Science news articles about 'vasectomy'

... Silber, a St. Louis-based urologist who pioneered microsurgery for reverse vasectomies in humans and had been successful in vasectomizing and then subsequently reversing vasectomies in South American ...

... Minnesota, a former resident of the Minnesota Zoo. Alas, it turned out that Minnesota had had a vasectomy in 1999 so that he could be housed with but not impregnate female Przewalski's horses. A first ...

Doctors in the U.S. are reporting an increased demand for abortions or vasectomies during the recession.

To help revive the Przewalski's horse, or takhi, in Mongolia, a Washington, D.C.-area zoo facility hosted the first ever reverse vasectomy on the species. Video.

... at two- and three-month intervals after the procedure. Monitoring is important because vasectomies are not 100 percent successful, and men who have had them can experience recanalization, or the ...

In a new report, researchers have confirmed the accuracy and reliability of SpermCheck Vasectomy, the first FDA approved at-home immunodiagnostic test for detecting low concentrations of sperm.

... if one was available. Presently the only contraceptives available for men are condoms or a vasectomy. "We have identified CATSPER1 as a gene that is involved in non-syndromic male infertility in ...

As the recession continues, more people might hesitate to expand their families and seek out surgical solutions.

Tubal ligation is more popular than vasectomies for men, but is difficult to reverse. Pills and intrauterine devices can prevent pregnancy while preserving fertility.

... who can not, or prefer not to use only female-oriented contraception, options have been limited to vasectomy, condom and withdrawal," said Dr. Yi-Qun Gu, MD, of the National Research Institute for ...

... (IUDs), there are about a million ways to pump extra hormones into the bloodstream (pill, patch, ring, shot, or implant). For men, it's always been pretty much condoms or a vasectomy. read more

... home test kit based on a protein discovered at the University of Virginia Health System - SpermCheck Vasectomy - has begun shipping to zip codes across the U.S., marking the launch of a new product ...

... sperm as well, but the role they play in viral transmission has been a matter of debate. After all, men with vasectomies can transmit HIV. Now, Ceballos et al. show that HIV attaches to the surface of ...