Wow, only ten comments on this subject (which just goes to show that Movember has a long way to go) and yet there's quite a bit of sexism here directed towardes the male doctor and men writ large. I do not discount the ongoing challenges that female reproductive issues face, but can this matter command the same respect and attention without blanket statements about men's psychological abilities to parent in old age or what the male doctor might or might not say about the opposite sex in the same situation when it's not known or relevant to the purpose of the study and article?
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Finally! The aging male sperm is getting the press instead of the aging female eggs. It’s about time. Now if we can only get some male birth control around here!
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Doctors need to tell men, starting at an early age, that if they want to have children, they should have them before they are; their biological clock is ticking too.
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As a daughter who was born when her father was 68; I have no known health issues now at 53.
Only the psychological ones, sorry guys most of you can’t handle it after a certain age.
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Hoping the doctor knows the difference between telling a patient he is "too old to be a father," versus educating the patient on the health risks to the mother and to the offspring.
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Don't know much about these statistics ,Picasso fathered children
during his old age, My Dad was 44 when I was born and yes I was premature ,my mom the same age as my dad.
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@Carlyle T. The nice thing about statistics is that they have a broader sampling size than anecdotes. I don't doubt their results.
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I find it interesting that Dr. Michael L. Eisenberg "would never tell a man he is too old to be a father." Would he ever say that a woman is too old to be a mother? (yes, I understand basic bio functions differ depending on one's equipment.)
I guess, just because you can doesn't mean you should....
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When I was 14 I had a friend in my same age whose father was already 69. He was the youngest of 18. My friend had a nephew who was 32. My friend was the only one in his family who had heart problems. He got a pacemaker at 15, got a heart transplant at 19, and died at 22. Not saying his parents age specifically was the reason he suffered as he did, but it is hard to think it didn't factor into the equation.
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but you guys forgot about fathers 35-44
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Yes! And a higher risk for autism and other problems as well. Please continue exposing and reporting on the risks fathers bring into the equation, so we can finally even things out a little and stop blaming the woman for everything. Men have a biological clock, too, and it’s about time they start sharing the pressure with women. The responsibility is on both parents.
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