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"We need to talk more about male fertility"

In a society where fertility is considered a female issue, responsibility for reproduction is usu...

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14.50 29 Nov 2021


"We need to talk more about male fertility"


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14.50 29 Nov 2021


In a society where fertility is considered a female issue, responsibility for reproduction is usually shouldered by women.

Such cultural attitudes have even influenced medical science with the result that doctors have focused more on treating women than on assessing men’s reproductive health.

Yet, in over half of cases, the problem originates in the sperm.

So is it time men started talking more about male fertility? Barry Whyte has this report..


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