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A vasectomy is a simple, generally permanent procedure to prevent pregnancy. It's the most effective form of birth control other than abstinence. During the brief procedure, your surgeon will cut and ...

A team of researchers at a company called Contraline has developed a new kind of male contraceptive. Instead of using hormones to disrupt sperm production, the new technique involves placing a ...

A vasectomy is a form of permanent male contraception that involves surgically cutting or blocking the vas deferens, the tubes that carry sperm from the testicles to the penis. Sperm is needed to ...

Adult males with cystic fibrosis are infertile because of failure of normal development of the vas deferens, a finding not previously recognized. Twenty-five patients over 17 years of age were found ...

Perhaps you’ve had enough children to make your family complete or you’ve decided parenthood isn’t for you. Either way, now you may want to find a birth control method you won’t have to worry about.

Of the 500,000 people every year who get vasectomies, about 5 to 10 percent change their minds after the fact. The procedure, which sterilizes men by severing the tube supplying sperm to the urethra, ...

Never able to resist a good play on words, The Colbert Report explains the difference between "The Vance Difference" and the human male reproductive system's sperm duct. Having a goof with how goofy ...