Sunday, November 7, 2010

"Laptop use on laps might reduce sperm quality: report"

"(Reuters Life!) - Using a laptop computer as the name suggests may not be good for male reproductive health, according to a study.

"And there is little that can be done about it, aside from using the laptop on a desk, said Yelim Sheynkin, a urologist at the State University of New York at Stony Brook who led the study published in Fertility and Sterility.

"In the study, thermometers were used to measure the temperature of the scrotums of 29 young men balancing a laptop on their knees. Even with a lap pad under the computer, the men's scrotums overheated quickly."

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A70G720101108

An overheated scrotum is no joke. That's how you develop vapor lock and your swimmers get blocked.

5 comments:

kkdither said...

Maybe this laptop addiction will help curb the rising overpopulation problem? I would also assume the lap temperature would rise even more if the men were searching inappropriate web sites, as many men reportedly do....

Sassa said...

I can just see a girl asking a guy...Are you protected? And he answering...Yes I use a laptop. LOL

OrbsCorbs said...

"Yes, I took a really hot bath."

SER said...

Centuries ago the Chinese used hot tubs and a form of birth control. They sat in the very hot water for up to a hour and it would slow the little critters for (I think) up to 48 hours.

So, if you want to speed them up, do you soak you sack in ice water?

Lizardmom said...

do lap-dances come with warning labels too? hmm, friction can't be good then...hehehehe