New study suggests link between pregnancy loss and health of fathers-to-be

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New Delhi, Dec 19 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that more than a quarter of pregnancies might be ectopic or end in miscarriage or stillbirth if the father-to-be is unhealthy and has three or more medical conditions such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol levels. In a retrospective study of nearly a million pregnancies between 2009 and 2016 in the US, published today in the journal Human Reproduction, researchers found that if the father was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, which includes these medical conditions, there was an increased risk of the mother losing the pregnancy. The mechanisms by which the father’s health might affect the risk of pregnancy loss is not known.

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