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Sperm count more important than career
By Cassandra Kempster-Roberts on 17/03/2010 14:24:08
A good career, good looks and being popular with the opposite sex are less important than a healthy sperm count, if a new poll is to be believed
A healthy sperm count means more to men than being popular with women or having a successful job, according to a new survey looking at life’s top priorities.The poll of 3,000 men saw the lads ranking a healthy sperm count equal third with healthy
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BPA in food containers threatens sperm counts
By Kimberley Smith on 05/08/2010 14:25:43
Even low levels of BPA in water bottles and baked bean cans may be harmful to sperm health and fertility
Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical found in plastics, has been further linked to decreasing sperm counts in a new study from the US. Researchers found that men with high levels of BPA were more likely to have lower sperm counts. They also estimated
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Could cola lower your man’s sperm count?
By Clio FitzHerbert on 06/04/2010 14:21:37
Drinking too much of the fizzy drink could harm your partner’s sperm, new study finds
Men who drink around a litre of cola every day have lower sperm counts than those who don’t, researchers have found.In a Danish study of more than 2,500 young men, sperm counts were almost 30 percent lower among men who drank around a litre of cola
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Regular pregnancy drinking could harm sons’ sperm count
By Kimberley Smith on 29/06/2010 16:30:18
Lower fertility found in men whose mums drank higher amounts of alcohol in pregnancy
Men born to mums who regularly drank more than 4.5 alcoholic drinks a week in pregnancy have been found to have lower sperm counts than those whose mums abstained.A study in Denmark analysed the fertility of 347 men aged 18-24 against answers given
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Fast freezing sperm could increase IVF hope
By Liz Stansfield on 13/09/2010 12:20:41
Study suggests freezing sperm quickly could help men with a low sperm count conceive
with low sperm counts and even those who are HIV+, as fast acting freezing cuts the risk of passing on the disease to their future children.
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Pregnant mum's lifestyle could harm son's sperm
By Clio FitzHerbert on 19/04/2010 15:08:49
Women who smoke or are heavily overweight during pregnancy may cause their son to have a low sperm count later in life, scientists warn
A mum’s lifestyle could impact more on a man’s fertility than his own lifestyle in adulthood, new research suggests.Mums-to-be who smoke, or are heavily overweight, can disrupt their unborn baby’s natural development and cause reduced sperm counts
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Men responsible for half of infertility cases
By Jenny Bamberger on 04/11/2011 17:07:05
Half of couples seeking IVF treatment are due to male fertility problems
Men are just as likely as women to have fertility problems new research has shown.Lifestyle factors including smoking, drinking, diet, exercise and use of recreational drugs can be damaging to a man’s sperm, making him less fertile, suggests
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Male infertility a growing problem
By Kimberley Smith on 10/05/2010 17:05:37
A fifth of healthy men may suffer from reduced fertility and the decline is set to get worse, say scientists
A report has claimed that as many as 1 in 5 healthy men between the ages of 18 and 25 have abnormal sperm counts. Scientists in Denmark last week described the issue of male infertility to be ‘as important as global warming’.And although
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Smoking and conception
By Monica Stylli on 29/04/2010 17:39:29
Don't wait until you're pregnant to give up smoking - quitting can improve the chances of conception for women and men. Here's how it affects conception, and ways to quit.
times more likely to begin menopause before 40 than non-smoking women.Additionally, women who smoked and were having in vitro fertilisation treatment (IVF) had their chances of a successful programme cut by a third.In men, smoking lowers the sperm count
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Top tips for conception
By Sara Mackenzie on 29/04/2010 17:15:24
When trying to get pregnant, there's plenty you can do to boost your chances of conception. While there's no guaranteed formula, here are the key things you can try...
, cervical mucus and cervical position. Find out more about charting.If it’s already established that the man has a low sperm count then intercourse can be timed even more precisely to try to ensure that an optimal amount of sperm is delivered at the optimal
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