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HOT-SHOT businessmen and teenage boys could be risking their fertility by using laptops, new research has warned.
The combination of heat generated by the computers and the posture needed to balance the equipment leads to raised temperatures around the scrotum, a study has found. The findings - from the State University in New York - are published in the journal Human Reproduction.
Past research shows that higher scrotal temperatures can damage sperm and affect fertility. And the introduction of new technology such as Bluetooth - which provides wireless links to the internet - has resulted in a growing number of men using the machines on their thighs rather than at a desk.
To keep the testicles at an ideal temperature men naturally sit with their legs further apart than women. When working on a laptop, however, they will adopt a less natural position in order to balance it on their laps, which results in a big rise in body heat between their thighs.
Separate research this year also showed that sperm counts have dropped by almost a third in a decade and it's thought laptops may be one of the contributing factors. (© The Times, London)
HOT-SHOT businessmen and teenage boys could be risking their fertility by using laptops, new research has warned.
The combination of heat generated by the computers and the posture needed to balance the equipment leads to raised temperatures around the scrotum, a study has found. The findings - from the State University in New York - are published in the journal Human Reproduction.
Past research shows that higher scrotal temperatures can damage sperm and affect fertility. And the introduction of new technology such as Bluetooth - which provides wireless links to the internet - has resulted in a growing number of men using the machines on their thighs rather than at a desk.
To keep the testicles at an ideal temperature men naturally sit with their legs further apart than women. When working on a laptop, however, they will adopt a less natural position in order to balance it on their laps, which results in a big rise in body heat between their thighs.
Separate research this year also showed that sperm counts have dropped by almost a third in a decade and it's thought laptops may be one of the contributing factors. (© The Times, London)