girlsmiley
catastrophe
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Not sure why I'm awake and reading about the end of humanity at 2.30am but things could be worse I spose.
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/he...ever-told-david-to-worry-20210429-p57ncz.html
In her consultations with patients, Genea fertility specialist Dr Kate Mcllwaine says many couples assume the issue is with the female reproductive system, “so it often comes as a surprise to patients when I diagnose male factor infertility.”
But a growing body of research about the male’s role in fertility is slowly turning the conversation away from just women. Only a few weeks ago, news that we could reach a zero sperm count in the West shocked the world, with New York-based environmental and reproductive epidemiologist Shanna Swan writing in her new book Count Down that following current projections, sperm counts are set to reach zero in 2045.
It’s an explosive claim, but one established from a 2017 systematic review which looked at 185 studies based on the semen samples of nearly 43,000 men between 1973 and 2011. Swan – a co-author – found that sperm quality and quantity has been steadily declining since the 1970s by about 1 to 2 per cent, which if continued will result in her claim of zero by 2045.
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/he...ever-told-david-to-worry-20210429-p57ncz.html
In her consultations with patients, Genea fertility specialist Dr Kate Mcllwaine says many couples assume the issue is with the female reproductive system, “so it often comes as a surprise to patients when I diagnose male factor infertility.”
But a growing body of research about the male’s role in fertility is slowly turning the conversation away from just women. Only a few weeks ago, news that we could reach a zero sperm count in the West shocked the world, with New York-based environmental and reproductive epidemiologist Shanna Swan writing in her new book Count Down that following current projections, sperm counts are set to reach zero in 2045.
It’s an explosive claim, but one established from a 2017 systematic review which looked at 185 studies based on the semen samples of nearly 43,000 men between 1973 and 2011. Swan – a co-author – found that sperm quality and quantity has been steadily declining since the 1970s by about 1 to 2 per cent, which if continued will result in her claim of zero by 2045.
