S1 E5 • 33 minutes
Your health, your baby’s health: explaining epigenetics
- Male fertility
- Preconception health
In the final episode of Dad Starts Now, Associate Professor Tim Moss joins Nick West again to tackle the most common questions about men’s preconception health. They cover everything from whether you can tell if you’re infertile, how age and certain drugs affect fertility, to the impact of steroids on starting a family.
Episode highlights
00:00 Introduction to men’s preconception health
01:15 Understanding male infertility
07:30 The impact of age on male fertility
12:38 Debunking myths about male infertility
16:48 Effects of lifestyle choices on fertility
22:07 The role of steroids in male fertility
27:44 Occupational hazards and fertility
30:34 Health checks before conception
Appearing in this episode
A/Prof Tim Moss
Associate Professor Tim Moss is one of the world’s most influential scientists, and has a knack for turning complicated health and medical information into things that people can understand and use to help look after themselves.
Tim has a PhD in Medicine from Monash University, and experience and expertise from more than 20 years’ work in medical research and academia, which he uses to find and interpret reliable, evidence-based information.
