Article 6VPDF Men with higher-quality sperm live longer, study finds

Men with higher-quality sperm live longer, study finds

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Research suggests difference in life expectancy between men with highest and lowest quality is nearly three years

Sperm may be the canaries in the coalmine for male health, according to research that reveals men with higher-quality semen live longer.

Danish scientists analysed samples from nearly 80,000 men and found that those who produced more than 120 million swimming sperm per ejaculate lived two to three years longer than those who produced fewer than 5 million.

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