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Study in mice suggests drug could temporarily stop sperm moving by blocking critical protein

Consuming more fibre gives meat-eaters a fighting chance against bowel cancer. Trendy chia seeds deliver half the daily requirement for men.

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles couple filed a lawsuit Thursday against a maker of a crucial oil used by fertility clinics, saying it was toxic and destroyed their embryos.

Intensive radiotherpay has some advantages and disadvantages when compared to an operation.

The treatment was also found to not affect the risk of secondary tumours.

The drug stops sperm swimming for up two and half hours

The gut is finally getting much-needed recognition as Activia and TV’s Dr Zoe Williams launch the What the Gut? museum in London.

Over the past 20 years a steady trickle of scientific papers has reported that there are fewer insects than there used to be. Both the combined weight (what scientists call biomass) and diversity of insect species have declined. Some studies were based on sightings by amateur entomologists, while others involved…

Prostate Cancer UK warn that many men are ‘suffering in silence’ due to the taboo around discussing symptoms

Orgasms may be a uniquely human trait. Sex researchers debate why we evolved this fantastic ability

An on demand, non hormonal male contraceptive pill, may be a real possibility after successful lab trials in mice leads to breakthrough.