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Hot tub gets bad rub: Infertility

Hot_tub_club_2Are hot tubs the new condoms?

The NY Times reports today that a team of urologists at UC San Francisco found that regular exposure to "wet heat" impairs fertility and sperm production. (Um, the term "wet heat" is a major turnoff.)

The study also found that men could reverse the effects in three to six months if they quit hot tubbing.   

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