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Laptops May Be Hazardous to Your Fertility

Posted by michael on from the toasty! dept.

Spy der Mann writes "Researchers find that men who place portable computers on their laps are inadvertently raising the temperature of their scrotums -- and possibly damaging their sperm. Guess laptops should get a namechange soon... before our fertility does."

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  1. DUH! by OmniVector · · Score: 3, Informative

    is this really such a surprise???

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  2. Re:That's ok by stanmann · · Score: 3, Informative

    Assumedly that was the first thing he checked.

    It is not uncommon for a vasectomy or a tubal ligation to fail for any number of reasons. Further, it is possible to have either procedure reversed. If you get a vasectomy, you should make sure it took and held for 3-6 months following healing before assuming sterility.

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