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Health news

Male and female infertility impacted by different pollution types

A new nationwide study in Denmark has linked infertility to different types of pollution with differences between men and women.

05/09/2024

Health news

Scientists find link between high-risk HPV and 'sperm death'

High-risk HPV infections in men could be tied to sperm death, according to a small new study.

26/08/2024

Green News

Low sperm count could be due to microplastics, new study finds

The tiny plastic particles were found in all 23 human testes in a new study, and all 47 testes from pet dogs.

21/05/2024

Climate

Sperm struggle during heatwaves, scientists reveal

Extreme heat exposure almost doubles men’s chance of a low sperm count, according to the study.

04/04/2024

Health news

Scientists create testicles in a lab to help male infertility

Scientists managed to create organoid testicles, a major scientific achievement that paves the way for further research to help with male infertility.

03/03/2024

Health news

Researchers link lower sperm concentration in men to insecticides

A systematic review of 25 studies conducted over almost 50 years indicated a strong association between pesticides that are commonly found in food and lower sperm concentrations.

16/11/2023

Health news

AI can find sperm in infertile men 1,000 times faster than a human

A process that takes hours of careful work by an embryologist could be done in seconds by artificial intelligence (AI).

27/06/2023

Health news

Scientists believe these are the reasons for falling sperm counts

Researchers have looked at nearly 27,000 studies to identify the biggest factors causing sperm damage. This is what they found.

15/06/2023

Health news

‘Spermageddon’: Why men are at the centre of a global fertility crisis

A recent bombshell study found that sperm counts are plummeting faster than we thought. What is driving this trend, and can we reverse it?

26/05/2023

Health news

Spanish TV star has surrogate baby using her late son's frozen sperm

Ana Obregón, 68, said only parents who had lost a child have a right to express an opinion on the matter.

06/04/2023

Netherlands

Sperm donor alleged to have fathered 550 children faces legal action

A Dutch man, said to have sired hundreds of kids through sperm donation, is being taken to court to stop him fathering more.

27/03/2023

Health news

Manual work may boost sperm counts, Harvard study finds

Men with physically demanding jobs were found to have higher sperm counts and testosterone levels than white-collar workers.

28/02/2023

Health news

‘Game changer’: New contraceptive can switch sperm off on demand

Scientists hope their findings will pave the way to a contraceptive pill that men could take shortly before sex.

15/02/2023

Health news

Our top health stories this year that weren’t about COVID

From falling sperm counts to cryopreserved bodies and cancer-fighting bananas, here are our most popular health stories of 2022.

27/12/2022

Health news

Sperm counts worldwide are falling even faster than we thought

Researchers warn of a global fertility crisis that "looks like a pandemic” as sperm counts drop sharply around the world.

15/11/2022

Health news

Sperm count down: Urine samples show 'alarming' levels of chemicals

Researchers who studied urine samples from nearly 100 Danish young men said they were "astonished" by a cocktail of hormone-disrupting chemicals.

10/06/2022