FINALLY men may be able to take full responsibility for contraception, with an experimental option that blocks sperm flow via a gel proving successful in animal trials.
The results of a two year study were published in Basic and Clinical Andrology, with the product called Vasalgel acting as a physical barrier once injected into the vas deferens duct.
The next step for the option which is being described as a "reversible vasectomy," is to obtain funding for human trials - and also to convince enough men that it's a good idea to stick a needle into their nether regions.
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An American man who was told he was "just fat" for many years is now recovering in hospital after doctors removed a 65kg tumour.
57-year-old Roger Logan from Mississippi was previously confined to a recliner armchair inside a room he rarely left, but began researching his condition and ended up in the hands of a surgeon who had other patients with similar conditions.
Doctors believe the benign growth was started by an ingrown hair which grew rapidly.
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