European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 Coo n9 Dev be in improving male male infertility accounts Tor almost 40 percent of the cases in which couples have difficulty in conceiving a child. Researchers have devised a new technique thai May help them. It has been known Tor hundreds of years that High temperatures interfere with the male s production of sperm. Modern researchers have demonstrated that sperm count decreases in men who have High body fevers or who have just stepped out of a Long hot Bath. This observation is important in the treatment of male infertility. According to several studies men whose sperm Quality unrelated to sexual function was below Normal had temperatures within their scrotum that were higher than average. One cause of the higher temperatures was an increased venous blood flow in the Testicles which researchers showed not Only raised the temperature in he scrotum but also reduced sperm production. When varicocele which arc swollen veins in the scrotum were removed surgically the intr scrotum temperature dropped toward Normal and sperm production tended to improve. These observations while important still did not apply to the majority of sub Fertile men. Now re searchers at new York University and Cornell University medical schools have devised an ingenious method of lowering thes Crota temperature. Drs Andrew Sealfon Atilla Toth and Adrian Zorg Nikoui have reported in the British medical journal lancet their development of a scrotal Cooling device. Worn As a kind of underwear the device surrounds the scrotum with a constant Low level water Cooling process that actually improves sperm Quality. The new York researchers reported on six patients who wore the device regularly during the Day and in several cases at night for 12 to 16 weeks. All but one patient showed an improvement in sperm Quality and three of the patients actually fathered children during or immediately after the treatment. No patient had any Side effects or refused to continue wearing the researchers concluded that continuous Cooling appears to stimulate sperm production and testicular function. While the Cooling device does not seem to be an answer to All cases of male sub Fertility it is certainly a simple helpful and Hope giving Advance for the future. Surgery for myopia shown successful in half of cases Detroit u i the nation s first Long term research on experimental surgery to Cor rect Scarsi a redness shows the operation Al Lowed nearly half the patients studied to give up their eyeglasses doctors say. Eye experts at a two Day National symposium cautioned the procedure is at least two to three years away from general use but maintained the results arc successful enough to War rant wider testing. It s experimental it s new and we Don t have All the answers said or. John w. Cow Den associate professor of ophthalmology at Wayne stale University where the Kresge Eye Institute sponsored the nearly year Long re search. We have to wait for More data he it s very the surgery is one of a Battery of newer How Are you p01n&? sup. We be had m str s w. Hike Sinclair techniques that alter refraction the process by which images Are focused through the Eye on the Retina. Glasses Are used to counter changes in refraction and the surgery is de signed to accomplish the same task. The operation known As radial Kara Toomy has become widely controversial because Doc tors make 16-20 incisions in the Cornea the outer covering of the Eye that is easily damaged and highly susceptible to infection. Employing microscopes throughout the sur Geon uses the incisions to flatten the Cornea. This alters the Eye s refraction and in theory eliminates the need for glasses. Doctors said the procedures could ultimately mean Freedom from glasses or Contact lenses for millions of myopic americans. The next decade is going to be filled with work on refractive errors predicted or. Perry s. Binder associate ophthalmology professor at the University of California in san Diego. It going to be the radial Kara Tolomay operation developed earlier in the soviet Union was first attempted in America in november 1978 in Detroit. In the Wayne state study which began last july researchers gathered data on 83 patients who had the operation and then entered on 25. Cowden said a six month follow up study revealed that 48 percent of the patients no longer needed their glasses. But most reported some complications including Glare and vision Quality that fluctuated during the Day. Additional research will allow doctors to re solve uncertainties such As How deeply the Cor Nea can safely be Cut Cowden said. 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On top of All the other things we have to worry about this prob Lem can make life plenty miser Able. The oddball is in my cell Block. He just got a letter from his wife telling him she bad an affair with a Man at work. Her conscience was bothering her and she wanted to Clear the the dude also has four kids. Instead of getting upset he wrote and told Eer dig this that he understands How a woman can get lonesome with her Man doing time and he Hopes she will take precautions and not get pregnant. Also he would appreciate it if she kept it private so is not to Embarrass the family. I would t blame you if you thought this letter was too crazy to print. I think the Guy ought to be in a Strait jacket. Do you agree it takes All kind dear kinds no. In my Opin Ion he is extremely compassion ate. 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