Research into vitamin B3 and miscarriage rates
Breakthrough research claiming that the supplementation of vitamin B3 in pregnant women could prevent miscarriages and birth defects was released from the Victor Chang Institute this week. The study was well constructed and the results have been very promising, however, the research is yet to...
How smoking can affect your fertility
There have been numerous to show the detrimental effect smoking has on fertility. These effects range from damage to the blood vessels in the penis resulting in erectile dysfunction to significantly reducing the quality of the sperm. Men who smoked heavily emerged as having the most...
How certain foods can affect your partner’s Fertility
Did you know that research has shown a strong correlation between what you eat and how it can affect your fertility? Studies have shown that consuming just five drinks per week is enough to decrease the quality of a man’s sperm, just as foods that...
Men experience their own biological clock
A new study from Harvard University has found that IVF live delivery rates are affected by the age of the male partner. Data was analysed from 15 years' worth of IVF cycles in Boston between 2000 and 2014 and the results revealed that as the male...
How E-Cigarettes affect your fertility
It is well known that cigarettes can damage men’s fertility through DNA damage to the sperm, however the use of electronic cigarettes have been found to also cause damage to sperm through toxic chemicals in the flavourings. Findings that have been presented earlier this year at...
Men who go to sleep earlier have healthier sperm
Recent studies have revealed that men who fell asleep between 8-10pm had sperm with better motility and higher concentrations. Later bedtimes have been associated with increased levels of sperm antibodies, which can destroy healthy sperm cells. The study, which was released recently in the journal Medical...