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Men who don't have children may be at increased risk of dying from heart disease, a new study says.

Childless men in the study had a 17 percent higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease than fathers, the researchers said. Only married men were included in the study.

The results suggest infertility might be a risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease, said study researcher Dr. Michael Eisenberg, an assistant professor of urology at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.

Low testosterone levels, which may contribute to infertility, are a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and may be what's driving this link, the researchers said.

However, it's also possible that something about being a father protects against cardiovascular disease.
~ from Childlessness May Increase Men's Heart Disease Risk by Rachael Rettner ~

Oh, joy. Just the kind of news a childless-by-choice, congenitally-low-testosterone guy like me wants to hear!!