Finding ways to communicate effectively with men about vasectomies is key to persuading them to have the procedure.
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Vasectomy is safe for most but a study analysing 11,000 social media comments shows that some men are regretful and in pain months after the procedure.
Research shows reproductive health issues are having an impact on the workplace and potentially the economy.
The term voluntary sterilization, referring to the choice to receive permanent birth control, arose as a contrast to the involuntary, or forced, sterilization that stems from the eugenics movement.
There hasn’t been a new form of male birth control since the 1980s. More contraception options for all partners could help reduce the rate of unintended pregnancies.
As more younger, single men ask for one following the Supreme Court abortion decision, a urologist explains what to expect with a vasectomy.
Thousands of Australian men have vasectomies each year. These surgeries are successful in more than 99% of cases.
The vasectomy is currently the only reliable contraceptive available to men. But a new option could give men more family planning power.
Vasectomies could be an effective male birth control method in Africa but the procedure is misunderstood and therefore poorly used.
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Urologist and Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Professor-at-large, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Data analyst, African Population and Health Research Center
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Lecturer in Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western Sydney University
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Physician/Investigator at Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Professor of Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
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Assistant Professor of Health Communication, University of Connecticut
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Associate Professor of Urology, University of Miami
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PhD Candidate, NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor at NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Reproductive Health, Western Sydney University
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Professor and Director of the Centre of Excellence for Data Science, AI and Modelling, University of Hull
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Associate Professor of English, UMass Lowell