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A spinal cord injury can be life-altering – and the potential for infertility is often a devastating blow as well. Among men who experience spinal cord injuries (SCIs) in the U.S.
, nearly eight in 10 have fertility and reproduction issues due to erectile dysfunction or poor sperm quality. But one clinic in Miami, Florida, is on a mission to help men with SCIs start a family. STUDY SUGGESTS MEDITERRANEAN DIET COULD BOOST MALE FERTILITY The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has aided in the birth of 200 babies since the 1990s.
Fox News Digital spoke with Dr. Emad Ibrahim, director of the Male Fertility Research Program, about how "amazing" this achievement has been. A patient with a spinal cord injury enters the lab with Dr.
Emad Ibrahim at his clinic in Miami, Florida. (The University of Miami) The doctor said "nothing beats the feeling" of finding out one of his patients is expecting a child. MEN'S ENERGY AND VITALITY PLUMMETS FOR 6 REASONS "Every time we get an email with an ultrasound picture that shows the baby .
.. it's a mission accomplished," he said.
"It’s the most gratifying sensation you'll ever have." Ibrahim, an associate professor of urology and neurological surgery at UMiami, said the clinical research program is "very unique" in its quest to help men father their own children through techniques rarely found elsewhere. New .
