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What are the risks of being an older father?
As people live longer and become more educated, they tend to make children later in their lives. In fact, the average age of new fathers in the US increased by 3.5 years between 1972 and 2015. Recently, an 83-year-old American actor, Al Pacino, and 79-year-old actor Robert De Niro, both revealed that they are having a new child with their much-younger partners. While they don’t seem to have financial or social problems to have a new child in their later life stage, studies show old father’s sperm increase the risks of fertility problems in pregnancy and childhood health, including, miscarriage, low birth weight, heart disease, and cancer in newborns. So, should men freeze their sperm when they are young?
Enjoy reading the article and learning about the risks of fathering children in old age.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230602-what-are-the-risks-of-being-an-older-father
What are the risks of being an older father?
As people live longer and become more educated, they tend to make children later in their lives. In fact, the average age of new fathers in the US increased by 3.5 years between 1972 and 2015. Recently, an 83-year-old American actor, Al Pacino, and 79-year-old actor Robert De Niro, both revealed that they are having a new child with their much-younger partners. While they don’t seem to have financial or social problems to have a new child in their later life stage, studies show old father’s sperm increase the risks of fertility problems in pregnancy and childhood health, including, miscarriage, low birth weight, heart disease, and cancer in newborns. So, should men freeze their sperm when they are young?
Enjoy reading the article and learning about the risks of fathering children in old age.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230602-what-are-the-risks-of-being-an-older-father
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