Scientists have claimed that healthy males aged between 18…
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Smartphone device can test sperm quality
A new smartphone device can analyze a man’s sperm quality and let him know in a matter of minutes whether he suffers from infertility, US researchers said Wednesday. Infertility affects more than 45 million couples…
#DidYouKnow: Sperm carries information about dad’s weight
Turns out dads are also eating for two. A new study published December 3 in Cell Metabolism reveals that the sperm cells of lean and obese men possess different epigenetic marks, notable at gene regions…
Size matters when it comes to sperm dominance
A tiny fruit fly has the bizarre distinction of possessing the longest sperm of any animal — 20 times the length of its own body and 1,000 times that of human sperm. Not longer in…
New male birth control pill is ’99 percent effective’
Scientists claim that a newly developed male birth control pill is 99% effective. Derived from an Indonesian shrub, Gendarussa plant, which has helped tribesmen on the island of Papua from impregnating their wives; the plant’s…
#DidYouKnow: Semen is a natural anti-depressant
Semen is best known for what’s not absorbed by the vagina, sperm, which swim through it on their way into the fallopian tubes where fertilization takes place. But, did you know sperm comprises only about 3 percent…
Kenyan Sperm bank calls out for Sperm donors
Husband for what? It is not a must to have a husband or boyfriend to have kids anymore. Yes you read that right. You can now just walk in to the Sperm Donor Kenya offices…
Did you know it is possible to be allergic to your partner’s semen?
Have you perhaps been trying to get pregnant and it just won’t happen? Several trips to the gynecologist,being treated for infections, popping of anti-bacterial pills almost every other month and doctors confirmation that both your…
French sperm not as fertile, falling by a third
French men are apparently less fertile than they use to be, with their sperm count falling almost 30 per cent. According to a new study published in the Oxford Journal Human Reproduction, aside from the…
Ultrasound zaps could act as contraceptive
Zapping testicles with ultrasound can reduce sperm counts and might be used in the future as an inexpensive, reliable and reversible male contraceptive, according to US researchers. Scientists from the University of North Carolina School…