Talk:Semen quality
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Source 1 does not resolve. What is this statement even based on then?
Questionable study[edit]
21 participants, no control group
"Contrary to widely held beliefs, no evidence supports that wearing constrictive underwear, or "briefs," decreases fertility. Even with an elevation in temperature of 0.8-1° caused by wearing constrictive underwear, no changes in sperm parameters, no decrease in spermatogenesis, and no changes in sperm function are observed"
Sourced: Wang C, McDonald V, Leung A, Superlano L, Berman N, Hull L, et al. Effect of increased scrotal temperature on sperm production in normal men. Fertil Steril. Aug 1997;68(2):334-9. [Medline]
link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9240266 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.42.47.8 (talk) 17:50, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Is this necessary?[edit]
This was given as further literature:
- M. Crausaz, J. Vargas, R. Parapanov, Y. Chollet, M. Wissard, E. Stettler, A. Senn, M. Germond: First Evaluation of Human Sperm Quality in Various Geographic Regions in Switzerland. Chimia 62 (2008), 395–400. doi:10.2533/chimia.2008.395
However, is this really worth reading (if you don't live in Switzerland)? If there is some interesting facts in it, please share it in the article, using it as a reference instead. This deserves inclusion (talk) 10:06, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
- Besides, can anybody explain the meaning and importance of this entry:
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This deserves inclusion (talk) 10:07, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
- The "literature" section was only added last month (diff), and I also can't see what value it added to the article.
- The commented out reference was added here. I've seen editors do that when they intend to come back and incorporate the ref into the article later; maybe Dysmorodrepanis meant to do that? If so, it's been so long (s)he must have forgotten and there's no harm in removing it. LyrlTalk C 13:50, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
- I think the results are interesting enough to be cited, even for non-Swiss or non-European residents. Endocrine disruptors are not included in the paragraph Chemicals or Hormones yet. I certainly don't object, if you convert the literature to a reference. IMHO more studies on this topic from other regions should be added. --Leyo 21:50, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
Diet[edit]
Under the Diet section it states, and I quote, "Obesity increases risk of oligospermia and low motility by 300%[30], being overweight by 200%" yet on the Oligospermia page it states "However, it is independent of physique, general state of health, diet, libido or sex frequency" thoughts? --Krakaet (talk) 00:09, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Section links[edit]
User:WildBot tagged 2 section links [[Infertility#prevention|preventing infertility]] and [[phytoestrogen#Phytoestrogen_in_men|phytoestrogen in men]] as broken section links approximately 2 months ago. I changed them to [[Infertility#Causes]] and [[Phytoestrogen#Males]] respectively. 63.226.240.208 (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
Pro-fertility bias[edit]
This article shows a bias towards higher semen quality and fertility. That view is not universal or unanimous. Many people (men/women/couples) do not want any/more children. For them, lower semen quality and male fertility may be preferable. How can the article reflect multiple views? 63.226.240.208 (talk) 23:11, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
Questionable sources[edit]
This article makes heavy use of sources of Cryos International. This is a commercial sperm bank whose founder is not even a scientist and who claims insemination to a healthy woman is not a medical issue. The Economist cites its founder: “It takes place millions of times each day without a doctor”. Reliable non-commercial sources should be preferred. Crotopaxi (talk) 18:27, 24 August 2018 (UTC)