Laptops frying... eggs?

Here's a headline that jumped right out at me today: Hot laptops could cook men's fertility.

It turns out that using your laptop in your lap is bad for you in more ways than we thought. We always knew there were some ergonomic issues, but this one hits a little closer to home! According to Dr. Yefim Sheynkin, "The increase in scrotal temperature is significant enough to cause changes in sperm parameters." Uhh.. check, please!

Worse than you'd imagine, apparently there are heat problems even when the laptop is off! The study showed the scrotal temperature rose by 2.1 degrees Centigrade when the young men sat with their thighs together to balance the computer on their lap.

Desktop PC, anyone?




Read the story from Yahoo! News