By Mia De Graaf Health Editor For Dailymail.com and Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 17:57 BST, 14 May 2019 | Updated: 17:57 BST, 14 May 2019
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Men should start having children before 35 to avoid harming the health of their partner and children, according to new research.
The study by Rutgers University is the latest in a growing field that suggests men, like women, may have a ticking biological clock.
Reviewing 40 years of research, the team found men over 45 are less fertile, and the women they impregnate have higher risks of pre-eclampsia (pregnancy-related hypertension), gestational diabetes and preterm birth.
Babies of older fathers were more likely to arrive prematurely or stillborn, to have poor overall health and a low birth weight, to suffer seizures, heart issues, and birth defects, and to develop childhood cancers or autism later in life.
It is unclear what drives this effects, but the researchers believe it could be to do with natural drops in testosterone levels over time - suggesting that earlier conception or banking sperm
