Male fertility is declining worldwide. Study makes recommendations to tackle problem – GLOBAL
October 13, 2023
Male fertility is on the decline worldwide, and an international group of researchers says the poorly understood issue needs to be tackled as soon as possible.
In a new paper published in the medical journal Nature Reviews Urology, researchers warn that this lack knowledge often results in the burden of male fertility falling on women, who are subject to invasive assisted reproduction procedures.
“The major problem is that we don’t know the causes of male infertility, and current diagnoses and treatment (are) not causal-based,” said Sarah Kimmins, a Universite de Montreal professor and member of the research group. “It’s a one size fits all.”
If you’re an infertile man, she added, there are few treatment options, “and the diagnosis is really outdated. It has not changed for more than 50 years.”
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