12 Nov, 2010 @ 17:52
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Laptop? They might as well be lopped off

THEY are called laptops for precisely that reason.

But men, who balance their laptop computers on their knees, could be unwittingly damaging their fertility.

A new study has found that when men place their laptops on their laps instead of on their desks, they are overheating their testicles which could be damaging their sperm.

Researchers from New York’s State University asked 29 young men to work on computers in this way before measuring the change in temperature in their genital area.

They found that testicles quickly heated up to dangerous levels, even when they used laptop pads as a buffer.

Overall, temperatures rose by up to 2.5C in just one hour.

Alarmingly, earlier research has shown that warming the scrotum even more than one degree is enough to damage sperm.

Study leader, Professor Yelim Sheynkin, said: “Millions and millions of men are using laptops especially those in the reproductive age range.

“Within 10 or 15 minutes the temperature is already above what we consider safe, but they don’t feel it.”

He warned that frequent use might contribute to reproductive problems because “the scrotum doesn’t have time to cool down”.

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Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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