Tag: "vasectomy" at medical news

No-scalpel Vasectomies by Skilled Surgeons may Speed Recovery

...two studies that compared the no-scalpel method of vasectomy to the traditional method. The studies arrived at ... and urologists — had experience with the standard vasectomy technique and three had experience with the no-scalpel method. Inexperienced surgeons received train...

An Anti-rabies Campaign With Bite

... us we would provide the same. We already fund the vasectomy of stray dogs," Dutta told IANS. According to Dutta, anti-rabies injections like Rabipol or Rabirix are distributed free among people who are BPL (below the poverty line) but the vaccines are not adequate to meet the demand. "We offer the injecti...

Vasectomy Linked to Dementia

...rsity in Chicago claim that men who have undergone vasectomy may be at a risk of a specific type// of dementia....traub, this finding does not necessarily mean that vasectomy leads to PPA, it merely underlines the risk factors involved. PPA is a condition characterized by ...

Now, a Hormone-free Contraceptive Pill for Men

...ed choice with their options extending to condoms, vasectomy or simple abstinence. The new pill developed by Nnaemeka Amobi and other researchers would be more likely to be trusted by women because they are not relying on their man having to remember to take his pill every day for it to work. Experts bel...

Vasectomy Reversal to Lead to Birth Defects

...ecent research has revealed that men who undergo a vasectomy reversal could be at an increased risk of producin...s of these abnormalities in ejaculated sperm after vasectomy reversal. If these sperm continued to have a high rate of aneuploidy and diploidy, we would know tha...

Non-Hormonal Male Contraceptive Based on Sperm Block Underway

...ican men over 35 already has a vasectomy. However, vasectomy is generally considered permanent, leaving younger men with condoms as their only option. Men in long-term relationships, such as Jacob Kostecka, 29, are likely to be the first ones interested in the IVD. ‘My wife doesn't want to take hormonal meth...

Male Contraceptives-Soon to be Reliable and Reversible

...vailable to men at present are limited to condoms, vasectomy and withdrawal. These methods are often unacceptable to most couples being either unreliable or as in the case of vasectomy, almost irreversible. Recent studies led by Dr. Peter Y. Liu, of the Department of Andrology at Concord Hospital and ANZAC ...

Men Unaware of Fertility Status After Vasectomy

...ical procedure. Out of the 436 men who underwent vasectomy at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, a mere one-fifth we...ve sperm. One of these cases was diagnosed to be a vasectomy failure, sometime later. 'Our results show that only three quarters of the men in the study turned...

Age should not rule out visectomy reversal

...y after the man has had a vasectomy, reversing the vasectomy offers a reasonable chance for pregnancy even when...zation.//But Kolettis and his colleagues note that vasectomy reversal is less expensive than IVF. And by making it possible for couples to conceive naturally, it...

Men happy to take contraception

...al contraception were also more likely to consider vasectomy acceptable. "I looked at other forms of male initi...to see if the same men who were enthusiastic about vasectomy were also enthusiastic about taking male hormonal contraception," explained Dr Weston. "We found i...

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