{"id":199,"date":"2010-11-09T15:10:26","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T15:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/?p=199"},"modified":"2011-01-17T15:20:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T15:20:33","slug":"laptop-pads-cant-save-your-sperm-8899","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/laptop-pads-cant-save-your-sperm-8899\/","title":{"rendered":"Laptop pads can\u2019t save your sperm-8899"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research has found that men using laptops on their knees will be doing damage to their fertility<\/a>, even if they use cooling pads.<\/p>\n

It is an accepted fact that using a hot laptop directly on your lap can increase the temperature of a man\u2019s sperm, even by just a small amount, increasing the chances that his fertility levels will be reduced.<\/p>\n

Researchers at the urology department of the State University of New York at Stony Brook monitored the scrotal temperatures of a number of subjects while they were using laptops. Some were using cooling pads; some had their knees open, while others had the laptops placed directly on the area in question.<\/p>\n

All the males experienced a rise in temperature, though the subjects using pads or with their knees open did see the smallest change.<\/p>\n

“Within 10 or 15 minutes their scrotal temperature is already above what we consider safe, but they don’t feel it,” the study leader, Dr. Yefim Sheynkin said.<\/p>\n

Even an increase of just one or two degrees is enough to damage sperm and reduce a man\u2019s fertility, though the doctors advise that if you must use a laptop on your lap, then keep your knees apart or use a cooling pad, as at least the options keep the temperature increase to a minimum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research has found that men using laptops on their knees will be doing damage to their fertility, even if they use cooling pads. It is an accepted fact that using a hot laptop directly on your lap can increase the temperature of a man\u2019s sperm, even by just a small amount, increasing the chances that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888008809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2255,225,207],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infertility","tag-infertility","tag-sperm","tag-technology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t