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Sperm Counts
James Gallagher investigates whether there is a decline in male sperm including the results of his own sperm count analysis.
James Gallagher investigates whether there is a decline in male sperm including the results of his own sperm count analysis. He meets a couple who conceived after having treatment for a varicocele, enlarged veins in the testes that can heat the sperm up and the leading known cause of male infertility. And James is joined by leading scientists in the field to debate whether sperm counts are falling.
Producer: Erika Wright
Last on
Wed 22 Feb 202315:30
BBC Radio 4
Broadcasts
- Tue 21 Feb 202321:00BBC Radio 4
- Wed 22 Feb 202315:30BBC Radio 4
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