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    Impaired Fertility

    Diabetes, obesity linked to male infertility

    October 03, 2008
    Two new studies have linked obesity and diabetes to male infertility. In one study, researchers found that obesity dramatically decreased the amount and quality of a man's sperm. In the other, diabetics were found to have sperm that appeared normal but had genetic damage that could impair their ability to fertilize an egg. Researchers from both studies suggest that the rise in obesity and diabetes mirrors falling fertility rates. Read more »
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