/oss/taxonomy/term/5215/all en /oss/article/covid-19-health-and-nutrition/mens-genitals-meet-coronavirus <p>Maybe we should focus on the penis.</p> <p>I have seen this suggestion proposed by science communicators many times during the pandemic. That the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective doesn’t seem to matter to some men: they see the illness itself as nothing worse than a bad cold.</p> <p>Maybe we should focus on the penis.</p> Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:53:54 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9043 at /oss /oss/article/health-technology/snowwedges-and-snowballs <p>“Snowballs” is the brand name for a type of specially designed underwear that is equipped with two compartments into which freezable gels encased in plastic, termed “SnowWedges,” can be slipped. The gels, are made of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and remain flexible even after being cooled in the freezer. The idea is that inserting the gel into the underwear twice a day for an hour each time will cool the testes sufficiently to maximize sperm production.</p> Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:25:04 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8806 at /oss /oss/article/critical-thinking/tips-better-thinking-dont-fall-haunted-scrotum <p>Have you ever seen a haunted scrotum? It looks like something out of a David Cronenberg movie. The dark eyes, the enlarged head, the mouth covered in darkness that might be screaming! It was described by a radiologist in Wales in 1996.</p> Wed, 03 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8630 at /oss