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According to a new study, some antidepressants may increase men's risk of developing abnormal sperm. In the study, researchers gave healthy men the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) Paxil for five weeks. The scientists then compared semen samples taken before the study to samples taken after the study was complete. Results showed that the men's average sperm DNA fragmentation score rose from 13.8 percent before they began taking the antidepressant to 30.3 percent after the fourth...
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Protecting Male Fertility, Especially When Enlarged Prostate Threatens
Men wishing to be fertile or improve their fertility for success in conceiving with a female partner are being warned of an increasingly... Read more »
Can Stress Affect Male Fertility?
A popular line of research has been to examine the effects of environment and lifestyle on health and wellbeing. Over the past few years,... Read more »
Infertility 101
Thanks to the national coverage of the recent birth of octuplets, infertility and its various treatments have become everyday... Read more »
We Have Confirmed Fertility Issues: What Now???
You hear that some people are trying to specifically target having a baby boy or a baby girl, while other couples are so fertile, they can... Read more »
Male Infertility: Diagnosis, Treatment and Lifestyle Changes
Approximately 15 percent of all couples struggle with infertility and about one-third of those originate from problems with the male in the... Read more »
From Our Sources
Fertility treatment may mean fewer boys
Fewer boys are born to couples when the babies are conceived through the fertility treatment known as intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), new... Read more »
Making Fertility Decisions
Source: Breastcancer.org
To gain a clearer picture of your fertility options after treatment is completed, consider these questions, or steps: Step 1: What's your... Read more »
In vitro fertilization (IVF)
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is the joining of a womans egg and a mans sperm in a laboratory dish. In vitro means outside the body. Fertilization... Read more »
Androgen insensitivity syndrome
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Testicular feminizationSymptomsA person with complete AIS appears to be female but has no uterus, and has very little armpit and pubic hair. At... Read more »
Male Birth Control Pill Remains Out of Reach
Women have had access to birth control pills for 50 years now, but researchers say the male version of "The Pill" is still a long way off. Experts... Read more »
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