Vasectomy is a Women's Health Issue

    BOSTON, MA, November 08, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Problem of unwanted pregnancy is ageless and has reached a fever pitch in American politics. Avioding unwanted pregnancies is clearly the answer to this global health problem of tens or millions of women. Responsibility to avoid prenancy is largely born by women, not men.

Vasectomy is considered a relatively minor surgerical procedure that can be performed in an office setting with local anesthesia. Given the overwhelming women's health advantages of vasectomy to avoid unwanted pregnancies, it is surprising that "Global vasectomy use has declined markedly, to only 39% of what it was in 2001, despite trends that might have been expected to increase its use."

BRF (Bedford Research Foundation - www.bedfordresearch.org) is a biomedical institute conducting stem cell and related research for diseases presently considered incurable. It does this four ways:

1. RESEARCH
Carried out in the US and through collaborations in Europe. Includes:

Patient-specific Stem Cells from Parthenotes: for stem cell therapies, including innovations for curing HIV disease, and spinal cord injury.
The Clock Pathway in embryos: how circadian rhythms impact early embryo development, and improve the efficiency of deriving new stem cell lines.
Prostate Cancer Screening: Creating sensitive and accurate tests to detect and stage prostate cancer.

2. EDUCATIONAL EVENTS
Educational conferences:

Activated Egg Symposium: since 2002, a day for research information sharing on eggs for reproduction, stem cell derivation and therapies.

3. LABORATORY PRODUCTS & SERVICES
SPAR (Special Program of Assisted Reproduction) a unique, award winning program combining HIV Semen Testing and Sperm Washing for safe procreation.
Mail-in test kits for: infertility, post-vasectomy-check, and prostatitis-check.
These products and services have been developed during the course of our research and help to cover the administrative costs of the laboratory. This allows research activities to proceed with minimal overhead (about 6%).

4. EDUCATIONAL MEDIA
Based on our research and events we produce:

Newsletters (email and snail mail): Our newsletters cover breakthroughs in research, as well as easy tutorials on the basics, and updates on Foundation news. Sign-up on our homepage, or email us your snail-mail address: [email protected]
Videos of Groundbreaking Talks: free on the event sites and through iTunes Podcasts.
Educational Videos About Stem Cells and Stem Cell Research: available on our popular FAQs page.
Most Foundation research cannot be federally funded because of the U.S. moratorium on research funding for activated human eggs (either artificially or by sperm). (www.nih.gov)

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