Driving in the light mid-morning Lagos traffic of Saturday 2nd June 2018, I suddenly became engaged with the tune playing on the car radio. As a music enthusiast, I reflected on the song titled:  Try Again, by the famous 22-year-old black American singer, actress, and model—Aaliyah—who was killed tragically in a plane crash few months after the song’s release in…

Women who regularly eat fast food and not enough fruit are more likely to struggle to conceive, a study suggests. A survey of 5,598 women found those who ate fast food four or more times a week took nearly a month longer to get pregnant than those who never or rarely ate it. Regular junk food eaters were also less…

A new Harvard study has found that there can be a connection between what women eat and their chances of getting pregnant. Certain foods also can increase men’s semen quality, it found. The review was published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology by Harvard University. The research recommends five particular foods to eat – and three to avoid…

Hormones vital for reproduction are “significantly lower” in men who work with toxic-filled electronic waste Nigerian men who work with electronic waste have much lower levels of crucial fertility hormones than men unexposed to the waste, according to a new study. The research, conducted in Benin City in southern Nigeria, suggests toxic metals and other contaminants in e-waste are reducing…

A man’s semen count is a marker of his general health, according to the largest study to date evaluating semen quality, reproductive function and metabolic risk in men referred for fertility evaluation. The study results, in 5,177 male partners of infertile couples from Italy, will be presented Sunday at ENDO 2018, the Endocrine Society’s 100th annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.…