Our Greatest Wealth Is Health

Blog # 141

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With February 14, 2014 having just passed—a day filled with roses and chocolates—it is interesting to note that there are those who believe that it is a vasectomy that makes the ultimate Valentine’s Day gift!  If you are comfortable with the size of your family, tired and unhappy with birth control, or you have determined that you do not want to have more children, than a vasectomy may be a consideration. Every year, half a million men in the USA decide to have a vasectomy as a means of permanent birth control.  Vasectomy is the most effective means of contraception, second only to abstinence. During a vasectomy, each vas deferens, aka, vas (the tube that transports sperm) is cut and sealed, preventing the sperm from being present in the semen. It is a simple, safe, and time-honored means of achieving permanent…