Drink and drugs can damage sperm
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Men should not smoke, drink or take drugs if planning to become fathers, health expert warns
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Men could one day use a contraceptive which uses the body&#39;s immune system to prevent conception, say researchers. Scientists, from the University of North Carolina, immunised male monkeys with a protein found in the testes which made them infertile.
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Sperm defects caused by exposure to environmental toxins can be passed down the generations, research suggests.
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Doctors aren't doing a very good job of warning young women to avoid getting pregnant when they're taking prescription drugs that can cause birth defects, a new study suggests.
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If you&#39;re a man, you may want to place your laptop computer on a desk instead of your lap, because a new study warns that the heat generated from a laptop may impair male fertility.
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Toxic chemicals can not cause sperm defects, but pass that damage down the generations, research suggests.
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Beer bellies may take a toll on men below the belt, not just around it. Men who weigh too much are more likely to have poor sperm quality, research on nearly 1,600 young Danish men has found.
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Could it be possible, will laptop computers be responsible for a generation of infertile men? It may sound far-fetched, but if the latest results from a new study prove to be true, it just might become a reality.
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Laptops may be one of the most useful inventions in the world, even more useful than TiVo and Jiffy Pop. However, a quite frightening study was released yesterday that linked laptop usage to infertility in males.
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The more a man ejaculates each week, the lower his sperm levels fall, new research shows. However, this ejaculatory frequency only partly explains why a man's sperm count varies widely each time it's checked.
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Two new studies paint a conflicting health picture for women coffee drinkers, with one suggesting caffeine may lower the risk of ovarian cancer and the other showing it doubles the chances of miscarriage.
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A new UC study lends credence to the old wives' tale that hot baths can lead to male infertility, but it also says the effects can be reversible. In Bodyhack.
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The growth of cervical and womb cancers may be fuelled by a  molecule in semen, a study suggests.
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Men who use laptops could be risking their fertility, a US study warns. Heat from the processor can cause the temperature of the testes to rise almost three degrees, more than enough to damage sperm, the research reveals.
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- A defect in a gene that's essential for the formation of functioning sperm cells may cause infertility by preventing the head of sperm from being able to penetrate an egg.
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Scientists have discovered a molecule that plays a key role in the development of sperm.
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By Michael Stroh, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 10--A flurry of new genetic and epidemiological studies is chipping away at a prized male myth: Sperm, it turns out, don't age as well as some men imagine.