In recent decades, the decline in human fertility has become increasingly more worrying:
while therapeutic interventions might help, they are vexing for the couple and often …

Although semen quality is an important determinant of fertility, defining clear thresholds for
normal ranges has proven difficult. According to'time to pregnancy'studies, fecundity starts to …

Objective High-fat diet (HFD)-induced metabolic disorders can lead to impaired sperm
production. We aim to investigate if HFD-induced gut microbiota dysbiosis can functionally …

Semen quality has declined especially among Western men. Experimental and
epidemiological studies have shown potential links between exposure to environmental …

Although alcohol is widely used, its impact on the male reproductive function is still
controversial. Over the years, many studies have investigated the effects of alcohol …

Background Since the first report of a decline in semen quality in 1974, there have been
several reports of similar declines across populations. Despite some scattered reports of …

Studies have indicated that the ethanol exposure impairs the gut microbiota, At the same
time, high levels of alcohol exposure damage sperm in mice. However, whether the gut …

The present article describes the recent clinical experience and the main clinical and
experimental evidences on this topic. In the first part, we present retrospective data collected …

Results All the factors under analysis contribute to a significant deterioration of sperm
quality, mainly through decreased sperm concentration, vitality, motility and morphology …

Background Prenatal exposures may contribute to male infertility in adult life, but large-scale
epidemiological evidence is still lacking. The Fetal Programming of Semen quality (FEPOS) …