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Male infertility: Why are sperm counts around the world falling drastically?

March 20, 2018 Loknath DasAre, Around, counts, drastically, Falling, infertility:, Male, Sperm, The, Why, World

They can make test-tube babies, grow human eggs in a lab and reproduce mice from frozen testicle tissue, but when it comes to knowing how a man’s sperm can swim to, find and fertilize an egg, scientists are still floundering. Enormous advances in treating infertility in recent decades have helped couples conceive longed-for offspring they previously would not have had. Yet this progress has also been a work-around for a major part of the problem: Sperm counts are falling drastically worldwide – and have been doing so for decades –…

Will drastically cutting calories help you live longer? Yes, say a bunch of extremely hangry monkeys.

January 26, 2017 Srijitaa, bunch, calories, Cutting, drastically, extremely, Hangry, Help, Live, Longer?, monkeys., of, Say, Will, yes, You

NOT SHOVELING LOADS of food into your mouth is a guaranteed way to keep pounds off—but can limiting calories also keep you alive longer? Multiple studies over the past few years have hinted that it might. But it took a monkey race to finally get to the bottom of it. For years, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) conducted dueling experiments on monkeys to attempt to come up with a definitive answer. For example: In 2009, the Wisconsin team announced the results…