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Alarming research shows sperm counts have more than halved worldwide in the past five decades, and that the trend is accelerating. How worried should we be?

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IVF usually requires a qualified embryologist working on a petri dish

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Endometriosis is a chronic health condition affecting one in 10 women

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Air pollution damages our health at all stages of life according to new research.

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Actress and presenter Ana Obregon, 68, said she used a surrogate in the US to have her granddaughter.

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Ana Obregón, 68, said only parents who had lost a child have a right to express an opinion on the matter.

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Around one in six people worldwide face infertility at some point in their lives, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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1 in 6 people suffer from infertility, new WHO report finds

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"Forever chemicals" known as PFAS may slash women’s chances of getting pregnant by up to 40 per cent, a new study suggests.

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After Roe v Wade rollback, vasectomies go viral on TikTok

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Workers who regularly lift or move heavy objects were found to have nearly 50 per cent higher sperm counts than desk-bound workers.

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Manual work may boost sperm counts, Harvard study finds

Men with physically demanding jobs were found to have higher sperm counts and testosterone levels than white-collar workers.

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Could chemical pollution be increasing average penis length?

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New contraceptive that stops sperm swimming for two hours brings us closer to ‘on-demand male pill’

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Researchers say global sperm counts have dropped by a “staggering” 50 per cent over the past five decades - and the decline is gaining pace.

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Sperm counts worldwide are falling even faster than we thought

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New research suggests air pollution and forever chemicals inhaled during pregnancy may harm unborn babies’ future health and fertility.

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Expecting a boy? Pollution may already be harming his future fertility

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IVF embryos are increasingly frozen for a few months – or years – before being thawed and implanted for pregnancy.

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Hunting for clues on falling sperm counts, scientists have found ‘alarming’ levels of chemicals in male urine samples.

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Researchers who studied urine samples from nearly 100 Danish young men said they were "astonished" by a cocktail of hormone-disrupting chemicals.

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