This is topic Pollution, Steroids and Lubricants : SexSelection, Infertility and GeneDamage in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
[ October 21, 2005, 08:28 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Congradulations on the strangest thread title I've seen in weeks.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Deliberately so to catch people's attention: there is some new information which runs counter to standard fertility treatment advice.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Very interesting. Especially about the lubricants.
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
quote:October 2005 New research suggests that men who use anabolic steroids to bulk up their muscles, for example, may be compromising their ability to produce sperm – and risking their chance at fatherhood. The study is the first ever to investigate a group of men who are having difficulty conceiving and have a history of steroid use.
Hmm...and somehow we all knew that in High School. ...8 years ago.
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
Yeah, I stopped reading the article after that bogus sentence.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Well, then, you missed a lot.
Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :
Possibly, but I'm going with my BS-o-meter on this one.
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
I'd blame it more on lazy reporting than anything else. Reporters are in the habit of calling any and all new studies "breakthroughs."
That said, if it was truly the first study, then it wouldn't be all that significant. A single study really isn't all that reliable until it has been backed by several other independant studies.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
I wonder how long it will be before some bonehead interprets this as meaning lubricants are contraceptively effective...