CBS News | Laptops A Male Fertility Risk? | December 9, 2004�11:57:49: “Balancing laptop computers on the lap raises the scrotum’s temperature, say researchers including Yefim Sheynkin, MD, FACS, of the urology department at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
About 15-20 percent of couples that want to get pregnant aren’t able to conceive. Many of those cases trace back to issues relating to the male. Gradually declining sperm production has been noted in recent decades, say the researchers.
Elevated scrotal temperatures have been linked to male infertility. Many factors can raise scrotal temperature, including hot baths, saunas, and tight jockey shorts.”
Since this is pretty much a non-issue for me, I’m still dying to get a laptop for my wife for Christmas. Like I would get to use it, anyway.
Anybody know where the best deals are? Or should I just get a Dell?