A Modern Version of the â€œSwedish Tight Pants Theoryâ€

Not long ago, as a graduate in anthropology, I took a class in the population statistics from the anthropological point of view. One case study, I remember (but I can not find a Web Citation) on a study found that Swedish officers and men compared to a decrease in fertility, similar to mens geographical area is not too far away. There are several reasons for the Swedish mens reduced sperm count but the assumption - as a mentor pleased to tell us - this is the original Swedish man was wearing a very, very tight pants, which is restricted And the subsequent economic overheating, in their crotches, cause infertility.

what this has to do with it? » Well, the latest iteration, Sweden tight pants theory, this time coming not from demographic studies, but from the laboratory study found , Men are now using more and more notebook computers, in fact, in their laps - partly due to the expansion of wireless networks - may face a similar the risk of temporary or permanent infertility.

mechanics are simple. Men adapt to the conditions of the scrotum loose or tightening up to keep the sperm in the testis appropriate temperature of lots and lots of healthy sperm. The results showed that the sperm delicate little things, when it comes to environmental temperature. If you restrict This feature - no matter is too tight pants, or with excessive heat from the notebook computer - the potential damage may occur.

This is an interesting news story: "be careful to get out more, the laptop may burn your genes" [Times Online, http://www .timesonline.co.uk/article/0,, 2 - 1395183, 00.html]. Here are just a few years More Headlines from the news media: laptop in your Lap may be a mess, And the strength of men hot laptops can be male fertility Cook Report: notebook computers can circle sperm Yugoslavia want to become a father? » Stop bouncing a laptop computer in your knee seed planted in no doubt of laptop heat chestnuts roasting on an open The FireWire laptop to kill the sperm over sperm - not the Chinese computer father burning of these laptops low-impact, from laptop attention to all men: a laptop Computer may be, ahem, hot your testosterone great-fire - l apinator (TM) thermal protection notebook computer users the risk of , By deleting their sperm the benefit of hindsight, it is clear: to a heat source in your Lap and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia you testes. Will be a good design and planning have anticipated this » Who knows » practical research in the State University of New York at Stony Brook and 29 healthy young men asked to balance the laptop on their laps , With the pressure of their knees.

their scrotal temperature, additional measurement device on the left and correct, the average rose as 3 degrees Fahrenheit.

earlier medical research has confirmed that the increase in testicular temperature in the range 1.8 â ¡ã F and 4 â degrees Fahrenheit related dysfunction. Since In this study, the average scrotal temperature increased by 1.8 â degrees Fahrenheit during the first 15 minutes of notes Computer use, testicular function may indeed be affected.

Therefore, even if it makes for interesting headlines, it is in fact in serious research, the next step is to prove that, in fact, the decline Function from notebook computers - induction heating.