Sperm count, the quiz: featuring TV, hot baths and lab-rats

Tuesday 05 February 2013 15:34 GMT

The latest results showing a continuing decline in sperm counts are serious enough to constitute a 'serious public health warning' (PA)

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What do we know about sperm count? Do tight boxers mess with it? Should the concerned avoid hot baths? With news of another study into the subject - on how much difference exercise makes to fertility rates - we've collected the latest research* and shaped it into a quiz.

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