At one point, I got a new saddle based on recommendations from a friend. Comfort was fine, for a saddle at least; but within a couple of weeks, things no work-ee. I reverted back to the old saddle and functionality returned, too. About a year later, I went to recumbents and haven't worried about such things since.
Articles like that seem to come out every couple of years. I view them as infomercials. Bad journalism and only highlight one product to address the purported problem.