Using Laptop Wi-Fi may affect Male Fertility
According to a state of medical journal Fertility and Sterility, Argentinian scientists worked on a test where they got semen samples from 29 healthy men, placed a few drops under a laptop connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi and then hit download. 4 hours later, a quarter of the sperm were no longer swimming around, compared to just 14 percent from semen samples stored at the same temperature away from the computer. And nine percent of the sperm showed DNA damage, three-fold more than the comparison samples.
"Our study resulted that the use of a laptop computer wirelessly connected to the internet and positioned near the male reproductive organs may decrease human sperm quality," they write in their report.
"Unfortunately today it is unknown whether this effect is increased by all laptop computers connected by Wi-Fi to the internet or what use conditions heighten this effect."
Another test was with a laptop that was on but not wirelessly connected, found negligible EM radiation from the machine alone. The findings fuel concerns raised by a few other research teams. For example some studies resulted that radiation from cell phones creates feeble sperm in the lab. Previous year urologists showed how a man's sitting with a laptop balanced on his knees can crank up the temperature of his scrotum to levels that aren't good for sperm. So between the heat and the radiation from today's electronic devices, testicles would seem to be hard-pressed.
Nearly 1 in 6 couples in the US have problems in conceiving a baby, and about half the time the man is at the root of the problem.
While the impact of modern technology is still murky, lifestyle does matter, researchers say.
The latest researches in Fertility and Sterility showed that men who eat a diet rich in fruit and grains and low in red meat, alcohol and coffee have a better shot at getting their partner pregnant during fertility treatment. Therefore it is important to keep yourself healthy, including staying lean, eating healthy diet, exercising, not taking drugs and not smoking.
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