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      <title>Boxers Or Briefs? Experts Disagree Over Tight Underwear&apos;s Effect On Male Fertility</title>
      <description>The jury&apos;s still out on whether underwear preference matters to male fertility, but men who wear briefs, or other tight options, were found to have slightly lower sperm counts in a new study.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 18:06:34 -0400</pubDate>
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