New Male Contraceptive on the Horizon
May 7, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Health, Sex, men's health
It’s starting to look like a injectable form of birth control for men might just be possible in the future. A new study by Chinese researchers at the National Research for Family Center in Beijing has been focusing on the effectiveness of a monthly testosterone-based injection for men. And the results are promising with a 99 percent success rate..
For the study, a 1000 healthy and fertile men between 20 and 45 were given monthly injections of 500mg of testosterone undecanoate in tea seed oil for 30 months. This testosterone-based product caused the disruption of sperm production and hence prevented reproduction.
Better …read more
Control Sperm at the Push of a Button.
June 16, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Health, How To, Misc., Prevention, Sex, Technology, men's health
What do remote controls and birth control have in common ?
Quite a lot according to a team of Australian scientists who are trying to develop a ‘remote-controlled controceptive implant for men.’ Right now it’s stll being tested in the laboratory but if successful could provide an alternative to the non-reversable vasectomy.
Made from a specially coated silicone-based material, the implant (a small radio-controlled valve) is no larger than a grain of rice and would be inserted into the vas deferens (the duct which carries sperm from each testicle to the penis) using a hypodermic needle.
Once inserted, the implant valve would open …read more
