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  <title>062 - Infertility and RNA Vaccines</title>
  <description>Infertility: why we’re having fewer babies, sperm counts, myths and facts, the blame game, and infertility treatments // RNA vaccines // COVID-19 mega-update: convalescent plasma, chloroquine, remdesivir, blood vessel disease hypothesis, children with Kawasaki-like complication, antibody tests, and face shields. &amp;amp;nbsp; * Jingle by Joseph Hackl * Theme music: &amp;quot;Troll of the Mountain Swing&amp;quot; by the Underscore Orkestra. &amp;amp;nbsp; To contribute to The Body of Evidence, go to our Patreon page at: http://www.patreon.com/thebodyofevidence/. &amp;amp;nbsp; Patrons get a bonus show on Patreon called “Digressions”! Check it out! &amp;amp;nbsp; References: 1) Prevalence of infertility according to the CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg/key_statistics/i.htm#impaired &amp;amp;nbsp; 2) Age and female fertility: https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2014/03/female-age-related-fertility-decline &amp;amp;nbsp; 3) Causes of infertility: https://www.bmj.com/content/291/6510/1693 &amp;amp;nbsp; 4) Declining sperm counts: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28981654/ &amp;amp;nbsp; 5) Boxers versus briefs: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30102388/ &amp;amp;nbsp; 6) Laptops and sperm counts: https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/20/2/452/603276 &amp;amp;nbsp; 7) Stress and infertility: https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d223 &amp;amp;nbsp; 8) Zinc for infertility: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2758450 &amp;amp;nbsp; 9) Success rates of IVF: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30032255/ &amp;amp;nbsp; 10) Add-on therapies for IVF: https://bit.ly/2NmAx3C &amp;amp;nbsp; 11) Convalescent plasma randomized trial: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766943 &amp;amp;nbsp; 12) The on-going Canadian trial for convalescent plasma against COVID-19: https://www.blood.ca/en/convalescentplasma &amp;amp;nbsp; 13) The Guardian investigation into the Surgisphere chloroquine paper: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/03/covid-19-surgisphere-who-world-health-organization-hydroxychloroquine &amp;amp;nbsp; 14) The latest preliminary report on remdesivir: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007764 &amp;amp;nbsp; 15) The Elemental blog post on the blood disease hypothesis: https://elemental.medium.com/coronavirus-may-be-a-blood-vessel-disease-which-explains-everything-2c4032481ab2 &amp;amp;nbsp; 16) The Lancet’s review and meta-analysis of face shields for SARS and MERS: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext &amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;amp;nbsp; Music Credits: &amp;amp;nbsp; Blockbuster 2&amp;amp;nbsp; by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5618-blockbuster-2- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ &amp;amp;nbsp; Dawn Of The Apocalypse&amp;amp;nbsp; by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5627-dawn-of-the-apocalypse- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ &amp;amp;nbsp; End Of Days&amp;amp;nbsp; by Rafael Krux Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5405-end-of-days- License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ </description>
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