Study to examine reasons for infertility among recent war veterans

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Study to examine reasons for infertility among recent war veterans
By Leo Shane III
Aug 23, 08:00 AM
A medical staff member collects an egg on a laboratory dish during an infertility treatment for a patient at a hospital in Beijing. China, on April 24, 2016. (Andy Wong/AP)

Researchers on Tuesday announced plans for a new study to discover reasons why veterans from the recent wars are more likely to struggle with infertility than their civilian peers.

Officials from the fertility clinic Legacy will partner with the Department of Veterans Affairs for the study, which will test sperm collected from more than 1,000 Global War On Terror veterans to look for common problems among the population. The goal is to use the findings to expand the fertility services offered by VA in coming years.

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