Male Fertility – The Threats

Both man and woman need to be healthy in order to conceive a child. When a couple cannot conceive in a span of one year, they might be having infertility problems. According to male fertility test that is done by researcher, infertility affects 10% (or about 6.1 million) Americans in the reproductive age. Contrary to myth, infertility is not always a "woman's problem." A third of the cases (about 35%) are actually due to male infertility. Infertility in men may be caused by many factors such as low sperm count, ejaculation problems, or "abnormal" sperm, which is said to be malformed and have a short life span.

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Beware Of Cellphones!

There are so many studies have shown that cell phones can harm the function of male sperm count….it's true. Lots of men have experience the negative effects. But, it doesn't mean we can't do something about it. The general theory is: the farther you keep your cell phone away from your genital area, the better your chance for increasing low sperm count. To be exact, scientist have found that cell phone signals can effect five essential issues in semen production. They are:

1. Motility-how they move to the eggs.
2. Sperm count-the number of sperm inside certain amount of semen.
3. Morphology-the proper composition.
4. Viability-the endurance of sperm in certain conditions.
5. Liquefaction-how long the semen change from a thick gel into liquid.

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Hormones, The Environment, And Your Sex Drive

One of the most worrying trends of our modern society is the decreasing threshold age for andropause. Andropause is the male equivalent of the female menopause that usually affects men between the ages of 40 and 55. The industrialized society that we live in has turned andropause into a man triggered condition. The sharp drop in the amounts of testosterone produced by the body, which is the mark of andropause, is no longer a natural process, but can be brought about in the early 40s by the constant presence of a wide range of chemicals. These chemicals act as synthetic estrogen in the male body and induce certain changes at the physical and psychological levels. Read more