Introduction: Infertility affects millions of people reproductive age worldwide. Male infertility may be caused by a number different factors including problems in the ejection semen, absence or low levels sperm, abnormal morphology and movement sperm. Environmental lifestyle also have meaningful impact on male system. Fertility care should include prevention, diagnosis treatment disorder. That...

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between sperm reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and sperm morphology in a group of infertile men and healthy fertile donors. DESIGN A prospective clinical study. SETTING Male infertility clinic, Glickman Urological Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, and the Reproductive Medicine Unit, Liverpool Women's Hospital, United K...

results seminal plasma tac level in normospermic men was significantly higher than asthenoteratospermic men (p < 0.001) and oligasthenoteratospermic men (p < 0.001) and had posetive correlation with sperm count, motility and morphology. in contrast mda levels in normospermic men were significantly lower than in asthenoteratospermic men (p = 0.049) and oligoasthenoteratospermic men (p = 0.001) a...

Dr. Sandro Esteves and collegues, from Brazil, performed on page xx at this issue of the International Braz J Urol an elegant review that discuss how the new World Health Organization (WHO) criteria for seminal parameters could affect the clinical management of men presenting with male infertility. The authors emphasized the factors that limit the use of seminal parameters as a surrogate for ma...

UNLABELLED Male infertility is one of the most stressful factors of couples, being present in about 40% cases. It is usually caused by a low number of sperm (oligozoospermia) or poor sperm motility (asthenozoospermia). The sperm motility is used as an indicator of semen quality and male infertility. To the impairment of male reproduction health can contribute genetic, nutritional and environmen...

Background: There is a rapidly growing trend in the consumption of herbal remedies in the developing countries. The Phoenix dactylifera date palm pollen (DPP) is used in the traditional medicine for male infertility. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of orally administered DPP on the reproductive system of adult male rats. Methods: Fifty Sprague-Dawley rats were maintained acco...

background: there is a rapidly growing trend in the consumption of herbal remedies in the developing countries. the phoenix dactylifera date palm pollen (dpp) is used in the traditional medicine for male infertility. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of orally administered dpp on the reproductive system of adult male rats.   methods: fifty sprague-dawley rats were maintained ac...

the inability to have a child is a baleful event for millions of couples in their life, and a large percentage of them have a personal frustration. the problem of infertility in couples is distributed equitably between the two sexes. among different methods, medicinal plants have been used in many nations to treat male infertility problems. these medicinal herbs are used to treat sperm disorder...

OBJECTIVE To quantify the effect of the new 2010 World Health Organization (WHO) semen analysis reference values on reclassifying previous semen analysis parameters and definition of patients with male factor infertility. DESIGN A multi-institutional retrospective chart review. SETTING University and private male infertility clinics. PATIENT(S) Men referred for infertility evaluation. I...

Background: Infertility can be a major concern for couples trying to conceive and occupational hazards can be a main cause in infertility in men. Studies conducted throughout the world indicate that workplace physical and chemical hazards could have a negative impact on male fertility. The main object of this study was to determine the frequency of occupational categories of men who attended an...