‘Temporary vasectomy’ trialled in Melbourne:Sperm blocker a world first

‘Temporary vasectomy’ trialled in Melbourne:Sperm blocker a world first

The world-first study has researchers hoping the treatment could one day become a “temporary vasectomy”.

  • byMelissa Cunningham

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Men are embracing ‘positive masculinity’ and say it’s working – despite the backlash

Men are embracing ‘positive masculinity’ and say it’s working – despite the backlash

Policies to change the way Australian men father,work and think about women are promoting “healthy masculinity”,which advocates say will enrich men’s lives.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Male infertility behind one in three IVF cycles
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Male infertility behind one in three IVF cycles

Male infertility is a factor in one in three IVF cycles,yet too many Australian men don’t realise how crucial it is to protect their own fertility until it’s too late.

  • byKate Aubusson
‘I felt like a failure in life’:When men realise they’re infertile

‘I felt like a failure in life’:When men realise they’re infertile

When people think of IVF,they think of what women endure. But for men struggling to become a parent our culture presents a wide range of emotional challenges.

  • bySamantha Selinger-Morris
Of all the noses in the world,I’d pick mine
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Of all the noses in the world,I’d pick mine

This asymmetrical nose has never let me down. It has provided oxygen to my brain without complaint day in,day out. Perfectly imperfect. Was I about to cheat on my nose?

  • byAdam Abbasi-Sacca
A knife,a harness and the ‘power stance’:Eddie Betts reveals ‘cult-like’ training camp
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A knife,a harness and the ‘power stance’:Eddie Betts reveals ‘cult-like’ training camp

A pre-season training camp for the Adelaide Crows left the AFL champion feeling ‘shattered’,and he says his complaints led to him being dropped from the club’s leadership group. He tells the story in a new autobiography.

  • byJack Latimore
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Hate your beautifully imperfect body? Worry less,dance more
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Hate your beautifully imperfect body? Worry less,dance more

Many of us - particularly women - spend a lifetime seeing our bodies as problems,or sources of embarrassment,shame,sin and guilt. Don’t waste your time.

  • byJulia Baird
How men are falling into the weight loss trap

How men are falling into the weight loss trap

Once the domain of mainly women,diet culture has hit men in full force thanks to shows like Love Island and social media.

  • byEd Cumming
Why it’s important for AFL players to speak up about testicular cancer

Why it’s important for AFL players to speak up about testicular cancer

Playing AFL,or any other sport where trauma to the testicles may occur,does not increase the chance of developing testicular cancer.

  • byAlexander Dabb
All in the wrist:the painful condition now affecting more men than women

All in the wrist:the painful condition now affecting more men than women

The rate of carpal tunnel syndrome operations in men has almost doubled in the past 20 years,while for women,it’s stayed almost the same.

  • byStuart Layt
Warne’s death a grim reminder that men’s health needs attention

Warne’s death a grim reminder that men’s health needs attention

The sportsman’s death may prompt men to get a check-up with their GP but a bigger change in approach is needed.

  • byJulie Szego