Men with low sperm counts are at higher risk of metabolic disease in later years, according to a study just presented at the European Association of Urology 2016 Congress in Munich, Germany, and recently published in Clinical Endocrinology. "This study is very interesting, as is the question it poses: whether infertility in men below the age of 50 years might be used as a predictor for development of metabolic diseases, including diabetes and osteoporosis later in life," commented a professor of Danish University of the European Association of Urology Scientific Congress Office in a conference statement. About 15% of all couples experience infertility, and about half the time, this is due to male infertility.
Studies have shown a link between men with poor semen quality and a lower life expectancy, but the link is unexplained and no biochemical markers have been discovered. "There is a…
