Experts say while no cure or vaccine for AIDS exists male circumcision could be the key to driving the epidemic into a declining state and closer to extinction.
But though male circumcision can prevent 65 per cent of new HIV infections, many of the countries worse hit by AIDS are slow to promote the procedure.
Experts are […]

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Headlines claiming “soy products lower sperm count” do not tell the whole story. The small scale, preliminary study that Dr. Jorge Chavarro, published online in Human Reproduction, is based on recollected intake of soyfoods and not on specific diets containing soyfoods.
Obesity may be the explanation for the negative findings of this study. Dr. Chavarro found […]

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A minimally invasive treatment for a common cause of male infertility can significantly improve a couple’s chances for pregnancy, according to a new study published in the August issue of Radiology. The study, conducted at the University of Bonn in Germany, also found that the level of sperm motility prior to treatment is a key […]

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Men with advanced prostate cancer may be given androgen deprivation therapy to stop their production of testosterone, which may drive tumor growth.
 A new study shows that a substantial minority of men receiving so-called androgen deprivation therapy, or ADT, for prostate cancer experience erectile dysfunction (ED). However, many respond well to ED therapy, doctors from Memphis have found.

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A number of cancer treatments create ED, whether through surgery, radiation therapy or even chemotherapy. One need look no further than management of prostate cancer, bladder and rectal carcinoma, and the management of certain testicular carcinomas to see the scope of the problem. It is estimated that men who undergo prostate treatment, even with newer […]

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Brazilian researchers say that stem cells from human teeth seem to grow into sperm when injected into the testes of mice.
During the study, the researchers injected stem cells from the dental pulp of human teeth into the testes of live mice.
They said that the cells appeared to migrate to the tubules where sperm usually mature, […]

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Anti-HIV gels made to prevent women from acquiring the infection may eventually end up protecting male partners more than females because their repeated use by women may promote drug resistance, say researchers.
A research article on the study has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.

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Obese men should consider losing weight if they want to have children, a scientist told the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
Dr. A Ghiyath Shayeb, from the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, said that his research had shown that men with a higher body mass index (BMI) had lower […]

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Dr. Con Mallidis from Queen’s University, Belfast, UK, said at the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (Wednesday 9 July), that diabetes in men has a direct effect on fertility, a scientist told
According to the scientist’s opinion, despite the prevailing view that it had little effect on male reproductive […]

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Men who take up cycling in an effort to stay fit, do their bit for the environment or avoid spiralling motoring costs, could be harming their health if they don’t choose the right bicycle.
That’s the stark warning from consultant urological surgeon Mr Vinod Nargund from St Bartholomew’s and Homerton Hospitals, London, in the urology journal […]

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