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04-05-2017, 07:36 AM
We're one step closer to finally actually maybe having birth control for men
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When it comes to birth control, men pretty much have two options: condoms and vasectomies. But is that finally about to change?
The results of a new study, published Tuesday in Basic and Clinical Andrology, are giving us a reason to believe that we might someday have a real solution to the age-old problem of male contraception. The potential answer to our prayers is Vasalgel (https://www.parsemusfoundation.org/projects/vasalgel/), a gel that essentially provides an easily reversed vasectomy.
While there have been many attempts to develop new methods (http://mashable.com/2016/10/24/male-birth-control-sperm-study/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), the current choices leave a lot to be desired. Surgical vasectomies are effective but difficult to undo, and condoms are good for protecting against STIs but an**ying to use and **t foolproof in preventing pregnancies.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/04/vasagel-male-birth-control/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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When it comes to birth control, men pretty much have two options: condoms and vasectomies. But is that finally about to change?
The results of a new study, published Tuesday in Basic and Clinical Andrology, are giving us a reason to believe that we might someday have a real solution to the age-old problem of male contraception. The potential answer to our prayers is Vasalgel (https://www.parsemusfoundation.org/projects/vasalgel/), a gel that essentially provides an easily reversed vasectomy.
While there have been many attempts to develop new methods (http://mashable.com/2016/10/24/male-birth-control-sperm-study/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), the current choices leave a lot to be desired. Surgical vasectomies are effective but difficult to undo, and condoms are good for protecting against STIs but an**ying to use and **t foolproof in preventing pregnancies.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/04/vasagel-male-birth-control/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Contraceptives (http://mashable.com/category/contraceptives/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Male Contraception (http://mashable.com/category/male-contraception/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Birth Control (http://mashable.com/category/birth-control/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Fertility (http://mashable.com/category/fertility/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and *** And Relationships (http://mashable.com/category/***-and-relationships/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/njL1H_N5nng