Men with Sperm Defects May Have Higher Risk of Dying

Infertile men who have abnormalities in their sperm may be at higher risk of dying than men with normal sperm, a new study suggests. In the study, young and middle-age men who were infertile because they had several problems with their sperm — such as low sperm count and impaired sperm movement — were twice as likely to die over an eight-year period compared to men with normal sperm. Still, the link between a higher risk of dying and sperm abnormalities held even after the researchers took into account factors that could affect the men's risk of dying, such as age and health conditions, including diabetes or heart failure. It could be that men with sperm abnormalities tend to have undetected health problems that result in a higher risk of death, said study researcher Dr. Michael Eisenberg, an assistant professor of urology at Stanford University School of Medicine. Read More http://ift.tt/1sApShn