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Daily Sex Helps Improve Fertility
mmmscience writes "While fertility studies lately seem to have been exclusively focused on in vitro fertilization [IVF], new data coming out of Australia may help with unaided successful conceptions. The study has found that men who have ejaculate daily produce sperm with less damaged DNA. While such actions decrease sperm concentration, it does increase motility, meaning healthier sperm have a better chance of making it all the way to the egg. Good news, as another report has found severe chromosome abnormalities in over 90% of IVF eggs, meaning artificial insemination is just now discovering a whole new field of problems."
Although if 'twice a day' helps, all of slashdot should have near perfect DNA.
Now to just find someone to spread it to..
For the porn industry.
Health Freedom is almost as popular as Freedom itself.
While the news services have all been reporting that Daily Sex will improve fertility - surely a more accurate description would be that daily ejaculation (via whatever means) improves fertility.
Sara
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Does masturbation count?
Slashdotters would be lucky to get once a month, much less daily...
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Hmm... does that mean that if Senator Stephen Conroy's internet filter gets built, I can get a medical prescription to download porn?
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Masturbation works too.
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IVF has been around a few years. In fact, it's been around since 1978, if you want to take it back to the first test tube baby.
I'm sure if there were "severe" chromosomal abnormalities we would have noticed by now.
Now, I'm not saying that there isn't any increased risk of chromosomal abnormalities associated with the procedure. But 90% chance of severe chromosomal abnormalities doesn't sound like it makes sense to me.
Are there are molecular geneticists in the house?
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Well, if frequent masturbation prevents cancer, then baby, lemme tell ya? I could CURE cancer. And now this?
I just might start selling it, now?
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We have noticed. It is one of the reasons that multiple eggs are implanted, since so few of them are viable.
This is related to why we have so many multiple births from IVF -- sometimes 2 or more of the implanted eggs are viable.
Also note that IVF is done primarily when people have trouble conceiving normally, so incidence of abnormality should be high anyway... perhaps these abnormalities are part of the infertility issues that brought the patients to the fertility specialist in the first place.
Someone I know very well has tried IVF twice... out of all the eggs that it was tried with (I think 6 or 8 each time), only one egg was viable... and that one miscarried during week 5.
It's really not surprising to anyone who's been through it or has had frank discussions with someone who has.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
It seems pretty simple to me: fresh sperm are better.
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I have an autistic son and I think that "causes of autism" are something that is used far too often. My wife and I have thought about this and we see in our son's autism some of our own traits as its forbears. Rather than the litany of plastic bottles, vaccines, carbon monoxide, indoor air pollution and other bogus causes, we now wonder if autism is actually part of a natural evolutionary response to dealing with an increasingly complex human society.
Perhaps we've evolved to deal with the fact that we are increasingly specialized, as our society feeds back into our own natural selection, and, we've reached a sort of a tipping point where autism is the next step.
We've been very fortunate in that our son has responded extremely well to aggressive therapy, all, by the way, provided by the taxpayer... (makes this old Republican rethink some of his own values). And, we wonder if, perhaps, a different sort of society might emerge from autism, that, we see it as a disability because we value our own communication so much. Perhaps autism is something that will never be cured, but, people who are autistic can move onto lead intelligent and productive lives if only there is intervention and ever better education and socialization for them and in a way that makes sense, for them.
Regardless of all of that though, I can say this. I'm proud of my son for who he is. When I first heard of his diagnosis, I almost felt like he had died and I was very angry about it. Sometimes, I admit, I still am. But, overall, if I could do it all over again, and make a choice about having an autistic child, I would gladly keep the son that I have.
I wouldn't trade him for anything in the world.
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I guessed, and confirmed upon reading, that the linked article is referring to the fact that human embryos naturally have a high rate of genetic abnormalities, and thus the fact that not every copulation during a woman's fertile period results in a pregnancy. The article explains that newer, more thorough screening mechanisms are flagging embryos that previously went undetected.
They pack plenty of eggs in there and still only get 30%-40%(if you trust numbers from US clinics selling IVF) and of those
In 2008, an analysis of the data of the National Birth Defects Study in the US found that certain birth defects were significantly more common in infants conceived with IVF, notably septal heart defects, cleft lip with or without cleft palate, esophageal atresia, and anorectal atresia; the mechanism of causality is unclear.
time for a back of the napkin calculation to not-really-but-sort-of prove my point:
10%*7(couldn't find a number for how many they fill you up with, so i made one up)*50%(other factors and multiple pregnancies counting as one) ~=30-40%
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so its really good news, and more good news (unless you wanted to use the original good news to wank more) as better screening can help increase the pregnancy rate from IVF without filling people up and risking multiple births.
IranAir Flight 655 never forget!
Well, unless your son is like 65 years old, then you and your wife have had a lifetime of exposure to these toxins, and you merely passed it on to him.
Wise up and read the studies about toxic chemicals.
time for a back of the napkin calculation to not-really-but-sort-of prove my point:
10%*7(couldn't find a number for how many they fill you up with, so i made one up)*50%(other factors and multiple pregnancies counting as one) ~=30-40%
I think they only put in three or four at most. The Octomom had more than twice the usual number implanted.
Note: I was 13 when I wrote most of this. Take with several grains of salt.
Don't have sex everyday = less chance to have baby. Take note /.'ers
Sig? No thanks. I don't smoke.
Could that explain why wankers seem to have more kids?
The summary ends by jumping straight from IVF to artificial insemination; those are two different (though overlapping) procedures. While IVF does essentially require artificial insemination to occur, artificial insemination can happen inside the uterus as well. Artificial insemination is a commonly employed technique for infertile couples who aren't willing, interested, or financially capable of undergoing IVF.
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however, drinking alcohol frequently and smoking damages sperm, no matter how often you "produce" sperm.
I'm married, you insensitive clod!
All joking aside, all technical reasons aside, I didn't RTFA, but.. did a study really need to show this?
Barring no contraceptive;
Copulation + Occasionally = Possible conception
Copulation + Daily over 28+ (average) days = much higher chance of conception
This took a major study, in which some scientist was paid?
I'd sure love to be part of studies like this.
Where do I sign up, and convince my wife it's necessary for science?
We were lucky. It only took us a couple of cycles - our first miscarried and we were told that it was almost certainly due to severe chromosomal abnormalities.
"Less than 30% of conceptions result in a successful pregnancy" (TFA)
I understand that statistic to mean that more than 70% of natural conceptions have chromosomal abnormalities so severe that the embryo fails to implant. I find it quite plausible that 90% of the embryos from people who are having trouble conceiving are flawed.
Incidentally, It was recommended that we have sex every second day before my appointment with myself in the little room with the magazines.
Unexpect the expected!
I declare an International Fertility Week. Actually scratch that, it would probably also end up also being International Unintentional Denial of Service Week.
There is a small report at the end of this article that seems to mention that the above headline may not be entirely true after all. But ofcourse, we are going to keep it to ourselves.
Thank god! This puts to end the argument I'd been having a friend that thought peoplewho have almost no sex would have the highest fertility. I'll file this one under obvious theory ends up being right.
Anything for MORE flipper Babies! Yay!
so i am single AND extremly furtile ?
So it doesn't really make you go blind?
As far as I know the multiple IVF egg implants are particular to the USA. My experience (Australia) is that having one egg is implanted each time is normal practice unless there are other significant factors. The success rate varies from clinic to clinic and ranges from 25% to 40% with one egg (from memory).
Also as far as I know the morbidity of sperm in relation to frequency of ejaculation has been know for a considerable period of time. When my partner and I were going through IVF I was told to daily ejaculate for the month preceding the procedure (with a 3 day rest before the sample is taken).
Wikipedia, is a good starting point in regards to sperm morbidity for anyone who is interested.
Sperm
Semen quality
Semen Analysis
however, drinking alcohol frequently and smoking damages sperm, no matter how often you "produce" sperm.
Please pretend I filled this post out with the most ridiculous anecdotal evidence to the contrary, because I have one. Also, please don't give medical advice. Soda pop does not work as a contraceptive, and the medical term for teens who swear abstinence is "parents".
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"After a week of daily ejaculations, the sperm was re-measured. "
For this to make sense, they must have started out with men who don't ejaculate daily. How do you find those men?
"I think his learning difficulties are more my fault for not knowing how to teach him"
Many people don't get taught properly when they're young. Then don't end up autistic. So I would suggest you get off your cross and accept his condition for what it is, not what you want it to be and pretend that in some way he might one day get better. He won't. Deal.
I'm just off to the office toilets with a copy of The Sun to "improve my fertility".
I remember reading many (>15) years ago a study about human sperm injected into chinese hamster eggs.
The rationale is as follow: the DNA in human cells can be stained b a method called R banding or G banding, which , under the microcsope lets you look at the human genome - you can see something like 100 bands of dark and light, and there is a characteristic pattern; when you have large abnormalities, like an extra part of a chromosome, or a duplication, you see extra bands.
This technique doesn't work on sperm, because the dna is "condensed" in the sperm head' and not stainable; the dna decondenses, and becomes stainable when the sperm enter an egg
However, human eggs are hard to obtain (or harder then sperm) but you can use chinese hamster eggs; the human sperm enter the egg and the DNA becomes stainable.
When you do this, you find that some (from memory) ~ 15% of human sperm have a visible defect.
This staining technigue is quite crude - the human genome has ~ 2e9 base pairs of DNA, and you probably need something on the order of a change in 1e8 to see it with this stain, so if 15% are different by this stain....
you could argue that the above is an artifact of the chinese hamster eggs, and that if human eggs were available, the sperm would apear better
This article's advice to ejaculate every day would be an interesting combination with this article's suggestion that human sperm can help diminish wrinkles.
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Maybe the opposite is the reason for so many insane religious zealots.
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Couple points in there in regards to the "history of the Windows display engine" you might not have been aware of, & also, possibly more importantly, what is in my "p.s." there is a question I would like to ask you also... so, per my subject-line above? Thanks in advance for the reply there in that post!
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P.S.=> Sorry to disturb you here, otherwise - &, I hope your child comes thru, it sounds like he will (which is great - kids are the #1 redeeming feature of humanity imo), & especially because you're being a concerned + "take action" kind of parent, "apparently" (pun intended)... apk
TFA says it's 90% of embryos, not eggs. That makes a difference!
You save only 59 seconds over 8 miles by going 75 instead of 65. Do you really have to pass that guy? Do the Math!
I'll bet this new info will jack off---er--up-- Fleshlight sales....
P-III at 16Hz? (The H in Hz is a capital) Was that on the toys packaging, or what? Furthermore, its "I need" instead of "I needs".
If this headline were actually made by the scientists who did the research, it would be 'Regular Periodic Ejaculation Improves Sperm Motility in Males'. Not as exciting, huh? Doesn't mention SEX at all. How boring... the truth IS boring. Get over it. Go back to sleep, people.
While I don't cheer the information, the frankness impresses me.
Socks and bath towels aren't the best choice for procreation.
Didn't any of these scientists learned this little fact in high school health class. Your man batter is not like wine, it does not get better with aged; so you have to clear it out regularly to get a health fresh batch.
I've helped shoe horses for quite a while since maybe 2 years ago. Many of the horse ranches I've been to are run by all-women if not owned by a man. I'm not talking about mega-complexes like the ones run by a crazy man with 10,000 head or a dog-food corporation that has over 400 on the racks being "processed" (puke). I'm talking about little ranches and stable areas that have maybe 50 or less.
On one such visit to one, I asked this friend of mine how her horses are all so docile when stabled next to in-heat mares and aparently she was "milking" the males daily just to appease them, and only uses the substance of 1 of the say 40 males to artificially fertilize the female. I've always thought this was a bad idea to diminish the gene-pool down to a breed of animals that were chosen for desirable attributes because this is a very shallow temporary observation that doesn't occur in nature; one day there may be mental syndromes discovered in relation to those "desirable" features. I've never met a beautiful buture in this regard, only butt-ugly ones. Anyways, back to the artificial ensemination, she even fertilizes the female horse with a large protractable vibrating phallus shaped to the same size of the male that the mare is expected to pair with. It might sound kind of a kink, but the mare horses actually do improve their ovulation when they are enseminated (even-better artificially) with an organ that stimulates them. You'll never hear about this on Discovery Channel. It seams like television always portrays horse ranches and cattle ranches as being a pre-dominantly male occupation of man, when in-fact there are more all-women ranches throughout USA.
Continuing... I once visited this friend of mine when I was passing through and didn't call ahead of time. What I found her doing with the unused "undesirable" ejaculate of the other horses was filling a pot bath-tub in the horse stable and actually soaking herself in it. It would take her 40 studs twice a day for 2 months to produce over 30 gallon of ejaculate, and she was bathing in it. I'm not going to show any pictures, yet at 68 years-old she actually does have somewhat of a glowing aura about her that has always attracted all kinds of attention at the Auctions. Her skin is tight, not wrinkly, just an off-color that would suggest she were older and working in the sun.
Anyhow, the more you know! Don't trust the elders beyond your 13th birthday; just move-out ASAP.
Your comment is just one more reason to be thankful that I don't live in the U. S. of A.
Then again, I wouldn't fit - not obese, don't vote along party lines like a sheeple, know the difference between capitalism and corporate welfare, between a democracy and an oligarchy, can find my country on a map, speak moe than one language, think gay marriage is fine and that God has no place in politics ... I just wouldn't fit in, neither with the "retarded republicans" nor the "retarded democrats" .... it's obvious neither party has the answers, just borrow and spend and blame everyone else and kick the can down the road for the next person to deal with.
Thinking you can fix a debt problem by doubling the debt yet again in the next 5-1/2 years is what's retarded.