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Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1580
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2007 - 01:50 pm: | 
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My public service for the day...So, gentlemen: Beware--Posting to TC caould be dangerous to your fatherhood plans. Disclaimer: Such posting, however, should NOT be used as a form of birth control! LOL
Laptops go on sperm killing rampage
Thursday, December 09 2004
by The Register
Men who use laptops could be risking their fertility, a US study has warned. Heat from the processor can cause the temperature of the testes to rise almost three degrees, more than enough to damage sperm, the research reveals.
Researchers at the State University of New York at Stony Brook have warned men to be careful about using notebook computers on their laps.
Yefim Sheynkin, director of male infertility and microsurgery at the university, said: "As well as being capable of producing direct local heat, they require the user to sit with his thighs close together to balance the machine, which traps the scrotum between the thighs."
Sheynkin explained that sperm concentration could be decreased by 40 percent per one degree Centigrade increase. "The body needs to maintain a proper testicular temperature for normal sperm production," he said.
The researchers found that after just 15 minutes use, the temperature of the scrotum had risen by one degree Centigrade. After more prolonged use, the temperature rose by as much as 2.8 degrees Centigrade. Earlier studies have shown that temperature rises in this range have a detrimental effect on sperm production.
The study, which was published in the journal Human Reproduction, recommends that men keep their laptops on their desks, to avoid making "irreversible changes" to their fertility.
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Moonsigns
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Username: Moonsigns
Post Number: 1743
Registered: 07-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2007 - 01:56 pm: |
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Yvettep,
I just don't believe this! Can you blame me? LMAO!
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Abm
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 7963
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2007 - 01:57 pm: |
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Yvettep,
Thanks, babe. Though I almost never have a laptop in my lap. And I've had all the kids I want to have. |
Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 6807
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2007 - 02:05 pm: |
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Didn't they say the same thing about jockey shorts a while back???? |
Americansista
Regular Poster
Username: Americansista
Post Number: 202
Registered: 09-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, January 19, 2007 - 02:35 pm: |
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...and don't forget the police radar guns.
They were telling cops not to sit those things in their laps, lol or else their lil swimmers would drown. |
Chrishayden
AALBC .com Platinum Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 3413
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 10:54 am: |
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Don't forget microwave ovens and Coca Cola. |
Ntfs_encryption
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 1583
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 11:27 am: |
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"Heat from the processor can cause the temperature of the testes to rise almost three degrees, more than enough to damage sperm, the research reveals."
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! I'm still laughing. Does Intel and AMD know about this..? Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
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Chrishayden
AALBC .com Platinum Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 3424
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 11:41 am: |
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I also forgot the Flouride in the water polluting our precious bodily fluids. |
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