@Dr Vincent - I just wantto say how much I appreciate your article. As someone who completed a postdoc in epidemiology and public health at Yale and now works as a clinical psychologist with a focus on health and wellness, I found your piece both interesting and timely!
You’ve done an excellent job highlighting what so often gets lost in the humor or sensationalism surrounding male fertility: the deeper, systemic issues tied to inflammation, oxidative stress and lifestyle driven decline in health markers. I was particularly glad to see you draw the connection between fertility and broader biological aging, it’s a linkage more men (and practitioners) need to recognize. Thus, I'm glad you raised them.
In clinical work, I often see how symptoms like fatigue, anxiety and poor sleep are being brushed off when in reality they may signal a body under chronic stress, inflammation or toxic load. Framing fertility as a “mirror of overall health” is not only accurate, but also disarming in the best way as it opens the door to deeper reflection and more proactive self-care.
Thank you for bringing nuance, humor and urgency to this conversation. We need more of it.
This is alarming!
@Dr Vincent - I just wantto say how much I appreciate your article. As someone who completed a postdoc in epidemiology and public health at Yale and now works as a clinical psychologist with a focus on health and wellness, I found your piece both interesting and timely!
You’ve done an excellent job highlighting what so often gets lost in the humor or sensationalism surrounding male fertility: the deeper, systemic issues tied to inflammation, oxidative stress and lifestyle driven decline in health markers. I was particularly glad to see you draw the connection between fertility and broader biological aging, it’s a linkage more men (and practitioners) need to recognize. Thus, I'm glad you raised them.
In clinical work, I often see how symptoms like fatigue, anxiety and poor sleep are being brushed off when in reality they may signal a body under chronic stress, inflammation or toxic load. Framing fertility as a “mirror of overall health” is not only accurate, but also disarming in the best way as it opens the door to deeper reflection and more proactive self-care.
Thank you for bringing nuance, humor and urgency to this conversation. We need more of it.