Laptops 'carry risk to fertility'

[Carlo]

CNN.com reports:
Expert: Young men logging on to sperm risk
Thursday, December 9, 2004 Posted: 3:56 AM EST (0856 GMT)
LONDON (Reuters) -- Teenagers and young men should keep their laptops off their laps because they could damage fertility, an expert said Thursday.

Laptops, which reach high internal operating temperatures, can heat up the scrotum which could affect the quality and quantity of men's sperm.

"The increase in scrotal temperature is significant enough to cause changes in sperm parameters," said Dr Yefim Sheynkin, an associate professor of urology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

"It is very difficult to predict how long the computer can be used safely," he told Reuters. "It may not be at all, if the testicular temperature goes up high within a very short period of time."
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[docnap]

Yup, that's why God placed it in that strategic position in the first place. You see, "spermatogenesis", or sperm production needs a constant temperature, which is lower than the usual body temperature. This is the reason why if it is hot, the "scrotum" goes down, and when it's cold, it goes up, placing the testicles farther and nearer the body respectively. Maybe there is a market for a laptop support with fans directed downwards, rather than upwards.

[Polar Mac]

So much for calling it a laptop :dry: Thanks for the tips guys...

[Henjie]

Whew. Buti na lang desktop user ako, haha. :-)


~Henjie

[ncarandang]

oh man.. that's so sad.. i've been carrying around my pb for almost a year.. i wonder how my sperm count is now..

[PatrickGaerlan]

Uh oh, 12" PowerBook pa naman gamit ko (gets hot!) I guess I should always place it on a table then...

[super_ed]

Originally posted by docnap
it is hot, the "scrotum" goes down, and when it's cold, it goes up, placing the testicles farther and nearer the body respectively.

:lol: now i know what to say when somebody ask!

[freeformula]

Haha, was in a taxi this morning with my PB on my lap. Heard that news bit over the radio. Sara kaagad ng PB at balik sa bag! :roll:

[shrubber]

haha! good thing my laptop arrives on monday.

thanks for the heads up!

:lol:

[mistermoya]

This might be an interesting advertising and marketing angle for Coolpads!