The unpredictability of life might dictate that you wish to undo the done and have a vasectomy reversal. While success for this procedure is not guaranteed, vasectomy reversal does in fact work for most men. In this very informative, animated video, urologist Philip Werthman, M.D., explains ...

by Philip Werthman, M.D. Chromosomes. They're the thread-like structures found inside the cells of living organisms. The pigeon has 80 chromosomes. A pineapple has 50. But among the factors that make us uniquely human, is the presence of 46 chromosomes. As the cement in the foundation of our ...

by William D Petok, PhD, AFA Mental Health Advisory Council  With Father’s Day fast upon us and June officially designated as Male Reproductive Health Month it makes sense to take a look at the current state of affairs for men who want to reproduce and are having difficulty with the ...

By S. Fenella Das Gupta,  PhD Neuroscience A team of researchers led by Dr. Lee Smith at the University of Edinburgh have identified a gene, Katnal1, involved in male infertility. The expression of this gene is required for the release of mature sperm. So, when it’s disrupted only ...

by Mark L. Fuerst If you want to conceive a child, just take a holiday in the sun since sunlight boosts fertility in both men and women by increasing their levels of vitamin D. That’s how the media in the United States and Britain interpreted the results of a recent systematic review of ...

By Harry Fisch, MD When most people think of the health hazards of smoking, they naturally think of consequences like lung cancer. But smoking does a lot of other bad things to your body, some of which are directly related to things that guys care a lot about: their sexuality and ...

Most guys assume that they’re not shooting blanks. In other words, they assume they’re fertile. But the fact is that every year, about six million couples have problems conceiving a child – and the source of those problems is the man as often as it is the woman. A lot of ...

by Corey Whelan  Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, or ICSI, is a twenty year old procedure originally designed to combat severe male factor infertility.  Performed as part of an In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) protocol, this fertility technique differs from traditional IVF in one unique ...

By Harry Fisch, MD The problems caused by abnormally low testosterone – a condition called hypogonadism – have been getting a lot of press in recent years, primarily because there are now several companies selling testosterone replacement products. Low testosterone, or ...

By Harry Fisch, MD Circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin of the penis. It is part of religious custom for Jews and many Muslims, for reasons that have been lost to history. The popularity of circumcision in other groups of men has waxed and waned depending on prevailing ...