Most women wouldn’t trust a man to take a birth control pill. And most men don’t want to deal with the hormonal side effects (moodiness, lower libido) of taking a pill. These have been the most significant stumbling blocks to finding a male contraceptive. Luckily scientists have now found a simple solution to these problems!
There have been never-ending problems searching for a male birth control (other than condoms or vasectomies). Do women trust the men? Are men comfortable manipulating their testosterone levels? Now it looks like ultrasound waves might the solution to this problem. This method has been proven to work on dogs in Italy and researchers have been tentatively looking into ...
Men in Manchester and Edinburgh are taking part in a two-year trial for an injectable male contraceptive. Comments by readers on this article talk of an end to men being tricked into supporting children who are not theirs.
Scientists have found that sperm swim faster when they have a competitor. So if you want to increase your chances of pregnancy you should make sure you have more than one lover! Scientists “found that sperm from promiscuous mice swam 5 micrometres a second – or 0.00018 km/h – faster than sperm from monogamous males.” ...
Scientist have found out what it is that makes sperm swim faster when they get closer to the egg. This will be used to help further the search for a male contraceptive, something with a lot of obstacles to it, as well as helping men whose swimmers are too slow to cause a pregnancy. Apparently sperm don’t start ...
The most effective morning after pill has hit the market. You can pop it five days after unprotected sex. But anti-abortion advocates warn that this delay means that the pill doesn’t stop a pregnancy, it terminates it. If taken regularly, within 72 hours, the new pill Ellaone will prevent 60 percent of pregnancies. However, the ...
Dear Madame X, After sex my friend always showers up there, to wash the sperm out (she’s also on the pill). She says that sperm stays in your body a long time and you need to make sure it has left. I’m worried that the water pressure would just push the sperm further up inside, ...
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