Database Articles
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(2016, June 19). Sperm-count fall stirs fears. New Zealand Herald.
The reproductive health of the average male is in sharp decline, the world's largest study of the quality and concentration of sperm has found. -
(2012, June 14). Want to be a father? Ditch the Y-fronts, say scientists. New Zealand Herald.
Men trying to improve their sperm count can ditch the healthy living advice but should think carefully about their underwear, doctors in Britain have found.
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Main, B. (2008, August 29). Men in hot; seat drive; down births. Gold Coast Bulletin, The.
Heated car seats may be damaging men's chances of fatherhood.
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Boyles, S. (1998, December 28). Study finds underwear choice makes no difference. Impotence & Male Health Weekly Plus.
More than four decades after boxers were first touted as the underwear of choice for optimizing male fertility, the theory that boxers beat briefs has been put to the test and found to be invalid by researchers from the State University of New York. -
Munkelwitz,R., & Gilbert, B. (1998, October). Are boxer shorts really better? A critical analysis of underwear type in male subfertility. The Journal of Urology, Volume 160, Issue 4, October 1998, Pages 1329-1333
It has been proposed that brief style underwear may produce scrotal hyperthermia and lead to clinical subfertility. Although this idea is regarded as dogma by many in the lay community and the changing of underwear type is a therapy frequently recommended by medical practitioners, there is a paucity of data measuring scrotal temperature as a function of underwear type. -
Jung, A. & Schuppe, H. -C. (2007). Influence of genital heat stress on semen quality in humans. Andrologia, 39(6), 203–215.
The concept that an elevation of testicular temperature results in impairment of spermatogenesis is widely accepted. Here, current knowledge concerning genital heat stress and its consequences in men is reviewed.
Websites
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Daily News. (2012, June 15). Briefs or booze: What causes male infertility? Experts argue over role of dad's health and underwear choice. Retrieved from http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/briefs-booze-male-infertility-experts-argue-role-dad-heal
This week the UK press has been buzzing over a new study that finds that for men with infertility issues, lifestyle changes such as cutting smoking and alcohol don't make much of a difference. But avoiding tight-fitting underwear does. On Wednesday, the National Health Service issued a report that it hopes will clear the air, claiming the study's findings were "overblown" for hype.
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McLachlan, R. (2011, November 7). Monday’s medical myth: wearing tight undies will make you infertile. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/mondays-medical-myth-wearing-tight-undies-will-make-you-infertile-3916
Most men have a preference for boxers or briefs, but which are better when it comes to fertility?
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NHS Choices. (2012, June 13). Fertility: underpants news is overblown. Retrieved from http://www.nhs.uk/news/2012/06june/Pages/smoking-drinking-diet-sperm-quality.aspx
Men trying to improve their sperm count “can ditch the healthy living advice but should think carefully about their underwear”, said The Independent. Apparently the type of undies you wear has more influence over your sperm quality than smoking, drinking or an unhealthy diet.
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A. Jung, A., Leonhardt, F., Schill, W., & Schuppe, H. (2005, April). Influence of the type of undertrousers and physical activity on scrotal temperature. Retrieved from http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/20/4/1022.full
Testicular temperature correlates highly with scrotal temperature. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the type of undertrousers on scrotal temperature during standardized periods of sitting and walking.
