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I had my testicles biopsied in 36 different regions (Fine Needle Aspiration), and the pathology results showed early maturation arrest in all sites. The process stops at the primary spermatocyte stage for me.
I had a varicocele repair 8 months ago, but it hasn't helped yet.
I have normal...
This might be a long shot, but Im going to ask anyway!
I had chemotherapy for Lymphoma in 2013, and did 6 months of BEACOPP chemotherapy. A nasty cocktail of drugs that has now rendered me sub-fertile by WHO standards.
Before chemotherapy I attempted to collect sperm for storage, but was...
protein in semen - Google Search
What nutrients is my body losing when I ejaculate? - Quora
protein in one liter milk - Google Search
If you crunch the numbers,
1 liter of milk = 34g protein
1 liter of semen = 51g protein
I'm reminded of how prolactin is the "lactation hormone", but it turns...
Yet another aspect of health that turns out to be directly controlled by quality/speed of metabolism. I made a few posts in the past demonstrating that progesterone and pregnenolone activate a calcium channel (CatSper) specific to progesterone, which greatly increases sperm motility...
Another good study showing that our lifestyle choices directly affect our future children, despite what the morons in white coats keeps repeating. It has been known for years that dads in poorer health tend to beget more sickly children but the explanation had always been genetic - i.e. the dad...
This topic has been discussed on the forum a few times before but the humbers quotes by recent studies usually hovered around 20% - 30%, which did not cause much alarm among endocrinologists. Now, this larger study shows that the decline in male fertility is much worse than previously thought...
Bone Regulates Glucose Metabolism as an Endocrine Organ through Osteocalcin. - PubMed - NCBI
Skeleton was considered as a dynamic connective tissue, which was essential for mobility, calcium homeostasis, and hematopoietic niche. However more and more evidences indicate that skeleton works not...
http://www.medicaldaily.com/key-longer-life-spermidine-found-cheese-and-semen-extends-lifespan-mice-and-404464
http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nm.4222.html
Aging is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death. Here we show that oral...
Thoughts on these studies revealing that habitual aspirin users potentially lowering sperm motility and testosterone? The testosterone study was done on rats but still somewhat scary.
The effect of alcohol, tobacco, and aspirin consumption on seminal quality among healthy young men. - PubMed -...
Ray has written many times on progesterone's role in both female and male health. This study discovered that sperm actually has a progesterone "receptor" on its tail, and it is the activation of this "receptor" by progesterone that allows sperm to make the final push into the egg and perform the...