FOR years scientists have argued over why a man's testes are not safely tucked away inside his body, given their vulnerability and vast importance to their owner. Most are convinced that it is because testes operate better at lower temperatures.
But Michael Chance of the Social Systems Institute in Birmingham argues that it has more to do with lifestyle. In the latest edition of the
All these activities, he says, cause pressure changes within the abdominal cavity which expel the contents of the prostate into the urethra. Indeed, any part of the reproductive tract that lies within the body cavity would also undergo a pressure change, and would be forced to expel its contents. So, according to Chance, in order to prevent reduced fertility through ...
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