Derby Telegraph

DOCTOR’S NOTE

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MEN also have a biological clock, with a couple’s chance of having a baby falling the older the potential dad gets, a study found.

A host of stars have become fathers later in life but men should not wait too long – just like women.

Sir Mick Jagger was 73 when he had his eighth child while Sir Elton John was 66.

A study of almost 4,300 Brits undergoing fertility treatment found the probabilit­y of a live birth was 33% lower for over-50s.

Dr Guy Morris, of the Centre for Reproducti­ve and Genetic Health, says stories of older celebs fathering kids has fuelled a myth “male fertility lasts for ever”.

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Older dad Mick Jagger

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